As one of the efforts to ease congestion and improve traffic safety, Ho Chi Minh authorities will restrict the use of personal vehicles and halve the number of streets on which parking lots are operating, said an official of the city Transport Department.

Many young singles are sharing jokes about how to spoil people’s Valentine’s Day on Facebook. Before Facebook, Internet users flooded chat rooms with mischievous tips. Now, it is Facebook that is buzzing as Valentine’s Day approaches. “Confront the girl and say, ‘How dare you cheat on me?’,” suggested one member. “Or if you are brave enough, confront the boy instead and slap him and say, ‘Jerk, why didn’t you tell me that you’re gay?’”

Regular guests call restaurants with striptease a ‘box,’ as each small room is thorougly secluded by partitions without a window, and each man is coupled with a young ‘worker of entertainment’.

They are all guarded by bulky men at the entrance gate. Motorbikes are also parked with the number plates facing the wall, as if to hide their owners’ identification.

Following are photos of the joyful New Year’s Eve celebrations at some key cities across Vietnam last night. (Photos are all from Tuoi Tre) Happy New Year everyone!

Vietnam’s Next Top Model’s four finalists lighten up the streets of southern Ho Chi Minh City with their latest photo album. Hoang Thuy, Tra My, Le Thuy and Thuy Trang dressed up in colorful traditional ao dai and walked along downtown Ho Chi Minh City, which in these days has become much livelier with New Year decorations and street installations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung confirmed that Vietnam is determined to build nuclear power plants, otherwise the country will be in serious shortage of power. Attending the recent year-end meeting of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), one of the missions that the PM emphasized and asked the MoST to quickly implement, is compiling legal documents on and training human resources for the first nuclear power plant in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.

More and more Vietnamese teenagers taking nude photos without knowing the dangers involved.

Many pregnant girls have been posting messages online seeking somebody to adopt their babies and pay for the cost of childbirth.

A 5-year-old boy was spotted riding a motorbike with his father in the back, both not wearing the compulsory helmets in District 12’s Le Van Khuong Street in Ho Chi Minh City last Thursday evening.

The boy crouched towards the handlebar and skillfully maneuvered the throttle grip.

As his legs were too short to step on the break, it was quite dangerous if there was a sudden obstacle ahead.

Sitting in the back with his hands upon his thighs, the man just kept smiling rather than trying to protect the kid.

Reporters had to speed up to 50km/h and squeeze among the crowd to follow and film this fast and furious kid driver.

Noticing they were being filmed and photographed, the man acted pleased and satisfied at his kid’s ‘talent’.

From reporters’ findings, this underage driver is called Thai Tuan and is still attending kindergarten.

“My son is very good. He’s been driving me for a year,” complimented Hoang Phong, the man in the back.

A girl who is not yet 18 years old will be tried at a court for slapping a traffic policeman on duty on Le Van Khuong street in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 12 after being caught breaking traffic regulations last month.