VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investment in the property sector this year has been the lowest in the last five years, with analysts attributing it to the lingering impact of the economic meltdown.

U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday afternoon signed a bipartisan bill of raising the nation's debt limit into law, ending the month-long perilous stalemate and averting a potentially catastrophic debt default risk.

The first man in Britain who received a complete plastic heart is allowed to leave hospital and live a relatively normal life at home.

VietNamNet Bridge - Open and market-oriented policies will put gold under control, says director Tran Trong Quoc Khanh of a gold shop of the Asia Commercial Bank. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly approved the new 27-member government this morning, August 3.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' proposal to increase the minimum wage three months earlier than scheduled has caused controversy among enterprises and State agencies.

A Japanese photographer has donated 77 photos of Agent Orange victims he took around Viet Nam to HCM City's War Remnants Museum in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the National Day for Vietnamese Dioxin Victims,

VietNamNet Bridge – There is room for a lot more co-operation among tourist regions in Viet Nam despite the efforts by local authorities in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi will not be closed, the embassy announced on August 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Thailand have agreed to boost co-operation in search and rescue manoeuvres, joint sea patrols, exchange of delegations and experience in logistics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Duyen took home the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling World Championship, which concluded at the Polivalenta Sports Venue in Bucharest, Romania, over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - Domestic mobile phone providers and importers are taking full advantage of the surge in demand for low-priced mobile phones with advanced applications, luring customers with cheap products that provide no guarantees. 

The Iraqi political leaders agreed to give green light to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to hold talks with the United States about staying some of its troops in Iraq beyond the end of 2011 deadline as trainers to the Iraqi security forces,

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam should immediately look for ways to avoid becoming an industrial garbage dump, a senior official said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge –Four teams are set to participate in the National Women's U-19 Football Championship held in northern Ha Nam Province on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge –All floating houses parked in unregulated places on Ha Long Bay must be removed before August 15, according to the city People's Committee.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People’s Court maintained the original prison sentence from the first trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu for “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”,

VietNamNet Bridge –Industrial firms found committing grave violations in disposing of their toxic solid waste are exploiting a legal loophole to avoid or defer paying fines, the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reports.

VietNamNet Bridge – A directory containing information about lawmakers and administrators who have assumed office for the 2011-16 term will be published later this year.

Not only trying to collect “strange” items to ravage the Vietnamese national economy, Chinese businessmen also like using a trick to push Vietnamese farmers against the wall.

The death toll from the powerful motorcycle bomb blast Tuesday afternoon in the restive southern Philippines has risen to two, while eight others were wounded, officials said.

German, French and Vietnamese films will be screened at Idecaf, 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1 this month.

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VietNamNet Bridge – The success of a software project not only depends on the enterprises’ capability to apply software pieces and choose suitable solutions, but also on the partners, consultants and many other factors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam really wants to develop wind power, but it has not done necessary things to encourage the development of the industry.