The Government reviewed socioeconomic growth in the past 11 months and introduce measures to stabilize prices and market for the rest of the year and during the Lunar New Year at a regular monthly cabinet meeting on December 1-2.

Repeated cases of school violence cases which occurred in recent days have raised doubts that the measures taken by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and general schools to fight school violence are useless.

The dollar price in the black market is now higher by 2000 dong per dollar than the price quoted by commercial banks. The overly high dollar has made businesses exhausted.

Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc (OPM), the only foreign invested enterprise in Vietnam has expressed its worries about the newly made decision by the Vietnamese government to raise the export tariff on gold from zero to 10 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two festival seasons have been held annually in Con Son Pagoda in the Chi Linh District of the northern province of Hai Duong.

Christmas comes in only two weeks, and the market has been warming up. However, many people still hesitate to go Christmas shopping because the prices have been increasing in accordance with the dollar and gold

The development of 3G services will require a systemic development, from the market behavior by telecom infrastructure providers, content service providers to the connection diversification in order to take fully develop mobile broadband.

The global climate change is forecast to seriously affect the HCM City’s development by 2050 if no proper action is taken soon, said Nguyen Van Phuoc, deputy director of the city’s Department and Natural Resources and Environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first episode of a television documentary series by a Vietnamese film making team featuring a round-the-world trip in a caravan will hit screens this Sunday.

Although city leaders have adopted measures to stabilize prices, increase of essential commodities has badly influenced on meager-income residents’ lives including blue-collar workers.

Deadly cold and heavy snowfall continued to sweep across Europe on Thursday, snarling traffic and causing at least 18 deaths in Poland and other countries.

HCM City unveils seven-day Lunar New Year celebration plans; Saigontourist offers promotion for travellers to discover China; ‘Free and easy' tours to Thailand, Singapore, Brunei launched; Border province plans $2 billion 186 ha casino project

VietNamNet Bridge – Young people living in HCM City's rural districts have more opportunities to enrich their lives thanks to entertainment programmes and festivals held by local cultural houses.

VietNamNet Bridge – H'Zina Bya of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dac Lac has won a national singing contest organised by HCM City Television with 44.29 per cent of the audience vote.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three leading designers of Viet Nam's premier fashion companies and 20 freelance designers will take part in Viet Nam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2011 at the French Consulate in HCM City today, Dec 3, and tomorrow.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Sport Science Institute has submitted details of a proposed pilot project titled, Improving the Strength and Height of the Vietnamese People, to the Government for approval.

VietNamNet Bridge – They have performed in more than 60 countries in the world and last night, December 2, the Chinese disabled art troupe had the only show at the Hanoi Opera House.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the national circus gala on December 12 in Hanoi, the audience enjoyed many special prestidigitation items.

VietNamNet Bridge – The idea of taking nude wedding photos is new in Vietnam But it is anticipated to become a popular trend very soon.

Watsoporn Wattanakoon from Thailand defeated 84 contestants to take the Miss Photogenic title of the Miss Earth 2010 Pageant at a gala dinner on December 2. The contestant from Guatemala received the Miss Congeniality title.