The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has been joyful with the record high number of 6.847 million foreign travelers in 2012, an increase of 13.86 percent over 2011

The Vinashin ocean shipping company will be one of two subsidies of the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (Vinalines) that will be permitted to go bankrupt in the process of restructuring Vinalines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A huge and exotic array of Tet flowers are lining Nghi Tam Street in the capital city of Hanoi and attracting quite a crowd.

Vietnamese farmers have learnt lessons from doing business with Chinese.

A 10-volume book named “The Continuation of the Dai Nam Administrative Records” was launched by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in coordination with the Vietnam Institute of History on January 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses, both state owned and non-state owned, suffered big difficulties in 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – More and more hydropower plant projects have been drawn up by investors, who have heard that Vietnam is thirsty for power for its industrialization process.

The popular trend of donating small change to temples and pagodas by many Vietnamese people during traditional events has created a boom in unregulated exchange services around Ha Noi.

The public attention these days has been concentrated on the opening of the first Starbucks shop in HCM City and the fellow-countryman, Dunkin’s Donuts. Will there be a new wave of foreign fast food giants flocking to Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge - With over 80 employees, the Central Committee of Internal Affairs has officially operated since the day the amended Law on Anti-corruption took effect, February 1.

For every occasion of New Year, this special market opens at the intersection of Hang Ma, Hang Can, Hang Luoc and Hang Dong in Hanoi.

The nghien (Burretiodendron hsienmu) special-use forest in the Tat Ke – Ban Bung sanctuary in Tuyen Quang province has been “bleeding,” because illegal lumberjacks cut trees for precious woods.

There is still a “powerful force of bloggers” in Vietnam, which means that the service still has great development potentials.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apricot, peach, flowers, ornamental plants ... are coming to town these days, bringing the New Year to all over the country.

The information that the Ministry of Education and Training prohibits Vietnamese children under five years old to go to international schools has raised controversy.

The delay in the site clearance work has become so commonly seen in Vietnam. However, things may change a lot after a Japanese contractor asked for additional expenses to compensate the losses it incurred due to the delay in the site clearance.

Many associations still neglect the needs of their members or find it hard to address such needs, heard a workshop on capacity of Vietnamese business associations held on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over a week before the traditional New Year, dozens of calligraphers of different ages have gathered on Hanoi’s Van Mieu Street as usual.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Thi Ky is considered the biggest flower market in town and is known as the Langbiang Plateau (famously located in Dalat) of HCM City.

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