Vietnamese students have to learn harder and do more home exercises than foreign students, but this does not mean that Vietnamese are better than foreign.

Over the last three years, the people living along the Vu Gia – Thu Bon River have been struggling hard with floods in rainy season and facing the drought in the dry season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi must complete its livestock and poultry slaughter system plan by this month and co-operate with surrounding areas to control livestock and poultry transport by the middle of December,

 Wage hikes are higher than inflation in 2012, contrary to the situation last year, according to a survey conducted by the human resource service provider Mercer and its representative in Vietnam, Talentnet Corporation.

The door to the mobile telecom market has nearly shut before mobile virtual network operators (MVNO).

VietNamNet Bridge – Deep within the valleys and mountains of Vietnam’s furthest Northern reaches lies the remote hill town of Sapa.

A South Korean company has expressed a desire to develop an airport in Quang Ninh province, while a Japanese investor is eyeing the Long Thanh airport project and US investors have arrived to seek investment opportunities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Media, the HCM City-based private entertainment company, is working with an acclaimed independent filmmaker to produce a film based on a tragic story about a rural girl and a young scientist.

 Local gold prices unpredictable; Local firms bemoan sky-high land rents; Anti-dumping warning system adds three more markets; Hoi An projects could wash away; Kobe’s $1bn plan in the balance; Business confidence index down in Q3

 The IMF slashed its global growth forecast and warned things could get much worse if the eurozone crisis is not quelled and Washington fails to reverse the looming "fiscal cliff" austerity plan.

 Eating tomatoes can dramatically reduce the risk of having a stroke, according to a new study out on Monday that provided more support for diets rich in fruits and vegetables.

VietNamNet Bridge – PetroVietnam would divest capital from its financial arm PetroVietnam Finance Corp (PVFC) and is seeking a merger with a bank to facilitate this plan,

  VietNamNet Bridge - Five fauna species of Vietnam, including the Hoan Kiem Lake turtle, have been listed in the top 100 endangered species of the world.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A Chinese mother took her daughter to Vietnam to find her husband but she did not have identity papers. Some people provided them with food and accommodations.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has sent a letter of ultimatum to three companies that have been licensed to provide mobile virtual network services, urging them to commence operations as soon as possible.

  Investors and securities professionals are calling on authorities to allow foreign investors to own 100 per cent stakes in listed companies.

 On July 4, scientists announced they had discovered a new particle that may be the fabled Higgs boson, an exploit that would rank as the greatest achievement in physics in more than half a century.

19 crew members of the Diamond Way vessel have called for help because they have been out of food, water, and have not been paid for more than two months since the ship was seized at the Jebel Ali port in the UAE.

The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, said that some banks are controlled by one or two shareholders or a group of dominant shareholders and up to 70-90 percent of the banks’ loans are granted to these shareholders.

On October 8, the Police Bureau of Thuy Nguyen District, Hai Phong City, said that the man who shot Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, 44, in Nui Deo town, Thuy Nguyen district on October 3, had surrendered and handed over his weapon.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Due to losses in business, a teacher intimidated two gold shops in Hanoi to ask for money.

  VietNamNet Bridge - Though the deadline is close, Mr. Tran Van Tiep, 97, has not yet discovered any traces of the 4,000 tons of gold on Tau Mount, in the central province of Binh Thuan.

VietNamNet Bridge – "Viet Nam has huge potentials for green and renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and hydropower to replace traditional ones,"

Vietnamese catfish farmers still keep indifferent to VietGAP, ignoring its great advantages. It’s simply because the export markets that Vietnam eyes do not recognize VietGAP.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The top 10 singers of the Viet Nam Idol contest succeeded, more or less, in expressing their individuality at the first night of the Gala Round held in HCM City last Friday.