Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Japan from October 30 to November 2 is aimed at promoting the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in a more in-depth, substantial and effective manner.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bitexco Vertical Run 2011, the first-ever skyscrapers running competition on Vietnam, was held in HCM City on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 200 athletes and coaches of 23 delegations from five countries and territories around the world have gathered for the Hanoi International Aikido Festival being held in the capital city from October 28-30.

VietNamNet Bridge - More foreign criminals have committed criminal offenses or carried out transnational frauds in Vietnam, said Chief of the Interpol Vietnam Office, Colonel Dang Xuan Khang.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Public Security has told police agencies in seven provinces to investigate seven law-breaking and corruption cases related to the state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group or Vinashin.

Universities cannot persuade graduates to stay at the schools to work as lecturers, while it is very difficult to “hunt for heads” on the market.

The number of businesses using software in human resource (HR) management has been increasing, while the solutions provided by hi-tech firms have been diversified, which both have helped heat up the HR management software market.

The rice growing area, output and export value indexes in 2011 all are higher than that of 2010. However, experts have warned that difficulties would come with the 2011-2012 crops due to the floods.

U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday urged Congress to pass the administration's stalled jobs plan to speed up U.S. economic growth and reduce the widening income gap.

Anger towards Qantas has on Monday shifted onto the federal government, with Opposition and councils attacked Prime Minister Julia Gillard on her handling of the Qantas dispute.

The former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may be fleeing to Zimbabawe with the help of South African mercenaries, local media reported on Sunday.

Photographic contest on Hoi An; Exhibition commemorates Australian journalist; World arms museum in VN to open next month; Well-known Dutch pianist to perform in Hanoi; Vietnamese movie projects get Dutch subsidy   

VietNamNet Bridge - Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee has approved a project to restore the Hue royal citadel in the 2011-2015 period with total investment capital of approximately VND1.3 trillion.

Changes to the pencak silat event at this year's SEA Games in November could seriously reduce Viet Nam's medal-winning hopes and favour Indonesia, the host country.

An exhibition of paintings by iconic artist Pham Luc opens at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Petrol stations found cheating customers will have their business licences revoked under a new draft decree that aims for tougher punishments for violations of trading regulations.

Nha Rong Wharf is a cultural site with special relics in Ho Chi Minh City, where late President Ho Chi Minh left to seek ways to save the nation 100 years ago.

Experts have repeatedly given warnings about the bad debt increases, which they believe a big worry to the banking system. The bad debt ratio has increased from 2.53 percent to 3.21 percent if compared with August 2010.

Two global energy-efficient and climate-friendly solution leaders are waiting for more open government policies to coax foreign direct investment into renewable energy projects.

A young man who was hit by a truck, many people surrounded to see and go away, leaving him alone; patients die because doctors refused to give first aid without money… Nonchalance over the pain of others seems to be popular.

Rice price increase shows no sigh of abating; Stock market still mired in uncertainty; Small-scale exporters struggling at year-end; Aussie bank ups stake in VIB; Power cuts ruled out this year; Gov't sets stricter penalties for financial violations

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung begins Japan visit

This means idle capital sources tend to be preserved instead of being invested into new production and business.

The number of non-viable enterprises has increased sharply in 2011, due to macro-economic difficulties that have strained production and business, said experts.

Vietnam seeks stronger cooperation with Interpol; VN, Japan opens fourth theoretical exchange; VN attends 36th UNESCO General Assembly meeting; Vietnam attends UN forum on human rights; S Korea, Mekong nations hold ministerial meeting