New university graduates find work uncertain

 VietNamNet Bridge – For 22-year-old university graduate Nguyen Thi Ha, further education is the only choice she has after being knocked back by employer after employer.

Rapper Jay Sean to perform in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world-famous singer with the hit "Down" will perform only one night in HCM City, on November 21.

International perspective of Hanoi 20 years ago

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam entered the innovation period in 1993. After the wartime, the country began building its economy and nothing can record that change by photography.

Nguyen Tien Minh: Hunting for the SEA Games title

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although he has amassed a collection of prestigious titles from global and Asian competitions, top Vietnamese badminton player and world number seven Nguyen Tien Minh has yet to win the men’s singles gold medal

New law to help ease land disputes

VietNamNet Bridge – The draft revised Land Law has proven one of the most contentious issues under debate during the current session of the National Assembly.

Civil servants benefit more from social insurance

 VietNamNet Bridge – The current social insurance in Vietnam is having a big discrimination where military personnel and civil servants are having an advantage over workers from the private sector, according to labor experts.

Weak supporting industries cannot retain foreign investors

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least two leading automobile manufacturers in the world have decided to cancel their development projects in Vietnam because of the weak supporting industries in the country.

Japanese artist and Vietname lacquer art

 VietNamNet Bridge – To pursue her passion for son mai (lacquer) painting, Japanese native Saeko Ando lived in Ha Noi for 18 years. After mastering the requisite skills, she planned to introduce the art form to the world through exhibitions,

National tourism promotion program approved

VietNamNet Bridge – The PM has given a green light to the 2013-20 National tourism promotion program which was tailored to accelerate advertisement of Viet Nam's special tourism destinations, localities, products and services in foreign countries.

Saola in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - The discovery of saola in Vietnam in 1992 and the discovery of an individual saola recently when this species is facing extinction--are the key events in the world of animals for over 50 years.

UN backing aids democratic progress in Vietnam

 Vietnam will continue to strengthen its public governance and develop mechanisms to better engage the public and other stakeholders in improving policymaking, anti-corruption and citizens' access to justice, especially those from vulnerable groups.

Vietnam produces Methadone for treating drug addiction

Deputy Head of the HIV-AIDS Prevention and Control Department Dr Pham Duc Manh has announced the Ministry of Health’s decision authorising five local firms to produce Methadone for treating heroin addiction.

Hue Festival 2014 receives VND14 billion in funding

Authorities have allocated approximately VND14 billion (roughly US$700,000) to organizing and hosting the 2014 Hue Festival, this year themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/11

 Vietcombank sells 2.1 billion dollars to SBV; Hanoi eases loan costs for businesses; 1.3 billion USD earmarked for resettlement in power plant; Furniture fair spurs locally made products; Real estate market faces further challenges ahead

EU may ease visa policies for Vietnamese tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people may have a better chance to visit European countries, as the union is considering relaxing tourist and business visa policies for Vietnam.  

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR Nov. 15 - 30 (daily updated)

  Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Another tropical low pressure system moves towards East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center announced at 9.30am on Tuesday that a tropical low pressure system was approaching the East Sea and could possibly strengthen into a storm.

Official: Haiyan kills 2,360 in Philippines

 Authorities in the Philippines say the official death toll from typhoon Haiyan has risen to 2,360.

iPhone 5S, 5C officially sold in Vietnam today

 VietNamNet Bridge - Only half an hour after opening sale, the yellow iPhone 5S in a Vinaphone shop in Hanoi were sold out. At the shops of Viettel, customers had to draw lots to buy iPhone 5S.

60 tons of smuggled rosewood seized on the road to China

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security cooperated with the police of Bac Ninh and Quang Ninh provinces to seize two batches of rosewood estimated at tens of billions VND (millions of USD) which were on the way to China.

Apple, Samsung earn all smartphone profits, and more

 Apple and Samsung are grabbing virtually all the profits in the red-hot smartphone market while most other makers are losing money, an analyst said Thursday.

Vietnam’s first software village launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first software village launched its initial phase at the Hanoi-based Hoa Lac High-Tech Zone on November 13.

Japanese FC willing to pay $250,000 to have Cong Vinh

 VietNamNet Bridge – The contract between Vietnam’s top striker Le Cong Vinh and the Japanese FC - Consadole Sapporo is expiring. The Japanese club is willing to pay VND5 billion ($250,000) to keep Cong Vinh.

Nghe An: Over 200kg of ivory disappears, four officers arrested

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police agency of Vinh City, Nghe An province have arrested four employees of the Vinh City Law Enforcement Department for their connection to the missing of more than 200kg of elephant tusks in the warehouse of this agency.

VN duo make quarters at Malaysia Challenge

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Bao Duc and Nguyen Hoang Nam of Viet Nam advanced to the Maybank International Challenge's quarter-finals yesterday (Nov 14) in Kuching, Malaysia.