VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is set to apply higher taxes, along with other stricter measures, on cigarette trading to limit consumption.  

New regulation seeks to refine urban planning process; Government approves border zone development; Balance of payment surplus estimated 10 bln USD; Ha Noi inflation double that of HCM City in first month of 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s restructuring banking industry is moving ahead with plans to cut staff after initially announcing plans to cut salaries and bonuses for their staff in the 2013 Lunar New Year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam welcomed 6.8 million international arrivals in 2012, marking a year-on-year increase of 13.86 per cent and bringing revenue of nearly US$7 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge – The luxurious food and drink market has become boisterous. In fact, it has never been hurt by the economic crisis.

 U.S. Senate on Thursday approved the postponement of the federal government's debt ceiling until May to keep the federal government in operation and give lawmakers more time

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Multimedia Joint Stock Company (Multimedia SJC) has bought the copyright of world-leading reality TV fashion show, ‘Project Runway’.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 An explosion in the headquarters of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in Mexico City on Thursday left 14 people dead and 80 others injured, the Mexican oil giant said on its Twitter account.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem was beaten by India’s Chanda Sandipan in his final match of Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 on January 31.

In the street for oriental medicine of Hai Thuong Lan Ong, HCM City, many people do not hesitate to pay a lot of money to purchase specialties like shark's fin, bird's nests, cordyceps roberti to enhance their virility.

The dispute between a Vietnamese company - Giang Son JSC, and a foreign invested supermarket chain Big C, on the brand “Ga doi Yen The” (Yen The chicken) has brought the initial result temporarily in favor of the business.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coming from the mainland, dogs in Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) are considered as "soldiers," because they are good friends with naval soldiers and help them guard the waters of the country.

  Foreign press links Vietnam to the world; Algeria-Vietnam parliamentarian group founded; Sympathies to Kazakhstan President; Finalising political regime a must; Nobel Prize winner Kroto visits Vietnam

 A military judge overseeing September 11 pre-trial hearings revealed Thursday the government had censored discussion of secret CIA prisons from outside the courtroom, and angrily ordered such censorship not happen again.

Setting up a perfect plan to get adapted to the climate change, and helping the agriculture production in Mekong Delta develop in a sustainable way, has been highlighted as an urgent task.

The number of students expelled from schools or suspended for one year has been increasing rapidly. This, in the eyes of experts, is an alarming problem.

Vietnamese enterprises all nurture the ambitious plans to reach out to the world market. But they just plan to do this alone and don’t think of uniting with one another to get stronger.

The Vietnamese Internet users’ community has called on people not to use Chinese WeChat, an OTT (over the top content) app, allowing to make calls and send messages free of charge.

VietNamNet Bridge - To ensure safety for the antiques on the shipwreck in Quang Ngai province, the local authorities have decided to excavate the ship in two months.