Hanoi’s Vice Chair Hoang Manh Hien on December 13 said that as of December 2010, government agencies and state-owned enterprises located in the capital city will temporarily stop buying imported cars.

The volume of kieu hoi to be remitted to Vietnam in 2010 is expected to be higher than that in 2009, sources say.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become the tourism destination with the highest growth rate in South East Asia, reports released by leading hotels in Vietnam and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) shows.

VietNamNet Bridge – Studying and reviewing their lessons at any time, anywhere, and having no time for relax and entertainment, Vietnamese students have entered the semester examination season.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese leading economists believe that it would be unfeasible to try to escape from the influences from China –and the best thing to do now is to find the way to prosper based on the prosperity of China.

Removing a cellular receptor for ghrelin protein may allow mice to burn more fat and reduce weight, and this could point a new way to obesity control, according to the study published by HealthDay News on Monday.

The foreign ministers of the United States, Mexico and Canada said here on Monday that they need to make joint efforts to address the security challenges in the region.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was honored with a dedication of star on the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, less than a month before her latest film "Country Strong" is scheduled for release.

Port network suffers from lack of roads;  WWF Vietnam stands for removal of tra fish from Red List; HTML clipboard Bank shares rise but indices decline

French police on Monday arrested a young man who had taken some 20 kindergarten kids hostage in an eastern city before releasing all of them.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seventy-four top entries from the 6th Nation Creative Competition for Youth and Children will be displayed at the 7th International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI) from Dec. 16-18,

VN attends World Youth Festival; More than 100 substandard buses; Two men indicted for embezzling; Brightest meteor shower to appear; Joint law enforcement to combat transnational crime

VietNamNet Bridge – The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), 10th tenure, opened its 14th meeting on December 13 with a focus on the discussion of draft documents for the coming 11th Party National Congress.

VietNamNet Bridge – The conceive-design-implement-operate (CDIO) model is viewed as a good model for universities in Viet Nam that want to integrate internationally, experts have said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Few people believed that a notorious criminal from Hai Phong on death row in prison could write a short-story collection worthy of publishing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Chairman of HCM City People's Committee, Le Hoang Quan, has asked relevant agencies in the city to cooperate with provincial authorities in the Dong Nai River Basin to restore the water quality in Dong Nai River . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The US Department of State has launched a project that will survey the volume of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Mekong basin, speakers said at a four-day seminar

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal sand dredging and storage is destroying dyke systems along the banks of the Red River in Ha Noi and a shortage of staff and facilities is preventing authorities from controlling the situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thieves broke into an ATM in Vinh City in the central province of Nghe An Province last Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of poor urban households, especially in Ha Noi and HCM City, have tended to rise and those in rural Viet Nam fall with the introduction of the Government's new poverty standards, reports Oxfam and ActionAids.