Saudi enterprises to increase VN investments; Japan to lend $1.6 bln to Vietnam; Gas and food prices fall; Tank manufacturer opens factory; Beleaguered Bianfishco reneges on debt again; Lao airline starts flights to Da Nang

Shortening the time limit for visa exemption certification, giving medical treatment support to 2 more subjects, and lowering import duties are among the new regulations that have either just been implemented, or will come into force this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sai Gon Heat, the first professional basketball team in Viet Nam, have been recovering recently after a poor start in the Asean Basketball League.

VietNamNet Bridge – A simple technology will help the families in the city to process rain water to get safe drinking water. This is the way to enjoy the rare freshwater resource and save money.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has supported the theme of Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2012, “ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny” and vowed to work closely with Cambodia to realize this theme,

The traditional teaching method, under which, teachers try to stuff students heads with as much knowledge, has been replaced by a new method, under which students can “learn by experiencing.”

Instead of squeezing into China by exporting goods in small volume across the border, the way that Vietnamese enterprises have been following for the last many years, they now attempt to find a new way to penetrate the world’s biggest market.

Myanmar's Union Election Commission Monday formally announced that the National League for Democracy (NLD) has won the majority parliamentary seats in Sunday's just- ended by-elections.

The electronics and IT sector has seen high profits in recent years but it is still facing with a problem of low-value products, according to the General Statistics Office.

The name “Sinh Tu Lenh” has become famous in Vietnam after the Ministry of Public Security stated that the culprit who attacked BKAV’s website and VietNamNet online newspaper, is a group of hackers called “Sinh Tu Lenh.”

Seven people have been killed and three others injured in a school shooting on Monday in Oakland, a city in the U.S. state of California, local police said.

Every year, more tourists are coming to the annual Danang international fireworks competition, which has helped the city develop its tourism trademark.

HCM City authorities are encouraging local and foreign enterprises in the city to invest in fields that deal with science and high technology, as part of their economic restructuring plan to reach certain targets by 2015.

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, will pay an official visit to Cuba and a State-level visit to Brazil in the near future.

HCM City's museums lack the funds and staff required to preserve their thousands of valuable artefacts and other objects which face the danger of being damaged by the elements and deteriorating with the passage of time.

The Earth Hour 2012 campaign drew the participation of hundreds of thousands of young people in Hanoi and HCM City on March 31. 

Dong Bang Temple or King Temple was built during the reign of Due Vuong (the 18th Hung King) to worship the father king Bat Hai Dong Dinh, who succeeded in protecting the kingdom’s peace and sovereignty 

The Agricultural Technology Faculty (FATETA) of the Bogor Agriculture University (IPB) in Indonesia's West Java province has developed a new staple food similar to rice in a bid to support food diversification programs,

Award-winning film premiered in Vietnam; Ivory Coast female band to rock Hanoi, Hue;  Music show in Russia commemorates renowned Vietnamese musician;  Hue Festival 2012 media centre debuts;  Vietnam’s image highlighted in Italy

Not only getting more heavily into research and development (R&D) for applying new technologies, a lot of enterprises have been trying to expand their business fields to maintain the high growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – In early March, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) made public the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) 2011, which reveals some problems.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 2 to attend the 20th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdec Hunsen.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan on April 1.

Thirty-one people were confirmed killed and 12 others injured in a passenger plane crash in Russia's Siberian region early Monday, Russian emergency authorities said.

Competition Law question marks hang over VNPT’s VinaPhone and MobiFone merger plan.