VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known traditional festivals in Vietnam like Lim – Bac Ninh love duet or Vieng – buying good luck, selling bad luck are being commercialized. Their traditional values are being eroded.

Military-owned telecom operator Viettel has said investment in foreign markets is a vital task. Last month the company received a licence to operate in Peru, its fifth foreign markets after Cambodia, Laos, Haiti and Mozambique.

Vietnam hands over hydro-power plant to Laos; US-Vietnam trade hit record high; Vietnam now more popular with Russian tourists; Vietnam-South Africa trade turnover reaches highest level so far

Vietnam’s public security delegation visits Cambodia; Vietnam addresses session on UNHRC review; Cuba publishes book on President Ho Chi Minh; Vietnam follows developments in Sudan and Egypt

VietNamNet Bridge - The central province will create a 16,500-hectare reserve to protect the saola, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in Vietnam and in Laos.

An increasing number of comedy plays are organised every night at theatres, bars and music clubs across HCM City, but audiences are not satisfied with the quality of scripts and performances.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japan will fund Vietnam with US$3.9 million to reduce the greenhouse effect by using more natural rubber.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2011 for promoting Vietnamese food and ornamental plants will be held from April 30 to May 3.

VietNamNet Bridge - Korea’s Joinus Company Ltd is closer to getting its Quang Ninh province international airport project airborne.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered that investment in technologies that release high levels of emissions must be halted, considering the fight against climate change and sea level rise a matter of life and death.

VietNamNet Bridge - Potential big jumps in electricity prices are continuing to generate a lot of hot public debate.

Hanoi government has set up an emergency committee to protect the legendary turtle living in Hoan Kiem Lake, the city’s People Committee’s chairman Nguyen The Thao Thursday announced.

Coach Hai appeals match ban; Hectic competition for tennis teen; Indonesia cuts events from Games; 2011 int’l windsurfing competition closes

Soaring food prices, which the World Bank says have hit "dangerous levels," have thrust the issue of food security sharply into the global spotlight over the past week.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State budget overspending in 2010 stood at VND109.4 trillion , equal to 5.6 percent of GDP, according to the Government’s report.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 38th session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee concluded on February 19.

VietNamNet Bridge - Saturday’s gold price climbed to VND38.27 million a tael, breaking the all-time record of VND38.2 million a tael set in November last year, while dollar inched up to VND22,300 a dollar

Man killed as motorbike bursts into flame; 1 more Vinashin official arrested, 1 charged; Jilted Singaporean man sets house on fire; Vietnam learns nuclear regulations from US; Victims sue after UK citizens assaulted at club

Property ownership limits stir controversy; Property trading floors under fire; Operations begin at Binh Dinh terminal; New air route to link Ha Noi-Phu Quoc; 4,000 tonnes of goods pass over border gate  

With probable hikes in electricity and fuel prices looming over the economy and threatening to have an adverse impact on people’s lives and on industry, what the government should do to keep inflation under control?