“If nets and fishing equipment are still set in the passage, our ship may change its schedule and not dock at Chan May port anymore because of safety,” said the captain of a foreign cruise ship.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides personal shows, periodical programs are also scheduled in December.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year is expected to reach US$119 billion, while per capita income will be roughly $1,300, according to Vu Huy Hoang, the Minister of Industry and Trade.

In the last few months, only SJC has been allowed to import material gold. Meanwhile, non-SJC goldsmith companies have just been told to stop making bullion gold.

The smartphone market in Viet Nam would develop strongly in the next two or three years, said general director of Huawei Zhao Wei Jun.

The Vietnamese Air and Air Defense Force on December 4 executed the firing of real rockets, anti-aircraft artillery, and ZCY-23 self-propelled artillery, as part of its 5-day drill in Bac Giang Province.

The U.S. Justice Department Friday approved Google's 400 million dollar acquisition of Admeld, a company that provides an online advertising platform for publishers.

The non-performing loan (NPL) situation in Vietnam proves to be worse than previously thought. Dealing with bad debts is one of the most important things Vietnam needs to do in the banking restructuring.

Rumors are spreading that the cap on deposit interest rates may fall to 12% per annum from the current 14%, but at a regular meeting of the Government last Thursday, State Bank Deputy Governor Nguyen Dong Tien neither confirmed nor rejected it.

A Hebrew University brain researcher was awarded the U.S. Society for Neuroscience's (SfN) Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, the university said in a statement issued Sunday.

Spain helps improve Vietnam’s tourism capacity; Ninh Thuan calls for investment; Private investors less optimistic; Manufacturers enjoy lower rent; Exemptions granted from environmental taxes; Garment exporters aim high

The State Bank is to offer foreign bankers a much needed carrot next year when it recalibrates lending limits to torpedo a one-size-fits-all policy.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will publicise a ban on leech and yellow snail breeding this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sunflower is the name of a group of women who are HIV-carriers who do not surrender to the fatal disease.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s hip-hop troupe Milky Way won the first prize worth VND40 million ($2,000) in the finale of the national dance contest called “Centaur Dance Showdown” in the central city of Da Nang on December 2.

Italian government on Sunday passed emergency reform measures for boosting economic growth and saving the eurozone from split.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of young people, mainly students from universities in Hanoi, participated in the Volunteer Heart blood donation festival at the Hoa Binh Park in Tu Liem District, Hanoi on December 3.

Vietnam Airlines would take over the 70 percent of Jetstar Pacific’s shares from the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC). With the stake transfer deal, Vietnam Airlines would hold up to 90 percent of the domestic aviation market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 20th Bay Nui ox-racing festival was held at Thom-mit temple in Vinh Trung commune, the southern province of An Giang, on December 22, with 64 pairs of cows from southern provinces of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to combine with relevant agencies to inspect underground explosions in Bac Tra My district, in the central province of Quang Nam recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of forest fires in many cities and provinces had decreased compared with the same period last year thanks to prevention measures,

VietNamNet Bridge - The 38th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) with 329 delegates aboard anchored at Saigon Port on the afternoon of December 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lauds the efforts of the Organisation International de la Francophonie (OIF) and its leadership to help some member nations deal with conflicts and crises,

VietNamNet Bridge - 20-year-old student Hoang Thi Yen Chi surpassed representatives from five ASEAN countries to win first prize at the “Like performing, love Sony” contest held in Singapore on December 3.

Vietnam has of late seen a mushrooming of international private preschools and kindergartens’ charging exorbitant tuition fees, though in reality what they offer does not match what they advertise.