VietNamNet Bridge - Tighter fiscal, financial and monetary policies are needed to control inflation, narrow the trade deficit and stabilise the economy, top officials told the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The host of the Southeast Asian Games 2011 – Indonesia – has not only removed women’s football but also some other sports in which Vietnam is capable of winning gold medals and replaced them with obscure sports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local government in the central province of Thua Thien Hue has found a document on meteorological service on Paracel islands in 1955 and given it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese enterprises are beginning to see IT investment as a strategic solution to develop sustainably, says Thieu Phuong Nam, deputy general director of IBM Viet Nam.

Though it asks high salaries for its maids, non-refundable deposits plus additional training fees, a housemaid service agency in Thuong Hamlet, Me Tri Commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi still has more clients than it can handle.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is now targeting big groups when calling for foreign direct investment (FDI) and directing investors’ attention to its key projects.

The women's football team would put aside its disappointment at not being able to defend its title at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and focus on the FIFA Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2012 qualifying campaign next month.

VietNamNet Bridge - An increase of 15.28 per cent in the average electricity price from next month has been approved by the Prime Minister.

Japan firms found oil, gas off southern Vietnam; Companies plan higher dividends; Fund divests shares of packaging firm; State reviews extending carrier licences; Banks demand ‘fees’ to sell dollars

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of patients hospitalised with chicken pox in HCM City is expected to increase until May, according to Dr Nguyen Dac Tho, deputy head of the city's Preventive Medicine Centre.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged for stronger administrative reforms in order to realise the Government commitments to promoting democracy and transparency.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communications has called on Viet Nam Mobile Telecom Services Company (MobiFone) to speed up its equitisation.

Nearly 70,000 public workers and pro-labor activists rallied in and outside the Wisconsin Capitol Saturday to protest a Republican-sponsored bill aimed to strip the state employees of most of their collective bargaining rights.

"Jodaeiye Nader az Simin" (Nader And Simin, A Separation) from Iran's Asghar Farhadi won the Golden Bear, the highest prize awarded for the best film at the 61st Berlin film festival on Saturday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of foreign and local visitors attended the lantern release festival on the Hoai River in the ancient town of Hoi An on February 16.

Nursery suspected of drugging babies shut down; Plastic rice found in Ho Chi Minh City? Power to be turned off in HCMC for tree pruning; Death from suspected bird flu reported in Hue

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given a nod to a rare earth exploration project in Nam Xe Commune, Phong Tho District, Lai Chau Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - A specific management mechanism is urgently needed to ensure efficient outbound investments.

V-League defending champion suffera first loss; V-League the No.1 in Southeast Asia: Indonesia coach; Mango Bay Cup 2011 for expat footballers; Vietnam prepares for upcoming sports events

Charm seekers faint at chaotic Tran Temple fest; Vietnam film awards to honor best shorts; Fireworks competition to light up Danang; All set for south central coast tourism festival; Online games banned nationwide after 10 pm