VietNamNet Bridge - 13 state-owned corporations and groups got accumulated losses of VND48.988 trillion ($2.33 billion) last year.

  Indian rockers Boomarang to perform in Ha Noi; Nutcracker returns to HCM City; Live broadcast connects Vietnam and RoK;  Climate change programme targets children

VietNamNet Bridge – The biggest oil and gas producer in Thailand is considering building a giant petrochemical complex in central Vietnam.

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel acclaimed Portugal's austerity cuts during a visit to Lisbon on Monday but was met by furious protesters who draped city monuments in black sheets.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly began question and answer sessions on the Government’s performance on November 12 presided by Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The famous designer introduces a new collection in “The month for fashion and food of Italy & Vietnam 2012”.

The Khanh Hoa Province Police Agency has transferred the misappropriation of aloes wood case to the Office of Investigating Police of the Ministry of Public Security (PC44) for further investigation, after it detected criminal signs.

Newly emerging and potential--Vietnam has become a lucrative market for foreign franchisors. However, the high retail premises rents would challenge them.

 The United States on Monday won a new term on the UN Human Rights Council and vowed to renew its campaign to put right "flaws" in the controversial body.

According to a survey conducted by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) on around 2,000 workers, most complained that their basic salary was insufficient to even cover minimum monthly living expenses.

Most of them are ethnic minority children from the North. They were rescued by scouts of the Ministry of Public Security and the authorities of Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City on November 12, from a garment enterprise.

VietNamNet Bridge - "I’ve never seen patients with psychiatric disorders and mental illness due to business as much as this year," said doctor Le Hieu, from the Cho Quan Mental Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information has sent a letter to mobile phone operators in a move to force them to become more transparent.

Rice farmers are short of storage; ‘Future city’ to be built in Quang Ninh; Banking system health declining; NA wants gold market stability; Petrolimex salaries soar even as losses mount; Credit growth on the right track

MIC has released a document guiding the method to define the production costs of telecom services. This aims to prevent the unhealthy competition which may kill the small networks on the market.

Reporting repeated losses, but still scaling up business, Metro Cash & Carry, a distributor, and Coca-Cola, a drink manufacturer, have raised doubts that they are conducting the transfer pricing.

Local newspapers have repeatedly reported the serious cases of students beating teachers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Co Sao (Ms. Sao), Vietnam’s first opera by late musician Do Nhuan in 1965 returns to the stage on November 24-25 at 8 p.m. at the Opera House in Hanoi to mark his 90th birthday

One of the weaknesses of the current Land Law of Vietnam is that the state has the right to revoke land for private projects, not only projects related to the national interest as the 1992 Constitution requires, said an UNDP expert.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan should take the opportunity to taste banh can, a local specialty made from rice flour served with egg and seafood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cinematography Department announced on Thursday the list of 14 films to compete at the second Ha Noi International Film Festival (Haniff) to be held from November 25 to 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recital by Nhat Quy and Tien Khai will take place at HCMC Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du Street in District 1 at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Each two years, HCM City will hold an event called the “Press Week” to provide information to foreign journalists.

  Campaign to raise awareness of traffic laws; Requiem commemorates traffic accident victims; Nigerian man arrested for trafficking drugs; Suspected heroin smugglers arrested

VietNamNet Bridge – The painter and photographer from Hanoi brings the romantic beauty of ao dai to Saigon in his latest photo exhibition – “Fading Season”.