The 61st Berlin Film Festival saddled up Thursday and hit the Festival Trail with the opening film "True Grit", a Western directed by the Coen Brothers.

Speaking to the media on February 10, Secretary General of the Election Council Pham Minh Tuyen said that the number National Assembly deputies who are not members of the Communist Party of Vietnam of the next term will be 15-20 percent.

The FA Cup trophy of the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup will be displayed in four venues across Vietnam next month under the auspices of trademarked Big Cola.

VietNamNet Bridge - The first death from H1N1 flu infection in 2011 was reported in Hanoi, according to the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Health Agency.

VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Buddhist temples in Hanoi and HCM City are crammed, full of people who come to pray for good fortune in the Year of the Cat.

Aiming to become one of the world’s top ten telecom companies with the largest overseas investment by 2015, Viettel has since 2008 launched a series of projects in other countries with committed capital worth hundreds of millions of USD.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance is collecting public opinion on the rates of personal income taxes so that they can be adjusted to suit the current economic situation. The survey will be completed by the end of March.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on February 11 announced to depreciate Vietnamese dong by 9.3 percent against US Dollar and cut down the gap of rate fluctuation to 1 percent from 3 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – A football game gathering of Korean and international stars to raise fund for charity in Vietnam is the first project of a charity foundation formed by South Korean football star Park Ji-sung.

Difficulties may bring successes to investors; Gas smuggling rampant, authorities turn blind eye; Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market to top regional growth by 2013; $259 mln to develop machinery industry

VietNamNet Bridge – A kissing competition will be held at 2 pm, February 13 in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the occasion of the Valentine Day.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's foreign exchange reserves were "more than US$10 billion" at the end of last year, a senior minister said, a remark that may increase concerns about the dwindling level of reserves.

VietNamNet Bridge – A trap of iron nails spread on the road makes some major roads in HCM City dangerous for travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Canada-based Olympus Pacific has announced to invest an additional $25 million in gold mining projects in Vietnam, $75 million less than its commitment last year.

The 21 performers who danced the One Thousand Hands Buddha are admired by the Chinese people because they succeeded in spite of being deaf.

VietNamNet Bridge - The elections of deputies to the National Assembly and representatives to the people’s council at all levels offer the people an opportunity to exercise their constitutional rights.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese Ministry of Defense denies the information that Vietnam has sent three military officers to join the Cobra Gold military exercises in Thailand, the largest drill in Southeast Asia.

Early Tuesday morning, police officers in five countries took action against a number of sophisticated criminal networks involved in the smuggling of illegal immigrants, mainly of Vietnamese origin.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Russian professor has proposed the Vietnamese novel “Cô gái đến từ hôm qua” (The girl comes from yesterday) be included in official curricula at the Moscow State University.

The three largest mobile networks in Vietnam said that the telecom market has become saturated. This year they will not concentrate on attracting new subscribers but develop services and increase the profit.