The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) adopted its Resolution at the closing session on January 19.

The Singaporean Football Federation Chair Zainudin Nordin proposed that Southeast Asian countries co-host the World Cup 2030 but the Vietnam Football Federation’s Secretary General Tran Quoc Tuan says that Vietnam cannot co-host the World Cup.

In a half hour, the newly-elected Party Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong answered over ten questions from six local and foreign journalists at the international press conference

Vietnamese farmers are now accustomed with the Internet and begin selling their farm produce online.

The project on processing and exporting puffer, in which Vietnamese farmers and enterprises once put high hopes, may fail completely since the foreign partner suddenly stopped importing.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Policy makers and experts are applying measures to reduce the influence of the dollar on the national economy.

Both the mobile virtual network operators Dong Duong Telecom and VTC still cannot officially provide services, even though they received operation licenses more than one year ago.

Existing for the last 20 years, non-state universities don’t look much different than they did when they first opened in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh opened his new year with a victory in the first round of the Proton Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Jan 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – Administrative hassles have hampered the progress of a social housing programme to provide accommodation to low-income earners in HCM City, industry insiders say.

VietNamNet Bridge – The relations between businesses and the media must be improved through frequent dialogues, delegates said at a media relations conference in HCM City yesterday, Jan 19.

A school police officer on Wednesday was shot and wounded on the campus of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, local media reported.

A week after storms devastated part of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil, the death count reached 742, local authorities said Wednesday.

China's economy resumed annual double-digit growth by expanding 10.3 percent last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday.

No fancy cars for executives at state firms; SAM invests $5 million in property firm; Retail sector developing well; Businesses optimistic about 2011 capital sources; M&A activity likely to increase in 2011

VietNamNet Bridge – The second annual Nuclear Power Asia 2011 conference opened in Hanoi on January 18, drawing the participation of over 120 delegates from Asian countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will jointly produce a documentary titled, “Four countries -- one destination” with the aim of promoting the countries’ tourism industry and strengthening their cooperation in the field. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A 24-hour watch is being kept on smuggling hot spots along borders with neighbouring countries to limit the arrival of smuggled and fake goods during the lead-up to Lunar New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The respect of singers for the public and for composer's copyrights were central topics at a recent conference held within the framework of the fifth annual Singers Day this week in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Saint Giong Festival to receive UNESCO certificate; Tuan Ngoc to belt out pop classics; Best of Ha Noi show goes south; Vietnam’s treasure displayed in RoK; Hanoi hosts Asian Children's Festa awards ceremony