VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong reflects on the past year and shares his expectations for the next in an exclusive interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

VietNamNet Bridge - The amount of foreign currency sent to Vietnam by overseas Vietnamese last year reached more than $10 billion, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on February 17.

Tet for the poor; US Ambassador extends Lunar New Year message; Early Tet for southwestern islanders; Students in Cuba meet for Tet celebration party; Japan funds school, hospital projects

More than 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates from over 100 different countries gathered at the Xuan Que Huong cultural event in Ly Thai To Square in Ha Noi's central Hoan Kiem District yesterday evening

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese have contributed a lot to building infrastructure in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta over the past decade and are looking for more opportunities to contribute to their homeland,

VietNamNet Bridge – After only five days practicing with the national football squad of Vietnam, Michal Nguyen has been admitted to the team by coach Hoang Van Phuc.

Two overseas players have slotted well into the national team set-up after their first training sessions with their new teammates ahead of the Asian Cup qualifiers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is considering the violation against Vietnamese law of the artists who participated in the music DVD produced by the US-based Asia Music Center.

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 28, the Overseas Vietnamese Business Club (OVBC) and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Ho Chi Minh City will host the first meeting in 2013 with 800 overseas Vietnamese businessmen.

VietNamNet Bridge - According to information from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Mac Hong Quan has returned to Vietnam and is willing to try at the Vietnamese team in the next few days.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of overseas Vietnamese evaluated Viet Nam's draft revised Constitution, a draft revision of the 1992 document, at a conference held by the Viet Nam Fatherland Front in Ha Noi yesterday, Jan 17.

 Hanoi’s Ly Thai To Square will host an official programme on February 3 entitled “Xuan Que Huong 2013” (Homeland Spring)—a celebration for Vietnamese expatriates returning home to mark the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs and intellectuals who returned home to attend the conference of the Vietnam Fatherland Front last week expected that the Constitution more strongly protect their freedom of business and research in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - They are Vietnamese who have settled and attained great success overseas to become millionaires or billionaires. They are considered the most successful Vietnamese in the world.

According to the Resolution that was approved by the National Assembly (NA) on November 23, the process of collecting people's opinions on the amended Constitution will start from January 2013 and will last for three months.