South Korea captain Park Ji-sung on Monday publicly announced his retirement from international duty with the national team after winning his 100th cap in the Asian Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumption prices are always on a hike as the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, and there is no exception for this year.

The mammoth steel complex project in Ha Tinh province by Tata group can be delayed for indefinite time, because the local authorities and the investor still have not reached the agreement on the most important issues.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has told 11 taxi companies that operate at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport to improve services and distribute namecards with complaint hotline numbers to passengers,

VietNamNet Bridge - To be stylish does not mean you have to pay dear: you just need to stick to the three Đs - Đẹp (beautiful), Độc (Unique), and Được (Good) as Ho Chi Minh City’s youngsters have found out.

That very American of activities, cheerleading, used to be an alien concept in Vietnam but has been now become more and more popular through Hollywood teen movies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Life improved markedly for Bui Van Mao's family in Kim Boi District in the northern province of Hoa Binh when his house was connected to the national electricity grid in 2002.

Cement, steel set for 10% increase in sales; Listed firms fear hostile takeovers; State guaranteed corporate bonds curbed; Rubber processing waste treatment line on stream; French company sets up bio-gas plant at factory

Overseas Vietnamese all over the world are welcoming the New Year with happiness about the country’s political, economic, social, and cultural achievements in 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge - A lotus festival was held in Hanoi on January 29 to honour the beauty and meaning of lotus, which currently tops the voting list announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s government will use eye-catching colours to draw a brighter agro-forestry-aquatic export picture over the next five years.

The shocking announcement came aloud in the ear of manufacturers when Electricity of Vietnam Group unveiled in straightforward terms last Monday that power shortage will be much more critical in this dry season.

Vietnam sets example in ensuring food security; US, Vietnam vow to build strategic partnership; Diplomat underlines Vietnam-China relations; Vietnam praises diplomatic corps’, int’l organisations’ help  

Pupils of Ho Dap primary and junior secondary schools in the northern province of Bac Giang daily have to row across a huge reservoir to go to school.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sprinter Vu Thi Huong will enrol at a six-month training course in Germany to prepare for the World Athletics Championship in Deagu, South Korea this August.

According to the General Statistics Office, there are 71.5 university or junior college students per every 10,000 people in Mekong River Delta.

VietNamNet Bridge – The winter cold is starting to ease so spring will soon be coming in the highland village of Pom Coong on Mai Chau Plateau in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Director Tom Hooper, the helmer of British period drama "The King's Speech," won the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America(DGA) Awards presented Saturday night in Los Angeles, pulling off an upset win.

Despite a lot of difficulties, the demand for human resources was still very high in 2010 and is expected to keep increasing in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - South Africa's iconic former president Nelson Mandela, 92, is responding very well to medication and treatment, doctors looking after him said on Sunday.