VietNamNet Bridge - Of the two big projects worth $3 billion to build a metro line and a highway in HCM City, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance $1.1 billion.

Cell phones are not simply the means of communications but the devices that show the social status of teens. How many students have hand phones and what do the phones contain?

To encourage people to travel in Christmas season, in the context of high inflation that forces people to tighten their belt, travel agencies are offering tours at the “lowest possible prices”.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the controversy over K+ doesn’t cease, the public is upset by the information that a private firm - AVG - has held the broadcast right of the national football championship V-League for 20 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Natalie Tran, the “YouTube Queen”, ranks 88th among the 100 most beautiful faces in the world, selected by Independent Critic.

It is reported that one Vietnamese sailor is dead and three others missing while seven have been rescued from the Korean fishing boat, No. 1 Insung, which was sunken off Antarctica on December 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – People in neighboring areas have been flocking to Mr. Nguyen Van Binh’s home in Ganh Hao town, Bac Lieu province to see a titanic pachyrrhizus (potato bean or yam bean) that is up to 7.4 kilos.

Hanoi’s Vice Chair Hoang Manh Hien on December 13 said that as of December 2010, government agencies and state-owned enterprises located in the capital city will temporarily stop buying imported cars.

The volume of kieu hoi to be remitted to Vietnam in 2010 is expected to be higher than that in 2009, sources say.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become the tourism destination with the highest growth rate in South East Asia, reports released by leading hotels in Vietnam and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) shows.

VietNamNet Bridge – Studying and reviewing their lessons at any time, anywhere, and having no time for relax and entertainment, Vietnamese students have entered the semester examination season.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese leading economists believe that it would be unfeasible to try to escape from the influences from China –and the best thing to do now is to find the way to prosper based on the prosperity of China.

Removing a cellular receptor for ghrelin protein may allow mice to burn more fat and reduce weight, and this could point a new way to obesity control, according to the study published by HealthDay News on Monday.

The foreign ministers of the United States, Mexico and Canada said here on Monday that they need to make joint efforts to address the security challenges in the region.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was honored with a dedication of star on the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, less than a month before her latest film "Country Strong" is scheduled for release.

Port network suffers from lack of roads;  WWF Vietnam stands for removal of tra fish from Red List; HTML clipboard Bank shares rise but indices decline

French police on Monday arrested a young man who had taken some 20 kindergarten kids hostage in an eastern city before releasing all of them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seventy-four top entries from the 6th Nation Creative Competition for Youth and Children will be displayed at the 7th International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI) from Dec. 16-18,

VN attends World Youth Festival; More than 100 substandard buses; Two men indicted for embezzling; Brightest meteor shower to appear; Joint law enforcement to combat transnational crime

VietNamNet Bridge – The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), 10th tenure, opened its 14th meeting on December 13 with a focus on the discussion of draft documents for the coming 11th Party National Congress.