Sri Lanka inks deal to buy Vietnamese oil; Garments face troubled times; Foreign investors sell off Vietnamese shares; Vietnamese abroad push local produce; Vinalines in tie with foreign firms to build ports

The Greek parliament approved on Wednesday evening a fresh austerity draft bill promoted by the government as essential to avert default, as violent protests gripped the heart of Athens, turning the city into a battlefield.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has proposed allocating around US$640 million from next year’s State budget for sci-tech development, an increase of 12 percent.

Microsoft’s flagship worldwide IT conference, Tech.Days 2011, today was whole day organised in Hanoi with the attendance of hundreds of IT pros, developers and end-customers.

 The Export-Import Bank of the US has agreed on a credit package worth US$1 billion for a wind power development programme in the Mekong River Delta between 2011 and 2015.

Last week was a “burning” week of the interbank market, when the overnight interest rate soared to 20 percent per annum, and the 1-week loans jumped to 23-24 percent per annum.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has asked transport officials to not play golf anymore.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has made a proposal to the Government to adjust work and school hours in a drastic move to curb chronic congestion on Ha Noi's streets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts of Global Beauties websites guess that Vietnam’s Thuy Vy will enter the semi-finals of Miss World 2011. Two of them forecast that the Vietnamese representative will be crowned.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the morning of October 18, thousands of police officers, soldiers and people participated in a tsunami rehearsal in Tho Quang and Man Thai wards, Son Tra district, in the central city of Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Public interest in climate change issues has been considerably improved over the past few years thanks to increased communications but it would take time to make everyone have a proper attitude towards the topic.

Women's group reaches out to poor; Fire breaks out at schools, 11 hospitalized; Boarding school for Cham Khmer students; 100 workers hospitalized for food poisoning

The U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Tuesday amid strong performance in financial sector and news that European policymakers were planning a two-trillion-euro fund.

As unable to access bank loans, a lot of businesses decide to “borrow” capital of partners. As a result, businesses have become both big debtors and creditors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The conjoined twins, born last Tuesday in Soc Trang Province, had CT scans done of all their blood vessels at a HCM City medical centre on Monday.

Tennis players Do Minh Quan and Dai Trang on Sunday apologized for having threatened to quit the national team following a disagreement with officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Current wage policies are outdated and unable to assist citizens in coping with the rising cost of living, said President Truong Tan Sang in a meeting yesterday with voters in HCM City's District 3 and 4.

HCMC kicks off international piano fest; Ao Dai show to mark Women’s Day; Le Kinh Tai’s art characters come out to world in to he; World police music gala in Hanoi

Big cities in Vietnam are ready to celebrate the Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese economy’s competitiveness can be raised if regulatory quality is improved. International experts worry that the increasing administrative burden will hold back Vietnam’s competitiveness.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) conference on basic education opened in Da Nang city on October 18.

Senior leaders of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) on Tuesday held talks with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who pledged efforts to help rebuild the war-torn country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Under-21 Football Championship will be re-organised next year, according to the Asian Football Federation (AFF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Shoddy construction and labour accidents are often the result of poorly managed construction projects, Vietnamese and Japanese experts said at a conference on construction quality held in HCM City last week.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members signed an agreement on Tuesday on the establishment of a free trade zone in the CIS region.