The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to amend a governmental decree regulating the operation of representative offices and branches of international companies in Viet Nam.

Chinese President Hu Jintao met a group of U.S. business representatives in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Thursday to discuss expansion of China-U.S. trade cooperation.

The announcement of the US investor First Solar to halt the construction of the solar panel factory in Cu Chi district of HCM City has raised a worry that the investor may stop investing in Vietnam or narrow the project scale.

Using its near-infrared vision to peer nine billion years back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation,

The 19-year-old phenom Neymar extended his contract with Santos until July 2014 on Wednesday.

The compilers of literature textbooks have got puzzled when writing the lessons about “The tale of Tam and Cam”. The problem is that they do not know what ending to choose for the fairy tale. Meanwhile, the textbooks give different endings.

Personal income tax considered too high; Negative growth projection for 2011; Retailers demand compensation from Shiseido; Vinacomin asked to reassess alumina project’s efficiency; APEC 2011 deepens VN’s ties with other members

Ha Long Bay has been named among the world’s new seven wonders of nature, according to the global poll’s provisional results announced this morning by New Open World Corporation, an associate of the New 7 Wonders Foundation.

Nguyen Thanh Nghi, vice headmaster and vice Party secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Architecture University, was Friday appointed deputy minister of the Ministry of Construction. He becomes the youngest official holding the post in Vietnam.

Around 12 hours after landing in Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, film star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their six children took a flight to Con Dao Island today afternoon to spend their holidays in five-star Six Senses Resort.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said here the 21st century will be the United States' Pacific Century.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has passed the Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) proposal to establish the Vietnam Professional Football JS Company to run the country’s top-ranking V-League.

Unexpectedly lowering the sale price to the level which is 500,000 dong per tael lower than the market price, Bao Tin Minh Chau has stirred up the investors in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The European Music Festival will return to Ha Noi and HCM City with its diverse repertoire from November 17-28.

VietNamNet Bridge – New flows of trade and commercial co-operation are expected to enhance relations between Luxembourg and Viet Nam in the near future, participants at a seminar heard on Nov 10.

Italy's financial markets calmed Thursday on the prospect of a new government led by the country's respected economist Mario Monti.

President Truong Tan Sang left Busan on Thursday, ending his state-level visit to the South Korea, to attend the 11th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Hawaii.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan yesterday called on overseas Vietnamese to strengthen unity among their communities and also help the country develop.

VietNamNet Bridge – Professional midwifery services during pregnancy and childbirth are critical to lowering the mortality rate of women and babies, a conference heard on Nov 10.

A lot of businesses say the preferential interest rates of 17-19 percent only exist on paper, while they never can enjoy such interest rates, and they still have to borrow money at the interest rates of 20-22 percent on average.

HCM City festival features work by artists under-40; Thai Nguyen celebrates with a cup; Hat xoan singing seeks recognition as UNESCO cultural heritage

German Chancellor Angela Merkel brushed aside Thursday recent reports that her country is considering plans for a smaller "core eurozone", saying that Germany has always been determined to solve the debt crisis under current framework.

Man held for scattering nails to trap motorists; Vietnam hands drug trafficker over to China; Two killed in wall collapse

VietNamNet Bridge – The national table tennis team is set to win a gold medal in the men's double event at the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will kick off in Indonesia on Friday, Nov 11.

The information about the bank restructuring and about the low ceiling deposit insurance compensation of 50 million dong all have made small banks suffer.