Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week gave the thumbs down to a proposed $4.5 billion casino resort project in Ninh Thuan province.

Hanoi Telecom Corporation is seeking Ministry of Information and Communications intervention so that it can acquire half of the third generation (3G) bandwidth held by EVN Telecom.

The death toll from Turkey's deadly earthquake last Sunday rose to 601 on Sunday, while officials said the search for survivors stopped in the disaster-struck eastern province of Van.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbeyev and his entourage arrived in Hanoi on October 30 to start their three-day official visit to Vietnam.

Chess players target three golds at 26th SEA Games; Tien Minh says farewell to French tourney; Viet Nam fix sights on Indonesia gold; U-23s fine tuned for SEA Games clash; National U19 football tournament to kick off

More than 600 athletes, coaches and officials took part in a ceremony to send off Viet Nam's 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games squad at Ha Noi's Opera House yesterday.

Duc Long Gia Lai Group has reaffirmed its intention to pursue the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower projects in Cat Tien National Park despite grave concerns over their impact on the eco-system there.

Vinpearl chosen as Vietnam’s leading resort; Bus crew face suspension for injuring passenger; Vietnamese pregnant women face nutrient deficiency; 100 people vent ire on Dong Nai polluting company; Plastic-free Sundays prove effective  

VietNamNet Bridge – A 100sq.m screen will be installed at two stadiums in Hanoi and HCM City to serve more than 30,000 fans at the “Fanfest,” to support the U23 football team at the Southeast Asian Games 2011 in Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge – The organizing board of the Southeast Asian Games 2011 has again adjusted the match schedule for men’s football.

The dollar fever, which has been lasting several days, is believed not to be created by the black market as usual, but by commercial banks. The dollar price increases and the interbank interest rate increases have benefited a lot of banks.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the invitation of the Chinese Fashion Association, designers Huynh Hai Long and The Huynh participated in the fashion festival for young Asian designers in Shanghai on October 24-27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has asked the National Assembly (NA) to allocate VND40 trillion (around $1.9 billion) from crude oil revenue in 2012, to invest in key transport works.

VietNamNet Bridge - The show took place in HCM City on the evening of October 29, introducing collections of four designers, Do Manh Cuong, Ha Le, Phuong My and Tom K Nguyen.

VietNamNet Bridge – Disguised as a giant skeleton, a pirate or animals, Saigonees and Hanoians were very eager with the Halloween festival held on the nights of October 29-30. Join them in the following photos:

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.