HCM City football has shown intentions of putting a stop to its shameful results over the last two years at local football competitions as HCM City and Navibank Sai Gon football clubs have revamped their teams for the new season.

VietNamNet Bridge – It's a strange land that leaves me with different feelings whenever I come to rediscover it.

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumer price index (CPI) of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi is 9.58 per cent and 9.56 per cent respectively this year, according to their statistics office bureaus.

VietNamNet Bridge - Electronic customs has been officially introduced at some ports since mid-December to quicken goods clearance but frustration has grown among enterprises as they are struggling with the slower procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mild winter is pervading all roads and houses in the Central and Central Highlands regions with cold breezes and scenic landscapes of old, bare trees enveloped in the misty fog.

At least 15 people were detained and six injured, including four police officers from the Argentine Federal Police (PFA), on Thursday night in Buenos Aires during a clash at the Constitution train station, police sources said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever I visit Hanoi, the first place I think of is the Temple of Literature, where the tree-shaded grounds and the buildings tell of the times that scholars studied there.

Ha Long Bay ranks 6th in National Geographic cruise list; Central region helicopter tours offered; Locals snatch up package tours; Da Nang to host firework contest; Quang Nam tourist complex gets nod

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam strives to be one of the world’s top 40 nations whose Information Technology (IT) students meet international qualifications by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's infertility rate stands at eight per cent, and the infertility rate is equal in men and women, according to Nguyen Viet Tien, deputy health minister and director of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

VietNamNet Bridge – Road upgrading in Ha Noi will be suspended from December 30 through to Lunar New Year (Tet) which falls in February 2011, the Ha Noi Transport Department announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's Health Insurance Fund was expected to run a surplus of VND3.5 trillion (US$175 million) this year, said deputy general director of the Viet Nam Social Insurance Nguyen Minh Thao.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Christian community made a major contribution to helping Viet Nam overcome the effects of the global financial crisis and natural disasters this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem yesterday, Dec 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 254 workplace accidents in the first 10 months of the year killed 287 workers nationwide, according to statistics released by the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour.

VietNamNet Bridge – A plan to develop water transport as a supplement to the ever-more congested roads of HCM City is progressing well, according to city officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lax application of the law by local police and authorities have blunted efforts to reduce and prevent domestic violence in the city, officials said at a workshop earlier this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of thousands of people in the south and across the country mourned the death last week of veteran revolutionary Tran Van Giau during funeral services in HCM City yesterday, Dec 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – A huge amount of discarded electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste), particularly refrigerators, computers and mobile phones, is said to pose an alarming threat to the environment throughout Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Academy of Music will offer a special concert for children every quarter at the academy's campus, according to piano instructor Ta Quang Dong, who initiated and organised the programme.