Thousands of university students demonstrated Thursday in central London, the fourth since last month, as MPs in the House of Commons prepared to vote on a plan to raise tuition fees.

Right after hearing the news that the Ministry of Finance will slash the import tariff on less than nine seat cars, many people decided to delay their car purchase plan. However, they have been warned that the prices may not go down.

Ha Noi hotel ranked in top four; Uncle Ho's father's death noted; VNAT focuses on four main markets; Tourism Year focuses on coasts; HCM City tourist discounts

VietNamNet Bridge – Athletes from 10 Asian nations and Hong Kong will compete at the second Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships that will take place on December 16-18 at the Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Thai Nguyen and Pham Thi Hue will represent Viet Nam at the World Swimming Champion-ships in Dubai from December 15-19.

Hanoi spent VND265 billion (US$13.25 million) for the ten-day celebration of its 1,000th anniversary, VND85 billion ($4.47 million) less than the estimated amount, said Hanoi’s Vice Chairman Hoang Manh Hien on December 8.

While many countries are importing more and more rice, the rice prices in the world market keep increasing. This means that Vietnam will have more opportunities to export rice in 2011.

Vietnam has been calling for pre-school education socialization. However, over the last many years, since the socialization began, no good choices of schools are available to people with low income

A newborn baby was reported to be nearly buried alive with his dead mother in a mountain village in Quang Binh province in central Vietnam.

The Vietnam-US Dialogue Group for Agent Orange/Dioxin has compiled a ten-year plan to solve problems related to Agent Orange/Dioxin, with estimated expense of $300 million.

VietNamNet Bridge – Continued price increases and the lack of transparency are considered the two biggest problems of the Hanoi’s real estate market. However, experts still believe that the prices will not decrease in medium term.

Vietnam to attend 17th World Festival of Youth and Students; Women's rights top ASEAN meet; $13 million spent for 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi; Vietnam, Mexico cooperate in environmental protection

VietNamNet Bridge – Financial problems are the main reason why  poor people do not go to hospitals for treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge - E-commerce is said to be the promised land, but it has yet to receive much interest from local investment funds.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only 170 kilometers from HCMC, Cat Tien is an ideal piece of the wild for an adventure trip.