VietNamNet Bridge – Around 600 overseas Vietnamese, known as Viet Kieu, will join a meeting with HCMC leaders at the end of this year to get an insight into the city’s socioeconomic situation and development orientation in the future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The New Year Gala Concert by the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra to be held on January 9 at the HCMC Opera House hopes to convey the message of love through its spring concert.

 VietNamNet – Vietnam's national reserves will reach about 0.8-1 percent of GDP by 2015 and about 1.5 percent by 2020. This is part of national reserve development strategy which has been approved

VietNamNet Bridge – A cutthroat competition is believed to occur in the pay-TV market in 2013, when telecom groups jump into the market and force the service fees down.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Fine Arts Association and the Indochina Arts Program have organized a graphic art exhibition of four American artists, including Davis Thomas, Caorolyn Muskat, Lois Tarlow and Gene Dorgan.

The majority of the names listed in the top 30 stock millionaire families have seen their assets increasing despite the economic downturn and the declines of the stock indexes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Food Administration, under the Ministry of Health, said it will set up 8 inspection teams to examine the compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations in 24 provinces and cities.

Students complain that the new regulation by the Ministry of Education and Training would deprive their opportunities to follow university education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A range of films based on Grimm’s Fairy Tales will be shown during the German Film Week at the Goethe Institute, Hanoi from January 11-18.

Urban dwellers in Viet Nam are coming to realise just how painful it is to live with serious noise pollution, not only from the endless procession of motorbikes and four-wheeled vehicles but also selfish store proprietors

All the policies relating to the tourism industry have been bringing benefits to resort developers and tourism project investors, but no benefit to local residents.

VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks have been making fat profits from ATM services, but they have decided to collect fees from inner-network transactions as well.

National Assembly deputy Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy of Da Nang city proposed the draft amendments to the Constitution, which after being passed by the National Assembly must go through a referendum before it takes effect.

The information on antiques in the sea always attracts the attention of antiques collectors and traders, as well as fishermen. There were treasures worth of millions of USD found, making the hunt for antiques under the sea never end.

FIEs ready to join “National Branding” fest; ODA funds boost infrastructure plan; FIEs lead on export growth; Quang Ngai seeks new FDI for heavy industry complex; Local makers wring for life

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers who have been affected by natural disasters or by crop or livestock epidemics will now receive financial support from the Government at double previous levels in order to help them recover their production.

 The US Congress has finally approved emergency disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, but only after a delay that sparked East Coast Republican outrage against their own party leadership.

Vietnam is still a promising destination for foreign investment in 2013, but the Government needs to urgently create a business environment friendly to investors if the country is to continue attracting foreign direct investment.

The People’s Procuracy of northern Hai Phong City announce a decision to prosecute several people involved in coercive land reclamation in Vinh Quang Commune, Tien Lang District, on the charge of murder and resisting on-duty officers.

 Perth Glory are in talks with the management of Michael Owen about bringing the former England player to Australia's A-League, reports said.