Policy dialogue spotlights green growth; Labour rules challenge small firms; First Vietnam-made oil rig to be launched September; Stamp mark to differentiate genuine, fake goods; HAGL Group conducts ERP with SAP package   

Police arrested Le Van Luyen for alleged murder yesterday, after a six-day search in Van Lang District in the northern mountain province of Lang Son.

The Taipei prosecutors office Tuesday began probing a case in which local hospitals unknowingly used organs from an HIV-positive donor in five transplant surgeries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Women's Unions in 19 southern provinces and cities on Monday signed an agreement on the prevention of deaths due to drowning among children.

Honda Vietnam has announced that it would reconsider the production and business plan in Vietnam in the future, in case it has to pay the tax arrears of 160 million dollars, or 3340 billion dong.

The death toll from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene has risen sharply to at least 40 as of Tuesday, as more bodies were pulled from floodwaters, according to state authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Transport Ministry's Directorate for Roads in Viet Nam has submitted a plan to the Government that would upgrade the bauxite transport route at an estimated cost of about VND1.6 trillion (US$76.9 million).

Nearly 300 billion to build sewage treatment plant in Tay Ninh; Thief kills woman, child in Binh Duong; Prosecutors seek leniency for corrupt official; Gold shop murder suspects’ parents arrested

Many prisoners at the Thanh Xuan prison in Hanoi were released under the amnesty decision on the occasion of the National Day. VietNamNet’s Tuyet Nhung captured the happiness of prisoners and their families on the amnesty day (August 29).

The United Nations is warning authorities to be on high alert of bird flu as the virus appears to be returning.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Kim Dong Publishing House has published the first five instalments of a comic strip series on the late President Ho Chi Minh as part of its activities to mark National Day on September 2.

A lot of gold companies have revealed that they have proposed the State Bank of Vietnam to grant more quotas for gold imports, saying that more imports would help increase the domestic supply and ease the “gold fever”.

The United Nations will soon conduct a global threat review in the wake of the deadly attack against the UN compound in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, which has claimed the lives of at least 23 people.

“There is a fact that China commits to not take Vietnam’s land and sea, and Vietnam will never be unprincipled making concessions in sovereignty,” Deputy Minister of Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh told his Chinese counterpart.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Irish boyband will bring its “Gravity Tour” to Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on October 1.

China defence ties to be increased; State President praises teachers, students; PM congratulates new Japan leader; President urges swifter judicial reform efforts

S&P has announced to place its 'B' long-term corporate credit rating and 'axBB-' ASEAN scale rating on Vietnam-based Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL) on CreditWatch with negative implications.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2009 audit report, published yesterday, Aug 30, by the State Audit Office of Viet Nam (SAV), revealed many violations in financial management.

The U.S. Federal Reserve said Tuesday that the pace of the country's economic recovery remained slow in recent months, and the labor market conditions continued to be weak.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the stock prices keep decreasing, the huge assets of stock billionaires have eroded.

East Asia can be divided into two general areas: Northeast Asia, dominated by the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, dominated by the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Nguyet Anh, the former karate champion at the Asian Games 2006, will be rescued from painful wounds thanks to VND200 million ($10,000) donated by a benefactor.

VietNamNet Bridge - MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat arrived at Vietnam’s Nha Trang Bay on August 28, during its around-the-world tour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Phnom Penh held a ceremony to mark the 66 th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 2) on August 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 550 items and pictures on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands are displayed at the “Quang Ngai –Sea and Island Culture Heritage” exhibition in Quang Ngai province.