The Korean International Co-operation Agency has established many effective support projects to help Vietnamese people develop their economy to improve their living conditions and help the appropriate authorities improve their working capacity.

City hotel makes giant Banh Tet; Five fall down 16m in amusement ride accident; Young man in coma in firecracker explosion; Hanoi to build more overpasses, car parks

VietNamNet Bridge – Many students from other provinces in HCM City choose to find temporary jobs or do social work during Tet instead of returning home for the festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most tourist sites in Ho Chi Minh City have hosted a wide range of activities with a view to bringing joy and happiness to visitors during the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam set notable records in both regional and world sports competitions in 2011. We now review the country’s major sports achievements of the past year.

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will keep the exceptionally low levels for the key interest rate at least through late 2014, with the aim of boosting economic recovery.

On the third day of Tet Lunar New Year (Jan. 25), Le Thanh Hai, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee along with leaders of the HCMC People’s Committee, visited and extended Tet greetings to sewage workers of Da Phuoc Centre

VietNamNet Bridge – Private-owned businesses pay little attention to support industries because of their small market scale and the absence of incentive policies for this field.

Central Thua Thien – Hue province has been selected to host the National Tourism Year – Northern Central Coastal Area 2012. It will host a series of activities throughout the year to promote national tourism and lure international tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – As ASEAN chair in 2012, Cambodia will play its role as a neutral mediator in all regional and international issues, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Jan. 24.

Brocade weaving retains the traditional characteristics of the Co Tu ethnic group of Quang Nam province.

VietNamNet Bridge – There were 167 road traffic accidents in Vietnam killing 137 people, injuring 148 others in the first four days of the lunar New Year of the dragon.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) issued a statement Thursday saying the whales, which had been refloated on the high tide Wednesday, had come back ashore at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay.

The international media has honoured five young CEOs of Vietnamese origin working in a number of countries around the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem defeated Karim Ismael from Morocco to win the first game in the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival taking place in the UK from January 24-February 2.

Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue has warned that the cost for restructuring state owned enterprises SOEs would be big, which would be a burden to the national economy and lead to higher public debts.

The Hong Kong government said on Thursday a dead goose, found in the northwest part of the city, has been confirmed to be H5N1 positive after laboratory testing.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son on January 24 visited the Moscow World Trade Centre where thousands of Vietnamese people do business.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for "even greater changes" to the status quo of the crisis-mired eurozone, while warning that pampering debt-wrecked eurozone member countries would do a "disservice" to the future

The sharp devaluation of the dong, the continued electricity price increases in the context of the fight against inflation, the tightening on car imports have been cited as the most controversial economic policies in 2011.

French police on Thursday morning arrested the owner of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) Jean-Claude Mas, who has got involved in the scandal of producing breast implants with unauthorized materials,

VietNamNet Bridge – Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical Co will set up two companies specialising in manufacturing silicone-based materials for high-brightness LED lights, and refining rare earth minerals, with a total investment of 5 billion JPY.

Viet Nam will take part at the Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championship in Thailand without key member Doan Kien Quoc, who has decided to make way for younger talent.

Restructuring State-owned Enterprises (SoEs) is considered the most difficult task for Vietnam in the framework of restructuring the economy.

Foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) are paying more heed to distribution and importing than actually producing anything locally.