VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is set to ban the sale of cigarettes to people under 18, as also the hiring of people of this age group to sell tobacco products.

Regular consumption of deep-fried foods such as French fries, fried chicken and doughnuts is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, and the effect appears to be slightly stronger with regard to more aggressive forms of the disease,

Hanoians and foreigners living in the city will experience the Traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival’s joyful atmosphere by attending a wide range of cultural and art performances held during February in the capital city.

SBV says will resort to compulsory reserve ratio; Positive signals for farm produce exports; Cai Mep-Thi Vai international ports inaugurated; January's industrial production index falls; Japan leads Vietnam’s January FDI investors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many scientists of southern cities and provinces have called for a new approach to climate change adaptation that would be tailored to each specific region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Struggling against weak efficiency and a heavy load bad debts, Vietnamese finance companies are finding ways to restructure.

In the fashion show "The Times" which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26, well-known designer Vo Viet Chung launched three collections. The collection “Heritage” was performed last as the highlight of the show.

VietNamNet Bridge – After only five days practicing with the national football squad of Vietnam, Michal Nguyen has been admitted to the team by coach Hoang Van Phuc.

On the morning of January 29, a tamarind with a tree-trunk diameter of 1.5 m at Vo Thi Sau - Thach Thi Thanh intersection in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, suddenly fell and blocked the road and caused traffic jams in the city center.

VietNamNet Bridge – A section of 10km of the Srepok River in the Central Highlands is now covered by dead fish of various species like carp, catfish, red tail hemibargus, etc.

Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Health – Mr. Nguyen Huy Quang - said that Mr. Pham Van Hiep who is now Ms. Pham Le Quynh Tram can ask the Ministry of Health to perform gender determination tests.

VietNamNet Bridge – The spokesman of the Government, Minister Vu Duc Dam has confirmed that the plan to remove difficulties for the real estate market will benefit the medium and low-income earners more than the rich.

A lot of businesses have decided that their staff would start the Lunar New Year holiday two weeks before Tet, because they don’t think that the operation on the last days of the Year of Dragon would help bring more revenue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous pop singer and producer Ngo Thanh Van appears to have further enhanced her image as a bankable movie star in the new film Faifo (Hoai Pho).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thierry Montaner and Killian Blais may be forgiven for looking a little weary as they finally arrived in Ha Noi. After all, they had come a long way.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vocalists Ho Ngoc Ha and Dam Vinh Hung won top Female and Male Pop Singer awards at Mai Vang (Golden Apricot) Awards ceremony in HCM City on Saturday.

 The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Monday it had disbanded the independent commission it had set up to investigate any alleged involvement by the global governing body in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Corruption related to recruitment of public servants still occurs because of inadequacies in the competitive exams. In the government apparatus, up to 30% of civil servants are good for nothing, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

People have complained that they have nowhere to deposit gold. Banks have said they are meeting a trouble that they still cannot collect debts because the loans have yet come matured, while they have to stop mobilizing gold deposits by June 30, 2013.

While scientists believe that they have to work in very poor conditions and affirm that Vietnam needs to spend more money to develop and encourage scientific research, businessmen say money is not the problem.