Though complaining repeatedly about the economic difficulties and input cost increases, travel firms still have reaped fruits from outbound tours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fifth episode of In the Spotlight, a series of live music performances organised by a local entertainment and advertising company, will focus on late composer Trinh Cong Son.

G-bonds counted in credit growth; Transport contractors get squeezed; Local shippers are all at sea; Non-core investments sink seafood firms; Confectionery makers strike it big in Q3; Fines bite into used-vehicle sales

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Birth’ by Nguyen Van Tien or Tien Van Mieu on Sunday opened at Mai’s Gallery in District 1, expressing a bold audacious style covering sexuality and social issues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has become one of three champions, together with Singapore and Malaysia, of the ASEAN ICT Awards 2012, which was held in the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wild birds are sold publicly along National Highway 1A in the two southern provinces of Can Tho and Hau Giang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The unique traditions and culture of the Song Hong (Red River) Delta will be on display in Ha Noi from tomorrow, Nov 21, to support Viet Nam Heritage Day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Ho Chi Minh City is seeking investors for recycling of its urban mud waste via the BOO method (Build-Operate-Own),

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of November 16, Buddhist monk Thich Phap Dinh asked for the permission of senior monks of Phuoc Son Monastery (Dong Nai Province) to leave the priesthood and the proposal was approved.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 45-year-old woman suddenly died on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Haiphong of Jetstar Pacific, which took off at 3.10pm on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly scrutinised proposed revisions to the 1992 Constitution at their plenary sessions on November 15 and 16, which were broadcast live on national television and radio channels.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Thanh Hoa Province and Vietnam Airlines have finalized the plan to welcome the first passengers during this New Year holiday at the Sao Vang (Gold Star) airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Spanish Cultural Week in HCMC opened yesterday, Nov 19, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Spain.

 Unemployment, multiple job losses and short periods without work may be associated with increased risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack),

VietNamNet Bridge – The Director of Long An Provincial Police Agency has decided to dismiss eight police officers for using drugs during training.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will officially have its representative as the ASEAN Secretary General in the 2013-2017 term, after Mr. Surin Pitsuwan’s term ends later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang has made plans to invest in a new tourist site at the top of the Hai Van Pass in order to lure domestic and foreign tourists,

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam Province, confirmed that the district would not welcome earthquake inspection teams because experts could not help solve quakes in the district.

VietNamNet Bridge – Arranging settlements and new means of livelihoods for those whose land had been revoked was no less important than offering them fair compensation packages.  

Dang Thanh Tam, who was praised as one of the biggest Vietnamese tycoons with his huge investment projects, turns out to be not as rich as previous thought.