National programme to improve English skills

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hong Quyen, a graduate of the accountancy faculty at the HCM City University of Economics, says she has lost many opportunities to get a good job because of her low English proficiency.

Private businesses’ margin down, why?

The 2011 VNR 500 shows the profitability level of the private economic sector in the top 500 Vietnamese enterprises keeps decreasing. Pham Chi Lan, a well known economist, explains why.

Vietnam tops region in new bridges, tunnels

Vietnam has been listed among developing countries expected to lead the region in transport infrastructure growth next year, according to a report from Construction IQ, a division of the New-York-based International Quality and Productivity Centre.

Wildlife traders nabbed

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Public Security Department will prosecute two men for allegedly violating regulations protecting rare and endangered wildlife.

DPRK holds national memorial service for late leader

A national memorial service was held in the capital city on Thursday to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il.

54 people to be punished over July's fatal train crash

A total of 54 people will be punished for the fatal high-speed train crash in July, the State Council announced at an executive meeting Wednesday.

Vietnam's coffee supply squeeze to perk up global prices

Global coffee prices may surge early next year as tighter bank lending in top robusta producer Vietnam chokes off cash to exporters, cutting supply and pushing up premiums even as the harvest rolls in.

Hanoi: Wives of drug users avoid AIDS risk

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 1,600 female partners of drug users in Ha Noi have been protected from HIV infection thanks to a three-year project that ends this month.

Inspectors monitor train ticket sales in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Ministry of Transport inspectors and the Ministry of Public Security began monitoring train ticket sales and public order at railway stations in HCM City on Monday.

Call to ensure vaccines for provinces

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide 76 tonnes of Chlorine, 180,000 hand-foot-mouth vaccines and 20,000 litres of Benkocid antiseptic from the national reserves

Buddhist leaders get top honour

Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh, First Deputy Patriarch and Chairman of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council and Most Venerable Thich Minh Chau, Deputy Patriarch of VBS, were awarded Ho Chi Minh Orders

What enterprises need for network administration?

Whether the enterprises’ networks are simple or complicated would depend on their scale and types. Nowadays, service providers offer a lot of solutions for enterprises’ choices.

Anh wins fourth stage, Keong in overall lead

VietNamNet Bridge – Do Tuan Anh from Domesco Pharmacy Dong Thap won the fourth stage of the ADC-Vinh Long Television international men's cycling tournament yesterday. Loh Sea Keong from Laos took the overall lead.

The noteworthy events in real estate market in 2011

The year 2011 witnesses the dark days in the history of the real estate market. Real estate developers cannot borrow capital to develop projects, while the real estate prices have been decreasing dramatically.

Action plan focuses on pregnancies

VietNamNet Bridge – Five-year (2011-15) national reproductive healthcare action plan will focus on safe motherhood and newborns.

Central region: where there are forests, there are the forest destroyers

Local residents in the central region take pride of the vast forests, covering an area of 13 million hectares. However, the forests there have been devastated every day, despite the existence of forest rangers.

Vietnam lacks leisure centers for children, investors hesitant to pour money in

Though investors can see clearly that the demand for children’s leisure centers is very high, and that the market has great potentials to develop, they still keep hesitant to inject money in the field.

Viet Nam finish seventh at world women's chess team championship

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam finished seventh out of 10, with nine points at the third Women's World Chess Team Championship in Turkey.

South Korean and Vietnamese artists perform together

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean music trio F-sharp will join Vietnamese singers in a Friendship Melody music show tonight, Dec 29, at the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Ha Noi.

U.S. consumer confidence hits 8-month high

A latest report from the Conference Board on Tuesday showed confidence among U.S. consumers rose to the highest level in eight months in December, suggesting American consumers were more upbeat about the economic outlook

Electrical goods often mislabelled

VietNamNet Bridge – Incorrect labels were a feature of two thirds of inspected electrical products, according to Ministry of Science and Technology's chief inspector Tran Minh Dung.

Laos, Thailand, Vietnam build economic axis

Vietnam, Laos and Thailand have agreed to boost geo-economic axis cooperation in their triangle development area.

Satellite navigation system launched

China started to run its own satellite positioning system, Beidou, on Tuesday as the country climbed the global tech ladder and challenged the monopoly of the West.

Discharged wastewater adds to Sai Gon River pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – The Sai Gon River and other rivers in HCM City have become more polluted because of increasing levels of waste-water from household and industrial waste.

24 singers to perform Vo Thien Thanh’s Valentine song

VietNamNet Bridge – Senior songwriter Vo Thien Thanh is carrying out a so-called “Valentine song of the century” project with 24 Vietnamese pop stars. The song will come out on the night of the Valentine Day 2012.