PM approves planning of Royal Citadel area; Buddhist followers give generous donation to charity; Underground reservoir discovered in Ha Giang; Work begins on Lang Son Hospital

While Hanoi’s land is narrow and the land price is escalating, many villas in the newly constructed residential area of My Dinh are fallowed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese firms are losing out to their foreign counterparts in the race for expanding their share of the lucrative retail market that is growing at 25 per cent annually, industry insiders say.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tallest contestant of the Mister Vietnam 2010 pageant persuaded the jury to believe in her viewpoint to win the Mister Intelligence title.

Ariane 5 lifted off two telecommunication satellites, Hispasat 1E and Koreasat 6 at 18:27 (GMT 2127) on Wednesday into geostationary transfer orbit from the launch zone in Kourou, in French Guiana.

The most puzzling characteristic of picture the foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2010 is the decrease in the registered capital volume and the increase in the implemented capital.

Chinese newspaper on December 27 reported that many Chinese companies publicly advertised technology to produce fake eggs. The Vietnamese Food Safety Agency on December 28 confirmed that it had not detected fake eggs in Vietnam.

blog of don ca tai tu (Southern amateur music) by Professor Tran Quang Hai has attracted a large number of visitors with over 330 articles, since its establishment in August.

Despite suffering a 2-1 loss to Indonesia on Wednesday, Malaysia still won their first title at Southeast Asian football championship with a 4-2 win in total after two legs.

A documentary with shocking scenes about hunting wildlife has won the first prize of the 4th Environmental Film Festival, which closed in Hanoi on December 29.

An online auction to raise funds for the Foundation for the Poor was successfully organized, collecting VND3.1 billion (over $150,000), including VND1 billion for an unique bronze drum that was cast for Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary.

A Chinese newspaper on December 27 reported that many Chinese companies publicly advertised technology to produce fake eggs. The Vietnamese Food Safety Agency on December 28 confirmed that it had not detected fake eggs in Vietnam.

Every university just covers an area of some thousands of square meters, or some hundreds of square meters. Therefore, educators have every reason to worry about the quality of the pedagogical environment.

Information technology (IT) experts believe that it is very necessary to build up e-governments in localities. However, they have also warned that this will be a difficult job because of infrastructural problems.

In 2010, the ups and downs in the gold, foreign currency and real estate markets made a lot of people suffer. VnMedia reviews the most important economic events which may continue having impacts in the next year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign tax evaders in the Central Highlands’ Lam Dong province will have to pay back their tax infringements.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police are to crack down on coaches and motorbikes that break traffic laws starting this week. This is to ensure road safety during the lunar New Year festival in early February.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities have failed to control the quality of children's toys and recent inspections have found that many products, particularly imported ones, are being sold without conformity of regulation (CR) or safety stamps.

VietNamNet Bridge – More services should be made available to women who opted to marry foreign husbands to help save them from falling prey to illegal marriage brokers,

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's inter-sectoral inspectors uncovered violations of food hygiene and safety in some local markets and super-markets in a raid conducted last weekend.