Reduced sleep increases risk of post-natal depression in new mothers: Australian researcher

Lack of sleep is strongly linked to post-natal depression for new mothers, according to an Australian study revealed on Thursday.

Party Central Committee convenes third meeting

VietNamNet Bridge – The third meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened in Hanoi on October 6.

MOET’s curriculum cut doesn’t help ease pressure on students

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to cut out some parts from the curriculums for grammar schools. However, students complain that their pressure has not been eased.

First Vietnamese brand tablet PC hits market in November?

While the story about developing Vietnamese brand tablet PCs seems to fall into oblivion, HiPT Mobile has unexpectedly stated that its first tablet PC will hit the market in November 2011.

Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A raise waves on Dong Nai River

Whether to allow to build Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower plants on the Dong Nai River has, once again, become a hot topic when one more environment organization has declared its support for the construction.

A British group sues Vietnamese companies for illegally using “interbrand”

Two Vietnamese Companies – Interbrand JSC and Inter Brand Media Co.. Ltd have become the defendants in a lawsuit relating to the intellectual property infringement, in which the plaintiff is a British company.

Pay rises fail to compensate for inflation spike

VietNamNet Bridge – Salary increases this year are much lower than inflation rates, a survey by Mercer, the leading global provider of human resource services and its associate, Talentnet Corporation, has found.

Which group will come after Petrolimex?

Looking over the economy, not only the petrol market but also many other fields of business lack transparence, for example electricity, securities, etc. Can the Ministry of Finance deal with them like it does with the petrol sector?

Profile: Tech industry's visionary Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs, Apple's co-founder and longtime CEO, and Silicon Valley legend, died at the age of 56 on Wednesday after seven years of fight with cancer.

Massacring wild birds on highway

VietNamNet Bridge – On National Highway 8A, around 500m from Duc Tho town in the central province of Ha Tinh, there are many people selling wild birds. Behind them are harvested fields with bird nets.

Vietnam, South Africa cooperate to protect rhino

VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese delegation and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs signed an agreement on protecting rhinos on September 28.

Buddhist students

VietNamNet Bridge – After the bell signals the lecture time, Buddhist students at the Vietnam Buddhism Institute in Soc Son district, Hanoi, hurriedly go to the lecture hall with books and laptops.

Quick-footed FIEs evade banks

Dissolved foreign-invested enterprises are hurting local banking institutions.

Gaddafi says Libyan conditions "unbearable now:" media

Libya's fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi Thursday said in an audio message that conditions in the North African country are "unbearable now," calling on the Libyans to demonstrate in their millions, according to the Syria-based Arrai television.

Greek cabinet approves plans for oil exploration, drilling

The Greek government approved on Thursday plans for oil exploration and drilling in western Greece that could raise up to 25 billion euros (33.57 billion U.S. dollars) in revenues in the next two decades.

Farah, Savinova named European Athlete of the Year

The 5,000m world champion Mo Farah of Britain and 800m world champion Mariya Savinova of Russia was named European male and female athlete of the year respectively on Wednesday.

Indonesia's infant mortality rate still high: UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative for Indonesia Angela Kearney said on Thursday that Indonesia's infant mortality rate is still high although it showed a downward trend in the past few years, local media reported.

Forbes lists Oprah Winfrey as highest-earning woman in entertainment

Although she no longer hosts a top- rating television talk show, Oprah Winfrey still keeps her money- making title as the highest-earning woman in entertainment, according to latest Forbes magazine.

Businesses struggle against rising uncertainty

A pandemic collapse in business optimism during the third quarter of 2011 lays bare the dramatic impact of economic uncertainty and financial instability on the global business community, including Vietnam.

Swedish poet wins 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.

Vials of Propofol found in Michael Jackson's home: coroner

Los Angeles County Coroner's Office coroner investigator Elissa Fleak testified on Wednesday that she found 12 vials of the anesthetic Propofol, determined as the drug which played a vital role in Michael Jackson's death,

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/10

Rice exporters shrug off global ranking; Local airports report massive losses; Japan to favor female employees from Vietnam; Kuwait gets funding for Vietnam refinery-KUNA; Vietnamese still doubt market economy   

ASEAN promotes food security and trade

VietNamNet Bridge – The third ASEAN Food Security Conference with the theme of food trade, investment and food security wrapped up in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 5.

Loosened law makes it difficult to control FIEs: MPI

The fact that a lot of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have fled, refused to pay debts and carried out the so called “price transfer” to evade taxes, has been blamed on the management loosening by state management agencies.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 6/10

New fund to help fishermen; Lam Dong cop in the dock for gun threat; HCM City to recruit 95,000 labourers in Q4; Illegal coal mining 'causing land subsidence'