The import tariff decreases have prompted foreign electronics manufacturers in Vietnam to narrow their production and shift to become distributors. Meanwhile, domestic electronics manufacturers have been pushed against the wall.

Ha Noi ceremonial singing club members to woo visitors; It's all roses at embroidery fest; SE Asian documentary makers to hold workshop at Goethe Institute

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a political declaration at the end of its three-day high-level meeting on AIDS, setting ambitious new targets to end AIDS and charting a new path in the global response

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to start a television channel for people with disabilities to provide information about vocational training, jobs, bus schedules, and other issues of interest to them.

To promote the coming Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, the world's longest 3D paining, featuring an eye-catching dragon boat, was on a 10-day exhibition starting from Friday at Hong Kong's Harbor City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Environmental Administration asked the National Assembly yesterday to consider doubling annual State expenditures on environmental protection activities.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) plans to renovate the education curriculums and textbooks for grammar schools with a project worth 70 trillion dong. However, educators have raised doubts about the project.

The 2011 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum concluded here on Friday with U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledging the economies of Africa are well placed to benefit even more form the arrangement

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's Nguyen Luu Thanh Nhan won the fifth and final stage of the Return to the Countryside cycling tournament yesterday, June 10.

Two or three years ago, some enterprises decided to spend money to research and develop vehicle monitoring devices, or “black box”. And now it’s the time for them to “pick fruits”.  

The Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM), the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the ASEAN+3 and an informal consultation among East Asian Summit (EAS) senior officials, wrapped up yesterday in Surabaya, Indonesia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has asked to receive continued support in HIV/AIDS prevention and control during meetings here with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and other international leaders.

Car crash injures 10 policemen; Crawling as punishment for game addiction; Sweets, soft drink contain plasticiser; Unknown beast attacks women at central forest

Vietnam, Thailand boost bilateral cooperation; Truong Sa stones reach northern locality; Germany aims to boost ties with Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The South China Morning on June 10, reported that China has intimidated Idemitsu, BP and ExxonMobil if they don’t withdraw from oil and gas projects in Vietnam.

In the countries where the sugar industry develops well, byproducts can bring the values even higher than main products and help ease the sugar production costs. However, this does not happen in Vietnam.

200 athletes to contest second world vovinam championship; Underprivileged children to be given chance to play football; London Olympics gold medallists to be awarded record $7,300

The Vietnamese Government was willing to create favourable conditions for US businesses to invest and co-operate in projects throughout the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told the visiting Governor of the US State of Maryland,

Businesses complain that they are seriously lacking laborers to keep normal production. However, they do not want to increase wages to retain workers, because they have to cut down expenses in the current difficult period.

VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Duong captain Lancelot Kubheka Philani Bhekizizwe believes that his team still has a chance in the title race.

VietNamNet Bridge – Health experts confirmed that the E.coli bacteria, which causes digestive bleeding and kidney failure, has not yet been detected in Viet Nam.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) on Thursday announced that its tablet computer, HP TouchPad, will go on sale in the United States on July 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every Sunday, the horse market opens in Bac Ha Town in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai. It has become a tourist attraction.

VietNamNet Bridge – As one of the oldest jobs that still exists in Vietnam, well diggers in Thanh That District, Hanoi, said that their job is “eating rice in the earth, working in the hades”.

Somalia's interior and security minister on Friday died after sustaining severe wounds in a suicide attack at his home in the capital Mogadishu, a government official said.