The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked mobile-phone users in Ha Noi not to use signal boosters to enhance voice quality and other attachments.

Instead of waiting for the instructions from the watchdog agency, securities companies have been reshuffling their organizations themselves, which has helped them make profit again in the first half of 2012 after a long period of taking loss.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will make up for its losses resulting from electricity trading and exchange rate discrepancies by hiking power prices from now until 2015, said EVN deputy general director Dinh Quang Tri.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of July 24, a young man was hit by a bus and died on the spot when he was climbing over the separation line to cross Kim Ma road in Hanoi. This fatal way of crossing over roads is very popular in Hanoi.

Sales of low quality Chinese chicken in Vietnam remains uncontrolled, posing a threat to the domestic husbandry industry.  

More than 460,000 international tourists visited Viet Nam in July, up 12 per cent over June but down by 8 per cent compared with the same month last year, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of rare and precious wild animals died after they were rescued by rescue workers, which has raised big worries about the delay and the lack of professional skills of the rescue teams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The laptops using the processors of the previous generations have become very cheap after Intel launched the latest generation of processor Core i3 onto the market.

 Norway will continue to help Vietnam build up its capacity for mitigating and adapting to geo-disasters in the 2012-2015 period following the success of a programme conducted between 2008-2011.

Female students were asked to gather her hair into a bun. An examinee was asked to wear one more shirt. One student wrongly remembered the exam days. All of these were the odd things occurring at the latest university entrance exams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Kate Moss and late movie star Marylin Monroe took impressive pictures with Vietnamese non la (leaf hat).

The Government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to advance VND30 trillion of the fiscal year 2013 to accelerate the progress of the public investment projects likely to be completed early. 

National Tourism Year 2013 themed ‘Red River Civilization’ will kick off in the northern city of Hai Phong on May 11.

While many workers in other business fields have become redundant or seen the salaries cut because their businesses are facing big difficulties, banking officers have been safe and sound and unhurt by the economic downturn.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will display cute and charming toys created by twelvetone and designed by Takashi Tsunoda at design exhibition ‘The World of Interior Toy’ from August 12 to September 9 at the center. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's Cau khi or monkey bridges are listed among the world's scariest bridges by website TravelandLeisure.com.

The Ministry of Agriculture  and Rural Development on July 25 held a meeting in Hanoi to discuss tightening of management in slaughterhouses in North Vietnam to ensure better food safety and hygiene.

Nix waste plan heads for the bin; Auto importers looking for a big pick me up; Int’l airports built only to serve domestic flights; Foreign banks asked to clarify credit plans; HCM City’s trade surplus hits US$1 billion in 7 months 

Business as usual means that while ASEAN negotiates a COC with China, China will continue to apply pressure and intimidation on both the Philippines and Vietnam, Prof. Carlyle A. Thayer wrote for VietNamNet.

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang chaired a meeting in HCM City on July 25, to discuss a draft project meant to resolve difficulties in production and trade for businesses, as per Government Resolution 13 and 26.

 After more than two years of anticipation, Google finally announced Thursday that the company's ultra-high-speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September.

 Can Tho hosts final round of National Sports Festival; World of Japanese toys in Hanoi; Vespa Club helps raise funds for nation's ‘Heroic Mothers'; Hoi An-Japan Festival to boost cultural exchange in August

An exhibition ‘Vietnam’s lotus flowers - lifetime of lotus flowers’ on Wednesday opened at the Saigon Skydeck-Bitexco Financial Tower on the 49th  floor in District 1. 

 Floodwaters threaten Cao Bang Province; Illegal miners destroy rivers; 500 sets of remains unearthed in Quang Nam; Nghe An benefits from Pacific Partnership programme

VietNamNet Bridge – Students from the London College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) will present fashion films for the first time to showcase their designs at the Graduate Fashion Show in Ha Noi this weekend.