An employer (in the scope of this article, we will only make mention of the employers being enterprises) and an employee are bound by a labor contract.

Most young information and communication technology (ICT) firms in Vietnam have to use their own capital or capital they borrow from friends and relatives to start their business. They have little help from venture funds.

 VietNamNet Bridge - From more than five centuries ago, Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands were acknowledged by Western cartographers and navigators as the territories of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In some Mekong Delta’s provinces, the sea is encroaching on the mainland nearly 100 meters a year. In these areas, houses, land for agriculture production, protective forests and embankments have all been swept away.

Many ethnic households in the northern mountainous Lai Chau Province's Ban Giang Commune have accused a farm owner of illegally exploiting minerals, which has polluted the environment and damaged crops.

 Vietnam, Russia sign oil, gas exploration deal; PM instructs composition of 2015 socio-economic plan; Mekong Delta fetches nearly US$1 bil from rice exports;

 VietNamNet Bridge – If China stops selling electricity to Vietnam, the country will not suffer, experts say. In fact, China is charging high prices and electricity supply has been unstable.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since early May, about 40 people have been struck by lightning, and 10 of them have died.

 On the basis of “interconnectivity, interoperability, resemblance, correlation” we expect China to turn the spirit of these four golden words to become a reality.

Nigeria is joined by Argentina and Vietnam as the frontier markets that multinational corporations are most interested in, according to a new index of corporate sentiment.

 Owners of lotus ponds around West Lake in Hanoi are earning big money from various services during the lotus season.

 Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) has rejected a news report that the firm had bribed a Filipino official to win a government-to-government rice export contract in April.

 The Ministry of Interior proposed a draft decree which would require local deputy ministers to be fluent in at least one foreign language, among other qualifications.

Vietnamese archers have left for South Korea for training sessions under coach Lee Hang-yong in Incheon.

Craig Thomas Gallery will host group exhibition ‘Coming of Age’, an eclectic mix of painting, sculpture and installation works, on June 19 to celebrate its fifth anniversary.

 Vietnam attends US Communist; Vietnam, Cambodia armies to boost training partnership; NA may beef up social insurance law; NA continues discussing draft revised laws; CPV boosts ties with Middle East- North Africa parties

 As many as 38 Chinese fishing vessels and a Chinese coast guard ship coded 46102 on June 16 made a line to block and violently disturb Vietnamese fishing boats operating normally in Vietnam’s waters.

 Young pianist Nguyen Quang Hong An of Viet Nam has received an Honourable Mention prize at the 15th annual San Jose International Piano Competition (SJIPC) held in the United States.

Citing a need to respond to important infectious disease threats in South East Asia, public health officials from Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia agreed today to actively collaborate on a new study on sepsis.

 Four men suspected of stealing dogs and causing the death of three pursuers after shooting at them with electric stun guns have turned themselves in at Cu Chi District Police Station in HCM City.

 Young Vietnamese track and field star Nguyen Thi Oanh has taken first place in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the recent 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Taipei, China.

 Russian scientists have announced the discovery of two new spotted toad species after conducting a research in Bao Loc district, Lam Dong province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – U19 Vietnam plan to play at the U22 Southeast Asia Championships 2014 in Brunei from August 9-23 after their current training in Japan.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte have agreed to set up a strategic partnership on sustainable agriculture and food security at their talks in Hanoi on June 16.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that Vietnam wants the Netherlands to further promote investment and trade.