Steel manufacturers in Hai Phong City had still owed trillions of dong to commercial banks by the end of August 2011. The majority of the debts are the third, fourth and fifth group debts, i.e subprime and irrecoverable debts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The nine-year-long cleanup of the polluted Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City is set to be completed in the next four months, with wastewater no longer flowing into it and its banks turning green.

Yahoo on Tuesday fired Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz and replaced her temporarily with the company's chief financial officer.

Vietnam to attend UNESCO General Assembly; Vietnam Film Festival to open in mid-December; Vietnam participates in Moscow int’l floral trade show; Hanoi exhibition showcases finger artist’s works

 Chinese clinics probed over price, quality; Neon sign sets off blaze in Ho Chi Minh City; France experts design waterway facelift; Saigon River ferry service to shut down

VietNamNet Bridge – Silk paintings by Vietnamese artist Bui Tien Tuan featuring the beauty of the female form, will be on display at HCM City's Craig Thomas Gallery tomorrow, Sep 8.

Vietnamese low-class and medium-class wooden furniture products have become less competitive. Therefore, making high class products has become the new strategy for them.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City-based businesses need 26,000 additional workers this month, 10 per cent more than in August, according to the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

Eddie Murphy has been named to host the 84th Academy Awards ceremony to be held on Feb. 26, 2012, turning a widely-publicised gossip into reality.

VietNamNet Bridge – China is ready to remove obstacles and join efforts with Vietnam to step up friendly exchanges and deepen bilateral cooperation to keep bilateral relations on track.

 Prime Minister to visit Laos; President urges safety for fishermen; Argentina, Vietnam to hold third intergovernmental committee session; Dien Bien urged to focus on poverty reduction

Vietnamese travel firms now move ahead with the plans to attract more Japanese travelers to Vietnam, after they can see the signs of recovery from the market which was once seriously affected by the catastrophes.

Vietnam spends $3.13 bln on foreign aids repayment; Sanofi wants to develop high-tech drug plant in HCMC; Banks get nod to lend up to 80% on deposits; Japan assists support-industry firms; Watchdog issues margin-trading guidline  

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh yesterday, Sep 6, received a visiting delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and its representatives.

Vietnam and China have deliberated directions and measures to further deepen their friendly and cooperative relations in all fields, in order to develop their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in an active, healthy and stable manner.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan won a hat-trick of gold medals and broke two world youth records in the men's 56kg category at the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in Pattaya, Thailand yesterday, Sep 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two young workers are dead because of being pressed by a container while they were oversleeping on another container, in Cai Lan Port, in Quang Ninh province on August 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An's goalkeeper, Nguyen Huynh Quoc Cuong, set a new record by keeping his net empty for 770 minutes during 26 V-League matches, according to Viet Nam Football Federation statistics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police on September 5 arrested 55 foreigners and three Vietnamese at four guest houses and hotels in Tuy Hoa City, in the central province of Phu Yen over a high-tech crime case.

VietNamNet Bridge – Melissa Moon, champion of the women's race up the 86 flights of stairs of the Empire State Building 2010, will join the Bitexco Vertical Run at HCM City’s tallest building on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though fines on traffic law violators have been raised, they seem to be ineffective to prevent people to break the law. Below are very popular scenes in Hanoi.

Viet Nam's top chess player Le Quang Liem failed to reach the fourth round of the World Chess Cup 2011 after losing his third-round tie-break against Lazaro Bruzon Bastista of Cuba by 0.5-1.5 in Khanty-Mansiysk on Monday.

The Vietnamese Government has always appreciated the quality and efficiency of capital flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese and Swiss flags flew on the MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, when it landed at Nha Trang Bay, during its around-the-world tour.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is 11.30pm and all the shops in the capital city are closed. But for more than 15 young people gathering on Tay Son Street, this is the best time to pursue their hobby: photographing Ha Noi by night.