VN coach, referee win golds; Gia Lai adopt new sponsors; PetroVietnam to train in China

VietNamNet Bridge – Two-time V-League champions Becamex Binh Duong have made their title aspirations for this season clear, revamping the team with some good players and working hard on the training pitch.

"True Grit" has walked off its third weekend run at the North American box office triumphantly, gaining an upper hand over its celluloid arch rival, "Little Fockers," to be the top player, preliminary statistics suggested on Sunday.

Lingering security concerns in the region seem to be bringing South Korea and Japan closer despite their long-standing animosity, with their defense chiefs Monday agreeing to work on pacts aimed at boosting military ties.

Australia's Queensland flood crisis has escalated as many towns in southern Queensland have been devastated by Monday's unprecedented flash flooding.

Real estate players explore new strategies; Coffee export value declines 4% in 2010; State Bank denies increased capital reserve ratio rumours after shares slide; Interest rates expected to drop in 2011; Banks plug cards, but consumers prefer cash 

200 escape death as floating restaurant sinks; Two fires cause loss of US$512,000; Nghe An fisherman catches endangered green turtle; Police cracked major drug rings; Hanoi police seize dried monkeys from bus

VietNamNet Bridge - Many motorbike stores have raised their prices to squeeze more money out of customers, as the demand for motorbikes has increased sharply as the year ends.

VietNamNet Bridge - Smugglers have been capitalising on the duty-free store at Moc Bai border gate with Cambodia to traffic a variety of products to nearby HCM City while officials struggle to check the situation.

Watercolor painting exhibition to be held to support poor people; International seminar on “The art of Đờn ca tài tử”; Vietnam’s Symphony Orchestra to perform in New York; Book exhibition in celebration of National Party Congress    

VietNamNet Bridge – Rushing to the border province of Lang Son to buy cheap Chinese goods is a popular activity, just three weeks before Tet.

In many cases, using Chinese contractors is the only choice for Vietnam, because it uses Chinese loans for the projects. And if problems are found where Chinese enterprises are EPC contractors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gardeners in Hanoi’s Nhat Tan village are sitting on fire because the cold spell is forecast to prolong,  which would mean a poor harvest of flowers.

Automobile manufacturers are happy because they can sell many cars as people’s income has been increasing. However, local authorities are not because arranging enough parking space for cars has become a headache for them.

VietNamNet Bridge - With foreign postal service providers having undertaken their business expansion, many domestic portal companies have been rushing to apply for service licenses to grasp the domestic market shares.

Rich people and “big guys” in Hanoi are rushing to purchase large plots of land in suburban areas to develop farmsteads. It is so cramped and congested in the inner city that rich people are searching for places in suburban areas for them to relax.

Chinese firm rents debt-laden Vinashin cruise ship; Vietnam to continue importing essential goods this year; VN stock markets continue slide; Vietnam Airlines expands horizons; Alcohol imports rise in lead-up to Tet

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has begun a trial project to automatically monitor the movement of fishing boats using satellite technology to improve any rescue efforts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 35 per cent of the country's nearly 400,000 drug users have kicked the habit thanks to the family and community-based detoxification model used nationwide over the past 10 years.

If Vietnam considers the rise of China a challenge, then it would be the challenge, but if it considers the rise of China as an opportunity, then it could be the opportunity, said Professor Regina Abrami at the roundtable talk with VietNamNet.