VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam fencing team will compete in seven international tournaments this year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission (SSC) is considering a pilot project allowing foreigners to raise their stakes in listed companies, a policy shift that has drawn varied reactions from market insiders.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors wanting to develop five-star hotels in Kien Giang Province must have a minimum investment of VND1.1 billion for each bed.

The banners, slogans and propaganda posters for anniversaries, holidays and social-cultural-politics events, after completing the propaganda mission, were utilized for many different purposes.

Asiana Airlines to own 50% of Kumho Asiana Plaza; VinaPhone, MobiFone merger remains uncertain; Local firm says smartphone market will grow strongly; Power price hikes inevitable; Vietnam’s top 500 businesses revealed

 Claims that global warming can be braked by dissolving huge quantities of rock in the sea to absorb carbon emissions are laden with flaws, a study published on Tuesday says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment is making a draft decree that requires all information of State-owned economic groups and corporations to be made transparent before the public.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the State Bank of Vietnam to coordinate with the related agencies to help Dong Xanh JSC remove difficulties for the Dai Tan ethanol plant in Quang Nam province.

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea, a Vietnamese woman named Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh was determined to have committed suicide in the city of Gumi, South Korea, on January 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – CP Vietnam and Emivest Vietnam might have to pay fines totaling 10% of their total revenues in fiscal 2011 if they were found violating the Competition Law.

  Project helps farmers deal with climate change; Fines increased for illegal gas use; More homes to receive clean water; Urgent need for unemployment insurance

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has been allocated with 600 mobile police officers for crime prevention, said Major General Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City police chief at a meeting with the city’s Chair Le Hoang Quan.

VietNamNet Bridge - If it is adopted, the draft decree on cash payments will force people to pay through the bank if they want to buy real estate, stocks or cars, motorcycles...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dai Duong Company has appealed against the District 1 People’s Court in HCM City’s decision to request it to pay USD55.5 million to a Vietnamese American gambler.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat is riding high in the Asean Basketball League after securing a 77-72 victory over defending champions Indonesia Warriors in their third game.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of award-winning photos from around the world is scheduled to open today, Jan 22, at the headquarters of the HCM City Association of Photographic Artists in Suong Nguyet Anh Street.

According to the Phu Tri A Agricultural Extension Club, in Chau Thanh District, Hau Giang province--on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2013, the price for wine gourd-shaped grapefruits ranges from VND1 to VND2 million ($50-100) a pair.

Nearly all the state owned economic groups and general corporations fear they cannot fulfill the plan on withdrawing capital from non-core business fields on schedule.

Financial services firms in Britain posted an increase of profits in the three months to December last year with optimism improved, despite a further fall in business volumes, said a survey on Monday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The model and singer Ho Ngoc Ha won the Artist of the Year title at the Zing Music Awards 2012 in a ceremony in HCM City last night.