Vietnam spends $3.13 bln on foreign aids repayment; Sanofi wants to develop high-tech drug plant in HCMC; Banks get nod to lend up to 80% on deposits; Japan assists support-industry firms; Watchdog issues margin-trading guidline  

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh yesterday, Sep 6, received a visiting delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and its representatives.

Vietnam and China have deliberated directions and measures to further deepen their friendly and cooperative relations in all fields, in order to develop their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in an active, healthy and stable manner.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan won a hat-trick of gold medals and broke two world youth records in the men's 56kg category at the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in Pattaya, Thailand yesterday, Sep 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two young workers are dead because of being pressed by a container while they were oversleeping on another container, in Cai Lan Port, in Quang Ninh province on August 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An's goalkeeper, Nguyen Huynh Quoc Cuong, set a new record by keeping his net empty for 770 minutes during 26 V-League matches, according to Viet Nam Football Federation statistics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police on September 5 arrested 55 foreigners and three Vietnamese at four guest houses and hotels in Tuy Hoa City, in the central province of Phu Yen over a high-tech crime case.

VietNamNet Bridge – Melissa Moon, champion of the women's race up the 86 flights of stairs of the Empire State Building 2010, will join the Bitexco Vertical Run at HCM City’s tallest building on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though fines on traffic law violators have been raised, they seem to be ineffective to prevent people to break the law. Below are very popular scenes in Hanoi.

Viet Nam's top chess player Le Quang Liem failed to reach the fourth round of the World Chess Cup 2011 after losing his third-round tie-break against Lazaro Bruzon Bastista of Cuba by 0.5-1.5 in Khanty-Mansiysk on Monday.

The Vietnamese Government has always appreciated the quality and efficiency of capital flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese and Swiss flags flew on the MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, when it landed at Nha Trang Bay, during its around-the-world tour.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is 11.30pm and all the shops in the capital city are closed. But for more than 15 young people gathering on Tay Son Street, this is the best time to pursue their hobby: photographing Ha Noi by night.

VietNamNet Bridge - A one-week photo exhibition themed Vietnam's World Heritage opened in Da Nang on August 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent weeks, Vietnam’s government debt has become a hot topic, which attracts public opinion, international institutions and community.

As the exports have been increasing slowly, a lot of shipping firms have announced that their mother vessels would halt docking at the Cai Mep deep water port in the southern city of Vung Tau.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday presided over a ceremony that saw David Petraeus sworn in as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

VietNamNet Bridge – The U-19 national football squad under coach Trieu Quang Ha left for Myanmar yesterday, Sep 6, to attend the ASEAN Football Federation's U-19 Youth Football Championships.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government's latest resolution on road safety, which came into effect at the end of last month, aims to crack down on drink driving and improve awareness about the dangers of alcohol.

The polluted water of the Dong Nai River has gradually killed the aquatic resources there. Fish cages on the river have gradually disappeared because fish die in masses.

VietNamNet Bridge – In celebration of the mid-autumn festival for children, the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology will host a festival beginning this weekend with the theme The Sea's Colours.

A rare virus that can be contracted by humans has killed a large number of Victorian pigeons after being detected in the Australian state for the first time, Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday.

he State Bank may consider refinancing small banks so the banks can have sufficient capital, while the refinancing capital would be seen as the capital to be contributed by the State Bank, which means th

Wall Street fell for the third straight day on Tuesday as concerns over European debt problems and weak U.S. economic outlook weighed heavily on the market.

The phrase “dich may” (translating with machine) cannot be found in the Vietnamese dictionary yet. However, the machine translation market has been heating up in the digital era.