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VietNamNet Bridge – The situation is easing at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City and neighbouring Dong Nai Province, with most workers returning for work after Tet (Lunar New Year).

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced proposed regulations to prevent Americans from dodging taxes through foreign accounts.

Coming to Danang, you should not miss My Khe Beach, located about six kilometres east of Danang and 24 kilometres north of Hoi An.

VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever a new year comes, Vietnamese go to pagodas to wish for a lucky year. Pagodas are hallowed places, but one can see many offensive things there.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gas and petrol stations located near residential areas in big cities continue to threaten locals' health and safety, despite last year's deadly gas explosions.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi initiative to give descriptions of the nation's most notable heroes in Vietnamese on street plaques has met with the general approval of local residents, but left foreigners befuddled.

The Ha Noi People's Committee yesterday approved a VND1.2 trillion proposal for Ha Noi Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco) to operate 49 additional city bus routes, including five routes exclusively serving municipal employees.

Four teenagers drown in reservoir; Fire breaks out at market in Quang Ngai Province; Man loses an eye in golf course accident; Ha Noi re-adjusts work hours; Ha Noi builds new air-traffic control centre

VietNamNet Bridge – Here are the jobs which are considered the “hottest” in Vietnam as they can bring high incomes

Greek leaders have wrapped up a 7.5-hour talk and reached an agreement in principle on austerity and reform measures in exchange for a bailout package deemed vital to avert a potentially disastrous default next month,

Despite earning much from advertisements, the perhaps most well-known social networking sites, Google and Facebook, have paid very little in taxes in this country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2012 offers many opportunities for Vietnam to send workers abroad, according to the Overseas Labor Management Department under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has conferred the order of the Legion d’honneur on Professor Ngo Bao Chau at the Elysee Palace.

Three out of ten artifact groups in the central city of Hue have been listed for recognition as national treasures, including nine sacred cannons, nine urns and a great bell, said an official on February 7.

Late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Truong Chinh received recognition of the importance of culture in all fields of life in particular during revolution, a number of speeches emphasised at a seminar.

VietNamNet Bridge - A fierce fire occurred at a central market in Quang Ngai City at 6am on February 9.

On February 8, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Brazilian ambassador Joao de Mendonca Lima Neto who paid a farewell visit before ending his term in Vietnam, and the US Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) President Fred Hochberg.

VietNamNet Bridge – Elderly fisherman Le Van Le has never failed to attend the fish-worshipping festival held every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month in Thanh Khe village in central Da Nang City.

While many real estate developers feel worried stiff because their apartments have been left unsold, others feel worried stiff because they cannot collect money from buyers.

Vietnam and Laos have held many activities to celebrate Friendship and Solidarity Year 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – For most expats in Ha Noi, experiencing the first winter can come as a shock to the system. How do the tropics get so frightfully cold?

VietNamNet Bridge - As soon as finishing the international open chess tournament in the UK, Le Quang Liem went to Russia to attend the Aeroflot Open. He has protected his championship at the Aeroflot Open by winning the first two rounds.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Malaysian counterpart Anifah Aman held talks in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 8 as part of the Vietnamese FM’s two-day visit to Malaysia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital had successfully saved a 650g baby from a woman who was suffering from high blood pressure, said Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, head of the pediatrics department last Tuesday.