The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the only electricity distributor, complains that the input production costs have increased since power plants have to run on FO and DO in the dry season.

The escalating tension in the East Sea and the recent debate of educators about adding the 1979 border war between Vietnam and China in textbooks makes the relationship between Vietnam and China a hot topic.

VietNamNet Bridge – The bad debt ratio of the banking system may fall to 4-5% under Vietnam’s accounting standards by the end of this year, said Le Xuan Nghia, former vice chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Commission.

Amending the 1992 Constitution is an opportunity for the Communist Party of Vietnam’s innovation to ensure its leadership, said a senior scholar of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration.

New bond trading system launches; Businesses respond to e-customs procedures; First BPO joint venture established in Southeast Asia; Plans surrounding Vietnam’s largest int’l airport

The Hanoi authorities have agreed with the proposal of the relevant agencies on handling violations committed by the two shops selling luxurious products with the brands Gucci and Milano on Ly Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

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The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap ranks first in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) 2012 while Hanoi losses 15 grades, falling to its lowest position since the index was published.

Seminar promotes traditional weaving among ASEAN countries; Hong Kong Movie Week to hit the screens in HCM City; Hoi An to host Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013; Pianists from Viet Nam and Russia to perform  

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VietNamNet Bridge - According to tests conducted in 2012, meat and vegetables took the lead for being contaminated with bacterium and chemical residues among agricultural products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Quang Ninh Province will develop three important heritage sites from next month until 2025.

The steps taken today in the bank restructuring process would decide the face of the Vietnamese banking system in the next three years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won one gold and two bronze medals at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge – The role and the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam must be constitutionalized and is suitable with the people’s will and aspiration.

Elevators are broken very often, even do not work for a week; corridors are dirty and smelly; water spills everywhere; garbage is rampant… That is the situation in the B6A Nam Trung Yen building in Hanoi’s largest resettlement area – Nam Trung Yen.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's first professional basketball team is honored to be the first club to host the Southeast Asian basketball festival 2013, which will take place at the Tan Binh and Phu Tho stadiums, HCM City, on March 15-17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman Nguyen Cong Tien of Xuan Yen Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa was filmed while playing cards. The clip was sent to the higher authorities and relevant agencies.

After Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Phu Yen provinces decided to discontinue hydropower projects, Kon Tum Province in the central highlands of Vietnam has followed suit and decided against any further hydropower projects.

 U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their budget blueprint for the new fiscal year starting October 1, a competing version to the House GOP plan and the first budget in the Senate in four years.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 2,000 books teaching Chinese language for children that are published and released in Vietnam were detected to include Chinese maps with the "U-shaped line."

VietNamNet Bridge – The hospitality industry in HCMC is feeling the ever-stronger pressure of competition from other localities in terms of international arrivals, although the city still maintains its leading position,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigontourist Holding Company is in preparations to boost river tourism in HCMC, checking existing products and preparing to launch new ones in the next few weeks, the corporation said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The performance of a contemporary dance named “Rural market” by artist Dao Anh Khanh has been boycotted by the public, including farmers.