VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Ba Hung, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told Viet Nam News about his agency's main tasks this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's two inter-provincial coach stations should secure enough tickets for passengers on peak days before Tet (Lunar New Year), according to the deputy permanent chairman of HCM City People's Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam would have to train between 28,000 and 36,000 medical staff yearly to satisfy the forecasted national demand of 372,500 medical staff by 2015 and 480,000 by 2020,

Software giant Microsoft said on Wednesday it sold more than 2 million copies of its new Windows Phone 7 operating system to handset makers in 2010.

The blue-chip Dow broke through the psychologically important 12,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time in two and a half years, but edged lower in afternoon trading.

Russia would not negotiate with terrorists, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, local media reported.

Hong Kong Ocean Park launched a new flagship marine-themed zone - "Aqua City" on Wednesday, in the hope that these fresh attractions will bring 15 percent more tourists to the theme park.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal on Wednesday shockingly crashed out of the tournament, while Andy Murray, Vera Zvonareva and Kim Clijsters continue their battle into semi finals of Australian Open.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his opening address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Wednesday with a call for tougher action against terrorism, two days after a bomb blast at a Moscow airport killed 35 people.

Laos awards ex-NA leaders Freedom medals; Vietnam rejects erroneous remarks on human rights situation; Vietnamese, Russian businesses and pressmen meet in Moscow; Vietnam, Mozambique sign cooperation agreement

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a visit to staff at the National Assembly Office yesterday on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival, which falls on February 3.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred offshore Vietnam today at 2:24pm (185km from HCM City).

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Cuong and British Ambassador to Vietnam, Dr. Antony Stokes have signed the Vietnam-UK 2011 Action Plan which sets out a wide range of new initiatives on all seven pillars

VietNamNet Bridge – Power companies in northern Viet Nam have agreed to release valuable water from storage reservoirs to help farmers overcome severe drought.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand yesterday, Jan 26, reached an agreement to protect water quality in the Mekong River against emerging threats.

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent cold spells in the northern and north central regions have caused an estimated loss of VND130 billion (US$6.63 million) for the animal husbandry sector,

VietNamNet Bridge – For Associate Professor Tran Hoang Linh, teaching is fun but a busy lecturing schedule keeps him away from his true love, research.

VietNamNet Bridge - Khieu Thi Huyen Trang, 21, from Bac Giang Province won the first Viet Nam's Next Top Model competition on January 23 in HCM City. 

The European Union (EU) will continue its aid assistance for Vietnam even when Vietnam joins the group of middle-income countries, Chief of the EU mission to Vietnam Sean Doyle and Hungarian Ambassador Vizi Laszlo confirmed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Writer and literary critic Hoang Ngoc Hien died here on Monday of colon cancer. He was 81.