VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is aiming to modernise the traditional medicine sectors, according to representatives at a conference.

Bank loans in Vietnam will double by the end of 2013 on the back of subsidized interest rate schemes and large consumer credit demand, according to a recent survey by an India-based market research and information analysis company.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the fourth day of the lunar New Year (February 6), farmers in central Vietnam have been taking their buffaloes to the field, taking advantage of the warm weather.

Unconventional ideas can produce roaring success, as illustrated by the following stories of three daring entrepreneurs who defied and turned conventional wisdom on its head.

More A/H1N1 infections reported;  20,000 people visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum; 2,000 peace doves for Da Nang; Criminal ringleader stabbed to death in Can Tho; Student shoots dead man for blocking view 

January FDI plunges to $187.6 mln; Fund plans to sell government stake in 170 firms; Turkish Airlines begins HCMC-Bangkok flights; Flower exporters eye greater share of Asian market; Petro Vietnam to stabilize fertilizer market 

Vietnam expresses concern over Egypt’s situation;  Vietnam to create best conditions for RoK businesses; Vietnam calls for peace negotiation over temple dispute; Military Zone No 7 High Command meets

Newly-elected General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Politburo, signed Decision No. 01-QDNS/TW on assigning six Politburo members to their respective posts in the Secretariat of the 11th Party Central Committee as follows:

Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien, 16, made encouraging performances at the 2011 Tennis Central 18 & U ITF Summer Championships in New Zealand after he defeated two rivals to clinch a spot to the 1/16 round.

VietNamNet Bridge - The work of around 1,000 Vietnamese engineers at Nissan Techno Vietnam Co (NTV), the Hanoi-based subsidiary of the Japanese carmaker Nissan, bore sweet fruits to the company, US$23 million in earnings in 2009.

Nearly one third of internet users in the European Union (EU) caught a computer virus last year, according to figures released by the EU's statistics office Eurostat on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and Ha Noi authorities planted trees in the capital's Hoa Binh (Peace) Park on Sunday – the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge - A senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Trade says that support industries need more help from the Government.

VietNamNet Bridge – With purchases falling significantly at HCM City's traditional markets after the Tet festival, the prices of many essential foods, including fruits, vegetables, chicken and pork have also dropped correspondingly

VietNamNet Bridge – 96 people have contracted A/H1N1 influenza since early this year, including one fatal case, said Dr Tran Thanh Duong, Deputy Chief of the Health Ministry’s Preventative Medicine and Environment Department, on February 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – The annual mass-movement of people to and from HCM City after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday is imitating the pre-festival rush at bus stations in particular.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national strategy for gender equality by 2020 will specify indicators and measures to improve female human resources and narrow the gender gap in the education and training, science and technology and politics sectors,

VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly 100 Vietnamese women workers of the Maxter Glove Co in Klang City in the central Malaysian state of Selanggor, home is not a cozy and comfortable place to hang out; . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – A first-year student at the HCM City University of Social Science and Humanity spends his time working on the phone trying to get donations.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday called for "an orderly and peaceful transition" in Egypt and voiced his hope that "genuine dialogue between the leaders and the people will lead to the beginning of such a process."