VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has proposed increasing medical fees for 350 health services, raising concerns for low earners and those without medical insurance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese junior Nguyen Hoang Thien won the men's singles and doubles titles at the Hong Kong Open Junior Tennis Championships on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Employees' health is at risk because many firms are refusing to ensure workers undergo regular medical examinations.

Clashes between protestors and security forces in downtown Cairo left 19 dead and 183 injured on Sunday, raising new concerns about Egypt's security and stability ahead of parliamentary elections.

VietNamNet Bridge – Although companies located in industrial parks (IP) and export processing zones (EPZ) in HCM City have increased wages and allowances, workers still find it difficult to make ends meet,

VietNamNet Bridge – Sonadezi Long Thanh, a waste treatment company in Dong Nai Province, has been fined VND405 million (US$19,500) for releasing poorly treated wastewater into the Dong Nai River.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on September 7, organized a brief conference to explain the rumors around the newly appointed Tourism Ambassador Ly Nha Ky.

Optimism in the economy suffered a second successive fall in the third quarter in Viet Nam, a global survey by auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton has found.

Growth of tourism in the country depends on adequate and appropriate infrastructure, which serves the needs of tourists and encourages further investment by enterprises in the competitive tourism industry.

The head of the ruling Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdel-Jalil said Sunday that it is possible to end the battles next week in Bani Walid and Sirte, the only remaining strongholds of fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Enterprises complain that if the new maternity leave policy is ratified, this will put a hard pressure on their production and business.

The Walt Disney Co. announced on Friday that it has agreed to add a chairman title for Chief Executive Officer Rober Iger and will extend his contract until the end of June 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thai National Assembly President Somsak Kiatsuranont has accepted the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung to visit Viet Nam soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi-HCM City route was clear in the morning of September 9, after being blocked for one day because of a train derailment in the central province of Nghe An.

General Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde arrived Saturday noon at the Elysee Palace for a talk with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the European debt issue.

VietNamNet Bridge – Restructuring the Vietnamese economy has been discussed by Vietnamese policy makers and experts for a very long time but the restructuring process, which is scheduled to start in 2012, is not very clear.

Facing a script shortage, domestic film studios are remaking many Korean TV series for television networks.

Rating agency Fitch cut the sovereign credit ratings of Italy and Spain on Friday, with negative outlook.

Vietnamese diplomats have applauded the efforts of Venezuela and Syria in ensuring human rights at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Oct. 7.

Ministries run trial credit insurance programme; Firms urged to cut back on imported materials; Crackdown targets disclosure violations; VN to modernise livestock industry; US Gap enters VN market; Diesel, kerosene prices cut, petrol unchanged

Consuming habits among Vietnamese urban residents have changed, leading to fairer competition among businesses.

Northern Food Corporation’s Branch for Salt Experiment and Technology Transfer director Bui Son Long tells VIR that raising industrial salt output would address the salt industry’s stinging problem.

The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies this week as investors' concerns about the European debt crisis continued to weigh on the euro.

Balade en France, the largest French food-related event in Viet Nam, will take place in HCM City on October 21-22.

The hotel management market remains bustling, despite the shadow of the global economic crisis. Hotels’ owners now have many more choices, because there are more service providers who have been lowering fees to become more competitive.