VietNamNet Bridge – Concerned that the bond interest rates are not attractive, while having to concentrate on providing loans to fund production and business, a lot of banks have decreased the volumes of bonds they purchased in the last two weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training, Pham Vu Luan said that it would not be considered a “disaster” if students nowadays rush to learn foreign languages and informatics, while they pay less attention to literature or history.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Singaporean consulting company will likely be chosen to map out the model of the country’s only tourism and casino complex on Phu Quoc Island off the southern province of Kien Giang, and official said.

Sea village festival opens; Vietnamese artist to receive Dutch award; Photos of old Sai Gon shown out of doors; First children’s reality show on HTV7; Hi School Fair hits capital     

VietNamNet Bridge – The lending interest rates have been staying firm at 21-22 percent per annum, while bankers say that they have no reason to ease interest rates towards the end of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top models--Hoang Yen, Lan Huong and  Ngoc Thach… performed in splendid night gowns, in designer Quynh Paris’ “Perfume and Beauty” collection at the “Platinum Festival Night 2011” in HCM City last weekend.

The Wall Street closed sharply lower on Tuesday after Washington debt battle as investors lost confidence on economic recovery, with the S&P 500 hitting the lowest point for the year.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's trial started Wednesday in Cairo's Police Academy.

After the initial success from the first carbon forest project (forest to absorb carbon), Vietnam Carbon Exchange (VCE) and its partner Voluntary Credits Limited (VCL) from Australia have roused the Vietnamese potential carbon forest market.

Some enterprises, which provide ship towing services in Vung Tau City, complain that they are “more dead than alive” because of the difficulties the Vung Tau port authorities put for them.

Nearly 400 tour guides in HCM City have reportedly unable to meet the requirements for renewing their practice cards because they do not have university degrees.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese writer Hiramatsu Tomoko on Monday received the Medal for Peace and Friendship from the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Associations for her enthusiasm and devotion to the Vietnamese people.

Support for mental health; Insulted bike stuntman attacks spectator, killed; Data theft hits 85,000 computers; Police fire shots to stop timber traffickers’ vans

VietNamNet Bridge – Four top men's and women's volleyball teams are set to compete at the Four-Star Volleyball tournament-PV Cup in central Quang Binh Province over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investment in the property sector this year has been the lowest in the last five years, with analysts attributing it to the lingering impact of the economic meltdown.

U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday afternoon signed a bipartisan bill of raising the nation's debt limit into law, ending the month-long perilous stalemate and averting a potentially catastrophic debt default risk.

The first man in Britain who received a complete plastic heart is allowed to leave hospital and live a relatively normal life at home.

VietNamNet Bridge - Open and market-oriented policies will put gold under control, says director Tran Trong Quoc Khanh of a gold shop of the Asia Commercial Bank. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly approved the new 27-member government this morning, August 3.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' proposal to increase the minimum wage three months earlier than scheduled has caused controversy among enterprises and State agencies.

A Japanese photographer has donated 77 photos of Agent Orange victims he took around Viet Nam to HCM City's War Remnants Museum in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the National Day for Vietnamese Dioxin Victims,

VietNamNet Bridge – There is room for a lot more co-operation among tourist regions in Viet Nam despite the efforts by local authorities in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi will not be closed, the embassy announced on August 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Thailand have agreed to boost co-operation in search and rescue manoeuvres, joint sea patrols, exchange of delegations and experience in logistics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Duyen took home the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling World Championship, which concluded at the Polivalenta Sports Venue in Bucharest, Romania, over the weekend.