The charter of Communist Party of Vietnam, the 10th tenure, doesn’t mention the direct election of the Party Secretary General but if a majority of delegates of the 11th Party Congress agrees, the Congress can directly elect the Party Chief.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese-American footballer Lee Nguyen, who played for the US national squad in 2007 as substitutes, is applying for Vietnamese citizenship to be eligible to play in the Vietnamese national team.

VietNamNet Bridge - Live shows of famous singers will heat up this week, with pop star Dan Truong’s show scheduled on Jan 13, My Tam’s on Jan 14, and Thanh Lam - Tung Duong duo’s on Jan 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – “I believe that Party members and the people are looking for ambitious and firm candidates,” said Nguyen Xuan Kien, the first person who offered himself as a candidate for the election of the Party Central Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many football stars said goodbye to V-League, the top national professional championship, to join clubs that play at the First Division Tournament (the second-class football tournament in Vietnam). Why?

VietNamNet Bridge – Today, January 11, Hanoians suffered from the coldest weather so far this year. The temperature felt to 8-11 degree Celsius. The chilling weather was worsened by rain

VietNamNet Bridge – This huge number of workers was mobilized to work 24 hours a day to clean up the rubbish that was stuck in the central city of Vinh, Nghe An province for a whole week.

Though obtaining a satisfactory growth rate in 2010 with five million foreign tourists, experts say there are still a lot of things that need to be done to develop tourism industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile service providers have launched a lot of promotion campaigns, hoping to increase the numbers of subscribers and to satisfy the demand which is believed to increase sharply on Tet.

The decision by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to increase the “quota” for university education by 6.5 percent compared to the last academic year has surprised many people.

Right after the State Bank of Vietnam granted quotas to import gold late last week, a lot of gold trading companies said that they are considering importing gold immediately, when the prices are good and promise profitable deals.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has urged the government to instruct relevant ministries to support EVN to complete legal procedures soon, so that EVN can issue one billion dollars worth of international bonds.

VietNamNet Bridge – The volume of imported wine going through the ports in HCM City is soaring these days, just three weeks before Tet. The Tet wine market has been dominated by hundreds of imported wine products.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Registration Department said about 70,000 automobiles had passed their expiry date since the beginning of this year and were no longer considered road worthy – but that the majority were still in use.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong River Delta city of Can Tho's Women Union yesterday, Jan 10, opened a consultation centre for those who marry foreigners.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed the Government spend more than VND309 bil on those who had made a contribution to the country's reunification to enjoy the traditional Lunar New Year Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first dormitory of the HCM City student housing project was completed on Thursday, after being behind schedule for several months.

Apple is expected to release a new generation of its popular tablet computer iPad in the next “three to four” weeks, according to Kevin Rose, the founder of content-sharing website Digg.

China's foreign trade last year jumped 34.7percent year on year to more than 2.97 trillion U.S. dollars while its trade surplus fell 6.4 percent to 183.1 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday.

England soccer star David Beckham and his wife, former Spice Girl singer Victoria Beckham, are expecting their fourth child in summer, media reports said Monday.