Futsal event for disadvantaged kids; Rowers to compete in Singapore; Coal and Minerals win tourney

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government pledges constant support for the cooperation in national defense between Vietnam and Japan. 

PM set to attend economic forum on East Asia; Quang Tri links with Laos provinces; Seminar discusses constitutional amendments

In order to cut down on expenses in the context of economic downturn, businesses tend to leave high-rise buildings and set up offices at apartment blocks, designed for accommodation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The capital's Social Insurance Office has completed procedures to file suits against 14 enterprises owing social and health insurance, the office deputy director Nguyen Duc Hoa told reporters yesterday, May 29.

Newly-appointed coach Phan Thanh Hung has unveiled the list of 22 members of the national football squad to play friendlies against stronger China and Hong Kong teams.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Home Affairs to submit a report on the process for selection and appointment of Duong Chi Dung as head of Vietnam Maritime Administration.

Since the beginning of this year, nearly three million foreign visitors have arrived in Vietnam, up 17.5 percent compared to the same period last year.     

The Migrant Resource Centre, known as the Centre for Assistance to Overseas Workers in Viet Nam, was launched in Ha Noi yesterday as part of the Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB)'s efforts to promote safe work-related migration

International envoy to Syria Kofi Annan stressed here on Tuesday the necessity of implementing his six-point peace plan in order to stem the violence, as the West has taken an even more hard-line stance towards the country

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang held talks with his Austrian counterpart, President Heinz Fischer, after an official welcome ceremony in Ha Noi yesterday, May 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – On May 23 and 24, 2012, international physics science journals retracted three articles of Le Duc Thong, MA, raising the total number of retracted articles to seven over the last two years.

VietNamNet Bridge – While they were pastured on the field, 15 buffaloes of farmers in Phong Dien district of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, were struck dead by lighting.

Death toll of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake which hit central-northern Italy on Tuesday rose to 16, as night fell on thousands Italians out of their homes.

Japan and China will begin direct yen- yuan trading on June 1, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Tuesday, abandoning the existing system that determines yen-yuan rates via their U.S.dollar values.

VietNamNet Bridge – Poverty forced Duong Xuan Qua to drop out of school after completing his ninth grade and turn to farming, but it could not dim his passion and aptitude for tinkering with machinery.

The smile was still on the lips of Dang Van Thanh, President of Sacombank, who was believed to fight to the death against the attempt by others to takeover Sacombank. However, he could not reverse the situation.

Brazil will deploy 15,000 security forces for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be held here in June, Defense Minister Celso Amorim said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the past several months, the lean-to of Mr. Ho Van Tiu in Cu Bai hamlet in the central province of Quang Tri has become the ‘dating destination’ of local people. Why? Because there is a ‘special’ brick there.

Most of the current Vietnamese websites now simply provide information, and they are not associated with inside systems such as level-3- or 4- public services. Therefore, if a cyber war occurs, it would not have big influences to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 50 hectare Uyen Phong Forest in Quang Binh province has been living for the last thousands of year and safe from illegal lumberjacks. Here the forest has been protected by the village convention.

The Viet Nam's cruise tourism industry plans to welcome more than 1 million tourists on cruises by 2015, according to the National Administration of Tourism.

Giants hook up to power on; Free trade fuels business hopes; Small firms move headquarters to homes amid business slump; Chinese traders trap local farmers, again; Agro/forestry/seafood exports hit $11 billion   

VietNamNet Bridge – After chasing a car for nearly 20 kilometers, police of the central province of Nghe An seized three frozen tiger bodies on May 28.

VietNamNet Bridge – Of late, more and more Vietnamese publishing houses are grabbing young readers market with their focus on historical topics via comics and cartoons, making it interesting, entertaining as well as educational for children.