VietNamNet Bridge – Millions of US dollars were invested in the construction of tunnels in Hanoi for the safety of pedestrians but they are unused or become sleeping places for homeless people, garbage dumps or private shops.

Vietnamese youngster wins piano contest; Japanese floral art school to open in Ha Noi; HCM City hosts exhibition of landscape paintings; Ha Long Bay in top 10 coastal destinations

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has a huge shortage of human resources to cope with pressing urbanisation and climate change issues, a national conference was told yesterday, Dec 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Almost VND12 trillion (US$600 million) will be needed for road building next year, estimates the Transport Ministry's Roads Directorate.

Incentive offered to football team; Minh hits career-high ranking; Lifter Tuan faces doping ban; Tu, Lan in Olympics judo qualifier; Viet Nam target ASIAD golds

Vietnam’s tourism industry has singled out China, the Northeast Asian countries of Japan and South Korea, Europe, and ASEAN as its four main source markets for next year’s business plan and will boost marketing activities there.

U.S. military leaders on Friday voiced their disagreement on the issue of repealing a decade old ban on gays and lesbians to serve openly in uniform.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's football team will meet Singapore in a make-or-break match in Group B of the ASEAN Football Championship AFF-Suzuki Cup tomorrow, Dec 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sustainable development measures to help coastal urban areas respond to climate change was a major topic discussed at the "Viet Nam's urban areas and climate change" conference in Da Nang late last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The building of new class and teacher rooms, toilets and the supply of clean water was the tangible result of the Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children, or PEDC, project, a workshop in Ha Noi was told yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pop stars My Tam and Dam Vinh Hung on Saturday won the Artist of the Year prizes at the Lan Song Xanh (Blue Wave) Awards 2010 instituted by radio station Voice of HCM City (VOH).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands province of Dac Lac is being stripped of its cultural heritage as gongs, drums and many ancient hunting knives and tools are used to feed the thriving trade in ethnic antiques, officials warn.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoc Dai and his group Dai Lam Linh will perform with Danish saxophonist Lotta Anker in a concert of contemporary music in Ha Noi on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Furniture makers found the way to foreign markets this year too rough with many obstacles including high interest rates and increasing material prices, so they switch to the local market, which has a growing demand.

VietNamNet Bridge – School violence has become more serious with many more violence cases discovered. Students not only assaulted classmates, but they also brought lethal weapons to schools and threatened teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Records Books (Vietkings) announced it has necessary papers to prove Tran Thi Viet from the southern Long An province is 118 years old and is thus the oldest documented person Vietnam.

Two suicide bombers Monday targeted a meeting of pro-government tribal elders in a Pakistani tribal region and killed at least 50 people, officials said.

Vietnam is now ranking fifth among the 10 countries, which are facing the highest risk, in the 2010’s reports about information security released by prestigious security firms, including McAfee, Kaspersky or CheckPoint.

VietNamNet Bridge - Up until now Vietnamese real estate developers used the services provided by foreign consultancy firms. This has changed recently as they need new solutions to boost their sales in the gloomy market.