85 percent road accidents caused by drivers’ faults; Vietnamese student beaten up in Australia; Nearly 500 hospitalized for food poisonin; Vietnamese studying abroad meet in Hanoi; Vietnamese sailors seized by pirates off Madagascar

Vietnam’s leading hip-hop dance group Big ToeA hip-hop contest will be monthly organized for nationwide dancers in preparation for a final round at the end of next year.

Viet Nam will expand its cocoa cultivation areas to take advantage of high global demand and rising prices, as well as unstable production from the world's major cocoa growers, according to industry officials.

Returning to Vietnam as veterans of the Vietnam War, bearing many wounds in their souls, these Americans  may have felt apprehensive but the open hearts of Vietnamese people relieved their pains and helped them regain their lost souls.

In 2010, “Floating Lives” earned a revenue of VND17 billion and “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” won two prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Megastar was sued for abusing its monopoly like position and “Inferno” is doubted as a copy of a Hollywood film.

VietNamNet Bridge – Salary for state employees has always been controversial in Vietnam. Though it has been discussed a thousand times there has not been a “revolution” on the topic.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has played its role as Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) well in 2010, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung remarked on the final day of the country’s term.

Meeting to announce the establishment of the Southeast Asian Vovinam Federation (SEAVF) was held in Cambodia on Tuesday.

Vietnam started yesterday selling Pegnano amid massive supports that the generic hepatitis drug is a lifesaver for the poor as well as protests from a Swiss firm that the act violates intellectual rights.

Listed firms make modest 2011 plans; MOC wants an end to business licences in apartment blocks; Banking shares buoy indices; Producing 6 million tonnes of seafood by 2015; Workers refuse jobs at Delta industrial parks; Seaport for rent

VietNamNet Bridge - The telecom market is unlikely to sustain its scorching pace of development since it has reached saturation point and tariffs have fallen significantly.

VietNamNet Bridge - Export processing zone firms are fearing the removal of incentives by 2012 as part of Vietnam’s World Trade Organization commitments.

VietNamNet Bridge – From pumpkins, watermelons, carrots, etc., artisans created pretty artworks at the “Fruit-vegetable sculpture” competition at HCM City 23/9 Park. The competition is part of the International Food Festival in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Barack Obama has appointed David B. Shear as the new American Ambassador to Vietnam, replacing Michael Michalak who will finish his term in January 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Hospital has successfully performed liver transplantation for a 44-year-old man from the central city of Da Nang in a 13-hour surgery.

VietNamNet Bridge – After seeing a red-earred turtle on the back of the ancient turtle of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake last week, many visitors saw some new injuries on his back when he floated to the surface on December 30.

The purchase of EVNT, the telecom company belonging to the Electricity of Vietnam, by FPT, may be the perfect agreement  between the two giants that in turn  may lead to a new and bigger giant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many motorbikes which were manufactured in the 1970s still run on streets of Hanoi and HCM City.  

VietNamNet Bridge – 15 years after its inception/introduction, the public phone service using cards has died. Thousands of phone boxes in HCM City are deserted.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being a citizen of the North, I've always been curious about people, life and the countryside in the South, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I had the chance to visit one of the most popular tourism destinations