The decision by the State Bank of Vietnam to float the interest rates has made businesses worried. Businessmen say they have been put under hard pressure which has forced them to reconsider the borrowing and the business plan for 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – The audience will have a chance to admire a Hanoi of the past, the present and the future when they visit the three-part exhibition entitled “Hanoi-The City of? Art” at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has strongly condemned World Wildlife Fund rumours against its tra fish exports.

VietNamNet Bridge - “It has underscored the need to professionalise the management structures of Vietnam’s SOEs”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh left the Hong Kong Super Series 2010 after losing 0-2 to the world’s number one player Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) in the semi-final game on December 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of overseas Vietnamese singers have flocked home to both perform for their people and to earn high incomes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam World 2010 Diem Huong and Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Farie shared joyful moments at the X’mats fashion show in HCM City on December 10.

Car taxes cut from January 1; Plan boiled down to provide copper plant; Auto research centre to benefit local sector; Exports set to hit a record level; Habeco’s thirst to re-enter the market; Vietnam, Japan Joint Initiative bears fruits

Thousands of people throughout Vietnam came to Quang Nam this weekend to attend the funeral of Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Thu, whose nine sons sacrificed their lives for their country in the wars of resistance against the French and the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – One of the biggest successes of Viet Nam's chairmanship of ASEAN during the year was that the country had managed to shift the focus from words to work, a conference on ASEAN-EU relations heard last Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Duc Thao, General Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Drainage and Urban Development Company has won more international scientific prizes than any other Vietnamese.

Campaign promotes moral leadership of Ho Chi Minh; Strengthening Vietnam-China ties; Hanoi hosts awards ceremony for contest on Party; “Learning and following Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” movement reviewed

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities have actively contributed to the way people think about climate change, helping promote green technologies and environmentally friendly lifestyles, heard those attending an international conference

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Viet Nam are not getting the information they need to combat the country's serious environmental problems.

VietNamNet Bridge – The joint Viet Nam-China film, Vuot Qua Ben Thuong Hai, which charts the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh as the young Nguyen Ai Quoc, will premier in cinemas throughout Viet Nam next Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – American War veteran and poet Bruce Weigl is in Viet Nam for the launch of his poetical memoir After the Rain Stopped Pounding.

‘Amateur music' clubs boom in Dong Thap; Writing contest praises quiet achievements; Festival turns tea into art and industry; Long Bien exhibition shows for one night only

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in HCM City.

Conference to examine issues in mixed marriages; Finland funds water supply project in Nghe An; Contracts signed at Int’l Agriculture Fair total VND550 bil; Initiative aims to reduce blindness

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey carried out by the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, the biggest threats ethnic women faced were verbal and physical abuse.