Historical temple destroyed by fire

VietNamNet Bridge - Trung Tuc Vuong Le Lai Temple, part of the Lam Kinh Special National Relic site in central Thanh Hoa Province, burnt to the ground on Sunday morning.

PM asks for price controls as New Year nears

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged for balanced supply and demand of goods so as to keep their prices from spiralling, especially farm produce and foodstuff as the lunar New Year approaches.

Digital ad market booming in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Digital ads, including online ads and mobile ads, are a growing tendency in Vietnam and is believed to witness high growth in the time to come.

New policies become effective in December

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fresh policies shall come into force in December, 2013 including the level of vocational training support for employees, three-level development of electricity market; ceiling level of deposit and labor markets,

Antiques dating back to the 14th century found in central Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several old pieces of pottery dated to around seven centuries ago were recently found in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Wrestlers eye golds at upcoming Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wrestlers are confident they may pick up six gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, taking place in Myanmar next month.

Blind girl with brain tumor wins Bill Gates Award

 VietNamNet Bridge - As the youngest child in a wealthy family in Da Lat city, Le Duong The Hanh was an excellent students. But her bright future collapsed when she was diagnosed to have a brain tumor.

Project management education critical for Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last 20 years Vietnam has signed some US$63 billion in overseas development assistance (ODA), with about two-thirds used for infrastructure projects.

Traditional costumes no longer popular with ethnic groups

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional form of dressing is becoming less common among Vietnamese ethnic groups as a result of modernization and urbanization, according to a two year study conducted by the Museum of Cultures of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups.

Nation faces energy, water resources challenges

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing many challenges in energy, food security and water resources given the adverse impacts of climate change,

Saigon & Dong Nai rivers more polluted

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long-term planning is needed to cope with worsening pollution in the Sai Gon and Dong Nai rivers, experts have warned.

Information security index surges, high risks still exist

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 information security index of Vietnam – VNISA Index 2013 – has been improved significantly, but high risks still exist. Vietnam Net online newspaper reports.

Sixth NA session: a new renewal landmark

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 13th National Assembly’s (NA) sixth session has been hailed as historic, ushering in a new period of national construction and defence.

Sword Lake in fog

 VietNamNet Bridge - When the last leaves of autumn fall; when the thin mist of early morning fly on the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake; it is the time Hanoi enters winter.

English teaching: Universities strive for “Vietnamese int'l standards”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly all the universities in Vietnam pledge the international standards TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, B1 for their graduates’ English skills. However, the “international standards” remain doubtful.

Time for supermarket chains

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of enterprises in the fields of real estate, finance & banking, consumer goods have suddenly jumped into the retail market.

Australia interrupted cow exports to VN to clarify dumping rumor

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australia has temporarily stopped providing cows to Vietnam so as to spend time on cooperating with Vietnamese competent agencies to dispel the information that Australian cows have been dumped on the Vietnamese market.

Urban growth sparks environmental headache

VietNamNet Bridge – After more than three decades living in a degraded 36-sq.m tenement house, elderly Nguyen Thi Hoa and her family are delighted to have moved to a newly built flat in Tu Liem District's My Dinh urban apartment block,

In pictures: Flower village devastated after historic floods

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent historical floods killed all flower trees and made more than 1,000 households in the Tu Nghia flower village in the central province of Quang Ngai empty-handed.

Amazon unveils futuristic mini-drone delivery plan

 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company is looking to the future with plans to use "octocopter" mini-drones to fly small packages to consumers in just 30 minutes.

Rural living standards still very low in VN

A survey released on Wednesday reveals a large and persistent gap in development outcomes between residents living in mountainous and lowland regions.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/12

 Banking sector tops list of 1000 biggest tax payers; US$400 mil tyre factory inaugurated in Tay Ninh; Vietnam’s exports up 13 notches in WTO ranking; November’s industrial production up 5.7%

State groups owe over $64.3 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many state corporations have the debt-to-equity ratio of up to a dozen times. Overdue debts of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group or the Vietnam Maritime Corporation are up to trillions of VND.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR Dec. 1-15 (daily updated)

   Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

World Cup 2015 hopes growth for Vietnamese women

Host Viet Nam joined Group A of the Asian Women's Football Cup final after a draw in HCM City this morning.