VietNamNet Bridge – Wage increase, better health care and tight control on food safety and hygiene have been requested by many deputies at a Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council meeting Wednesday.

Enterprises have voiced the same complaint that the land leasing fee has increased by 10-30 times, which has put a heavy burden on them.

The parents who have children aged three or four years old, now have to bring their children to private nursery schools, even though the schools always require high tuitions; while the education quality at some schools is not high.

Military relations between the U.S. and China are a glaring weak spot in bilateral ties, something Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he hoped to improve during a trip to China this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mini-truck drivers in HCM City and southern provinces are hindered from working legally because they find it hard to acquire driving licences due to the shortage of training facilities.

Ministry to sponsor promotions of made-in-Vietnam products; GDP increased by 5.57 percent in six months; Firms struggle to survive soaring interest rates; Central bank to cut forex position; Ministry sets method for calculating export rice price    

India Thursday said that all terror groups operating from the country or abroad are on the radar for the serial blasts that rocked Mumbai Wednesday which claimed the lives of at least 17 people and injured over 70 others.

Human neural stem cells are capable of helping people regain learning and memory abilities lost due to radiation treatment for brain tumors, a University of California, Irvine (UCI) study suggests.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called on European leaders to waste no time in introducing new measures to deal with Europe's debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – The decision by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) to halt the purchase of one million tons of summer-autumn rice since July 15, has made the rice price decrease in Mekong Delta and made farmers worried.

Le Thai Son, one of the countries’ youngest art collectors, said Vietnam’s art market needs an investment channel before it can really take off.

A total of 17 people were killed in the serial blasts in Mumbai on Wednesday, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said at a press conference here on Thursday.

Self-portrait contest wraps up in HCMC; Huge art exhibition to hit Hanoi; Developing cultural industries in Vietnam; Hoa Lo prison’s historical, cultural values promoted; VN chamber music group wins favour in Thailand

China's famously secretive army opened its doors just a bit Tuesday for the visit of Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

VietNamNet Bridge - The digital data market is tipped to develop exponentially in Viet Nam amid demand from e-government, education, health care and business, representatives of foreign companies have said.

U.S. videogame giant Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy PopCap Games, a leading provider of casual games for digital platforms, in a deal to accelerate its digital transformation.

The gold price yesterday surged to the highest peak in the history to 38.6 million dong per tael. Meanwhile, goldsmith companies reported a sharp increase in the volume of gold sold by people.

VietNamNet Bridge - Danang is striving to become the nation’s first e-city by 2020, said Pham Kim Son, director of the Danang Department of Information and Communications.

VietNamNet Bridge – Transit passengers will soon be able to stay in Viet Nam for up to 15 days instead of the current five days, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms keep complaining that they do not receive the necessary cooperation from air carriers, which explains why Vietnam still cannot attract many travelers.

VietNamNet Bridge – The retail premises rents keep rising, while the purchasing power keeps decreasing as people fasten their belt in the high inflation, which has forced many small merchants to liquidate shops.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation announced on Wednesday to withdraw its bid for British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) after hacking scandals led to the closure of News of the World, its best selling Sunday newspaper in Britain.

New bridge falls down over weighty truck; Former bank director held on swindling count; UK charity reviews activities in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

Japan and the United States roared into the FIFA Women's World Cup final on Wednesday.

The U.S. central bank is poised to provide additional stimulus efforts if the U.S. economy remains sluggish, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday.