Top legislator of Republic of Korea starts visit; Prime Minister visits air defence missile battalion; Italian Defence Minister visits HCM City; High-ranking Lao delegation visits Bac Ninh

Vietnamese Hoa Sen Group has sent a letter to competent agencies, expressing its anxiety that Bluescope Steel group in South East Asia intends to acquire and monopolize the market, according to Dau tu.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A first-ever Hong Kong Film Festival is expected to take place in the city on March 22 if organizers get nod from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has just issued its first resolution in 2013 defining major solutions to realize the socio-economic development and budget estimate plan for 2013.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Ha Noi's People's Committee decision that goes into effect next week aims to minimise conflicts between apartment owners and investors, especially in high-rise buildings.

VietNamNet Bridge – Elephant tusks are now trading at VND30-40 million per kilo, while rhino horns at VND1 billion. The colossal profits have prompted people into conduct trafficking cases worth hundreds of billions of dong.

The expanded investment projects will also be able to enjoy the investment incentives like the ones given before to the initial projects, if the proposal of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is ratified by the National Assembly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After several babies died or suffered serious reaction from Quinvaxem injections in the last two months, the Ministry of Health called for a special meeting on January 9 to discuss reasons behind these deaths.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The resort city of Da Lat is known as a paradise of flowers, fog and love, set at an altitude of 1,500m in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam.

It is now the busiest time for university students in a year. They have been over head and ears in work to earn money for the Tet celebration. Besides, they also have to prepare for the semester exams.

Chip SG8V1 designed by ICDREC Center, an arm of the HCM City National University, has become the first product to be commercialized.

VietNamNet Bridge - "After the provision on not sending prostitutes to rehabilitation centers, prostitution in HCM City has become complex again," said Mr. Le Van Quy, Deputy Chief of the HCM City Bureau for Social Evils Prevention.

A tough year for rice exports; Coal sector urged to settle inventories; Vietnam to get US$1.36 bln in ADB loans in 2013; Tet market prices under strict scrutiny; Preferential policies attract new businesses to HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Several hydroelectric plants operated by the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) reported profits last year thanks to increases in output and average power prices.  

Ly Hoang Nam was knocked out of the Copa Gatorade in Venezuela yesterday after going down 2-6, 6-7 to No 4 seed Luca Corinteli of the US.

Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) has decided to invest nearly US$27 billion in a petrochemical complex project in the south-central province of Binh Dinh.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are some 50 establishments that provide electronic games for prizes to foreigners in Vietnam. The revenue from the services has been increasing steadily. The figure was VND5 trillion in 2011.

The approval of the Law on Water Resources and National Strategy for environmental protection through 2020, the introduction of climate change and sea level rise scenarios for Viet Nam are among top ten events

 VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences in Ha Noi will get a unique perspective of a typical working day for Vietnamese farmers thanks to a contemporary dance show due to make its debut on January 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the landmark 2,400 megawatt Son La hydropower plant was plugged into the national power grid not long ago, the potential for electricity shortages still loom across Vietnam.