VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot project to promote service science will begin this year in HCM City in an aim to increase quality and added value to the service sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City targets establishing a minimum VND8 million (US$410) in annual income per capita for all families, according to the city Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – The technology is available for flood-mapping in Viet Nam but little progress has been made due to a lack of capital to pursue the project,

VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Quang Ninh has approved a Japanese-funded project on protection of the environment of the world heritage Ha Long Bay for the 2011-2013 period.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television will broadcast during Tet (Lunar New Year) a series on the revolutionary music that inspired the nation during the war for independence.

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in remote areas of the Central Highlands Province of Dac Lac are now able to watch films dubbed in ethnic minority languages thanks to the Government's initiative and support, says a local official.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of works by a group of seven Paris-based artists has opened in HCM City. On show are 54 paintings and sculptures at the Blue Space Gallery in downtown HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises are making good on rising overseas Vietnamese -driven demand for traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) dishes like the banh chung (glutinous rice cake) and dua hanh (pickled spring onions).

VietNamNet Bridge – Local food and bonsai will be showcased at the Hue Handicrafts Festival in April as the former royal capital central city strives to consolidate its status as Viet Nam's cultural and festival city.

Due to stronger than projected sales activity in the fourth quarter, Canada's annual housing sales activity in 2010 was higher than anticipated, although volume was still below that of 2009, the Canadian Real Estate Association announced

The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Sunday described south Sudan referendum process as free, fair and credible and regarded it as a milestone in promoting peace and democratic transformation of south Sudan.

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Saturday met with his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung- hwan here, to exchange views on bilateral relations and issues related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The death toll in the storms which devastated part of Brazil' s Rio de Janeiro state this week reached 600, authorities informed on Saturday.

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games will go on sale on March 15, 2011 and Paralympic Games tickets will go on sale on September 9, 2011, confirmed The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have decided to set up high-quality schools, considering this a necessary step in building up a modern education in a period of global integration.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Mekong Delta region has seen a bumper winter-spring harvest with high prices, while farms in Northern Central provinces have been waterlogged due to the bad weather.

VietNamNet Bridge - Continued power cuts are expected to hit enterprises in southern Binh Duong province’s industrial parks more severely this year.

Some smaller commercial banks in the past week have raised the interest rates they offer on US dollar deposits by 0.9 to 1.3 percentage points to as high as 6.1 per cent per year.

Vietnam is world’s 14th biggest economy in 2050; Thais tie down giant refinery plans; Mekong Delta to export 5.5 mln tonnes of rice in 2011; Ha Noi banks target 27% rise in capital; Many VN firms fail to meet consumer tastes

VietNamNet Bridge – Leading sport dance duos performed in the first-ever “Vietnam SportDance  Stars Festival” at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Hanoi on January 14.