Provinces have competed with each others to attract foreign investment, so they have offered over-incentive policies to foreign investors. After all, investors support provinces or vice versa? questioned the Minister of Planning and Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The book market in northern Vietnam, especially Hanoi, has been out of control for a long time. The authorities have made raids and seized tons of pirated books.

New Zealand animal experts will begin releasing seabirds Tuesday almost seven weeks after a massive oil leak from a grounded cargo ship triggered a wildlife rescue operation.

At least seven people were killed and several others injured in a fire which broke out in two compartments of an express train in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in the wee hours Tuesday, said police.

The UN envoy Jamal bin Omar said Tuesday in Sanaa that the Yemeni ruling party and the opposition have reached a compromise on Gulf-broked initiative and its implementation mechanism, and are discussing the details

CPI rises in Hanoi and HCMC; Russian firm ready for gas exploitation; Steering Committee for Restructuring State-owned Enterprises established; U.S. investors look at Danang Airport; Japan eyes relocating plants to Vietnam    

Vietnam completed competitions at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia on November 22 with 96 gold, 90 silver and 101 bronze medals, ranking third after Indonesia and Thailand. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Dariu Foundation, a Switzerland-based NGO, yesterday, Nov 22, held an inauguration ceremony in HCM City to launch its second mobile school.

Vietnam Electricity would withdraw all of its investments from non-electricity businesses in the next one to two years, said Pham Le Thanh, the group's general director, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade last Saturday.

Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces called for urgent talks with political forces late Monday, state TV reported.

Wall Street started a holiday- shortened week with little to cheer. Heavily weighed by intensified debt woes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, investors fled to safe-haven assets, triggering severe sell-off in equity market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three days after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Hanoi has amended its work-hour plan. The change will be applied as of January 1, 2012 in 12 districts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Binh Duong Club for Environment (C4E), a group of university students, is determined to spread the word to secondary-school students about the need for environmental protection and sustainability.

One day before his appeal trial was scheduled to open on Tuesday, Nov 22, former deputy chief managing editor of the Tien Phong newspaper Phan Ha Binh withdrew his appeal against the 7-year verdict handed down on him.

The U.S. congressional "super- committee" announced on Monday that the 12-member panel had failed to reach a deal to slash 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars over the next decade.

VietNamNet Bridge – Another unfair case occurred yesterday, November 21, for Vietnam at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games 2011 in Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to US Magazine, during his holiday on Vietnam’s Con Dao Island last week, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s adopted son Pax Thien saw his maternal grandmother. However, the grandmother denied the information.

VietNamNet Bridge – Standing against a school handrail on the second floor to chat during the break, six 7th-grade students felt out to the ground when the handrail was unexpectedly broken.

The four private airplanes imported by Green Planet may get the customs clearance by the end of November. As the airplanes are expected to be used for training, they may be exempted from all kinds of tax, including VAT.

VietNamNet Bridge – A draft master plan on medical waste management seeks to impose new conditions and limits on storage and treatment on hospitals and other healthcare facilities in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh cited the Ministry of Defense that there is no worry associated with golf course projects inside airports.

Thai artists depict Vietnam’s architecture, life; Eggshell designer celebrates Teachers’ Day in style; Central Highlands opens its largest museum; South Korean girl band 2NE1 rocks Hanoi;

Most travel companies in Vietnam are currently offering a variety of attractive promotional programs for the upcoming holidays of Christmas, New Year and Tet Lunar New Year.  

There is just three days to go until Thanksgiving, a national holiday in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November. So, some hotels in town are preparing special treats to offer a memorable day to guests and their families on November 24.

The United States and its allies Britain and Canada announced new sanctions against Iran Monday, in the wake of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that expressed concern over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.