The FIEs in Vietnam had five years as stipulated by the laws and two more additional years to make the business re-registration as required by the new investment law. However, many of them did not do this.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is striving to improve the quality of poverty reduction to make its poverty line close to the global standard by 2015 and beyond.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many restaurants in Hanoi occupy the pavement by setting up coal-fueled cookers, with big chimneys, making the streets ugly and affecting pedestrians.

 Shrimp exporters move against US extra duties; Rolls-Royce eyes Vietnam market; Indian firm invests US$1.8 billion in Long Phu thermal power plant; EC to announce FTA impact on Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses in Cambodia, including those investing in the rubber sector, have made great contributions to the country’s economic development, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhay Ly has stated.

 Int’l Sea and Island Tourism Fair 2013 opens;  Tiger Airways launches Singapore promotion; Travel agencies slash tour prices to attract clients; Hon Mau Island to become attractive tourism site

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises and individuals who intend to take out bank loans from the VND30-trillion package will have to wait as the list of borrowers and housing projects to be given the special loans has yet to be announced,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nhan Dan Gia Dinh Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5 confirmed the death of a 49-year-old resident from District 3 from A/H1N1 Flu Virus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The real estate community was all at wittering last week after learning that Vingroup (VIC) had transferred its upscale Vincom A Trade Centre in HCM City for VND 9.823 triillion (US$470 million).

The ao dai collection by designer Tuan Hai has been honored as a Vietnam record at the Nha Trang Sea Festival 2013. The 99 ao dai are made by Vietnamese silk, decorated with oil paintings featuring famous landscapes of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With 26 golds, Vietnam topped the Southeast Asia Youth Athletics Championships which concluded in HCM City on June 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Team Vu Do Hieu and Ngo Anh Tam overcame 39 teams to win the Vietnam Rainforest Challenge race for all-terrain vehicles which ended on Thursday.

Having concerns about tragic accidents caused by drivers who do not understand traffic laws or those who disregard people's lives, a photographer opened a coffee shop that is decorated with items from vehicles in accidents and traffic signs.

The movie Bui Doi Cho Lon (Chinatown) by Vietnamese-American director Charlie Nguyen has been banned from distribution and screening in Viet Nam because the film is "too violent" and misrepresented HCM City's Chinatown.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national project on teaching and learning foreign languages in the 2008-2020 period is moving ebulliently as more providers of English teaching solutions have joined the playground.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From 2016, all Vietnamese citizens will be given an identification (ID) number to identify themselves to Government agencies in any administrative transaction.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dr. Nishimura Masanari, a Japanese archaeologist who had 20-year relations with Vietnam, died in a traffic accident in Hanoi on June 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The group of referees who are suspected of accepting bribes worth $5,000 from a football club has been revealed. They are determined to be the four referees of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least three passengers died and more than 10 others were injured in a tragic coach accident in Quang Nam Province on June 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese international grandmaster Le Quang Liem ranked fourth with 10 points at the World Blitz and Rapid Championships which concluded in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has asked China to sign an agreement under which the naval forces of the two countries are not allowed to use force or threat to use force in settling disputes in the East Sea.

The electricity outage occurring in all the southern provinces some days ago and the electricity cuts in the first month of summer has made businesses worried stiff.

 Sony and Microsoft will be battling for the spotlight at the E3 videogame show with new consoles designed to put them at the heart of home entertainment.

 476 National Assembly (NA) deputies have adopted the list of 47 people eligible for votes of confidence.

VietNamNet Bridge - A university student from Vietnam now studying in Brisbane, Australia, has been honored by Brisbane Lord Mayor.