While bank loan interest rates have become unbearable for many enterprises, Vietnamese enterprises have not prepared well enough to call for capital on the international market

On June 11, a white shark, the fiercest shark species, was caught in a net which was only 300 meters from the coast of Quy Nhon city, in the central province of Binh Dinh.

Tran Dan in Writing; Exhibition about Biodiversity at L’Espace; Music Space Number 3 with Quoc Trung and Thanh Lam; Exhibition “And Flowers Showered”; Film Screening “Tanguy”

VietNamNet Bridge – Top-ranking General Le Duc Anh talked with bee.net about recent incidents in the East Sea.  

A Vietnamese delegation participated in the Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) of ASEAN, ASEAN+3, East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), in Surabaya, Indonesia from June 7-10.

The government on June 13, issued ordinance 42/2011/NĐ-CP to list eight circumstances in which male citizens under conscription age are exempt from joining the military in times of war.

The university entrance exam will come in one month, and it is now the time for examinees to spend money and time on exam preparation classes and rent rooms in big cities. The escalating service fees have made many students miserable.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Ho Chi Minh, former US presidents and movie stars are “painted” in calligraphic works, which are displayed at an exhibition in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

As seven U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls join the first major GOP primary debate Monday evening, the economic situation and government spending will likely take the center stage, according to candidates and activists.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that it will take years for the U.S. economy to revive to the pre-crisis level, and the nation needs joint efforts from different sectors including job training to improve the job market situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – With DEHP recently being found in several foodstuffs to public alarm, the Ministry of Health has said it will regulate the maximum quantity the carcinogenic chemical can be present in food.

While gold deposit interest rates offered by many commercial banks are gradually reduced towards zero percent, some other banks are rushing to mobilize capital in gold by issuing gold deposit certificates which is an abnormal thing.

A World War II bomber on Monday crashed and burned after it took off from Aurora Municipal Airport in the west of Chicago and all the seven people on board have escaped without injury, according to aviation officials.

Although traditional markets are still dominating the Vietnamese retail market, the popularity of supermarkets and retail shops is forecast to increase strongly in the near future, said the deputy director of TNS market research company.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nga Son district in the central province of Thanh Hoa is famous for its sedge mats. The present time is the sedge harvesting season in Nga Son. Sedge is dried in the field, on the sand bank and in small yards of all families.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has given a nod to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s plan to register Tram Chim National Park in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance.

U.S. researchers have found an association between three gene variants and migraine, a move that may help scientists better understand the cause of migraine.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Summer Gala Concert 2011, featuring local artists who have won many national and international awards, will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on June 15. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, exhibitions) club on June 9 made its debut in HCMC, calling on members from the country’s hospitality service to club together to promote the MICE industry in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen-year-old high school student Nguyen Huyen Trang no longer dreads literature lessons. Far from it – her eyes light up at the mere mention of fiction, poetry, drama and criticism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Total investment capital for Viet Nam's human resource development is estimated at VND2,135 trillion (US$102.6 billion) for the 2011-2020 period, according to a draft plan of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eight people died and 10 were injured in a coach accident on the Trung Luong Highway in the Ben Luc District of Long An Province early yesterday, June 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand's Chanacho Dejpirantana won the Viet Nam Amateur Open on Sunday at the Da Nang-based Dunes Golf Club, finishing on two under par with a total score of 286 after four rounds.

VietNamNet Bridge –Violators will receive a fine of up to VND100 million (US$4,800) if they are found to illegally set up educational institutions, under a newly-issued decree from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations yesterday sent a letter to the China People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries expressing concern over Chinese ships repeatedly violating Vietnamese sovereignty