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 – 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 – 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 – 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

Vietnamese AO victimsVietnam and the United States aim to start cleaning up contamination from Agent Orange at a former wartime US base in the middle of next year, the US embassy said Thursday.

The cabinet would do its best to stabilise the macro-economy and contain inflation, the last cabinet meeting of the year heard yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 30 announced the top ten cultural, sports and tourism events of the year, selected by journalists.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 5.2 Richter Scale earthquake was recorded by the Institute for Geophysics at 2am of December 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – K+, a new TV broadcaster, is the first to exploit the newly-emerging idol Uyen Linh in a special talkshow tonight, December 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – VietNamNet would like to introduce the most impressive education events that happened in 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge - The foreign-invested sector saw a 40 per cent jump in export and import values by late December, 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese commercial banks have been setting their presence in foreign countries, especially neighbouring markets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Transport enterprises in HCM City yesterday, Dec 30, complained that the Ministry of Transport's new regulation that requires each of them to have their own parking lot was highly impractical.

VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot rural development programme implemented in tandem by the central and city governments has improved the socio-economic conditions in HCM City's outlying districts.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only cars will be permitted to use the main lanes of the Thang Long Highway from January 8, due to safety reasons.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's urban development may have been fast during the past 15 years, but it is far from sustainable, according to the latest Construction Ministry report.