VietNamNet Bridge - Smog has filled the air in central Hanoi during the past three days, but experts cannot agree on its origin or cause.

Space shuttle Atlantis will soar into the sky Friday on NASA's 135th and final flight. Its scheduled return to Earth later this month will mark the end of NASA's 30-year space program.

The monetary market has cooled down when the deposit interest rates negotiated between banks and clients have decreased by 1-2 percent. Some banks now even quote the deposit interest rates lower than the ceiling level of 14 percent per annum.

Filipino President Benigno S.C. Aquino III said he had directed Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario to resolve disputes in the East Sea in his upcoming visit to China.

The resettlement plan to relocate thousands of people in Hoan Kiem District's Old Quarter to the Viet Hung New Urban Area will soon be finalised and submitted for official approval of the Ha Noi People's Committee this August

The real estate credit now accounts for 10 percent of the total outstanding loans of the banking system. In the last two years, when banks’ credit grows rapidly, the loans poured into the real estate sector also increase accordingly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Public kindergartens in Ha Noi have been ordered to give priority to five-year-old children as part of a move to universalise pre-school education.

The Labour Code of Viet Nam has been undergoing considerable debate and re-drafting. With the participation of the International Labour Organisation, Vietnamese lawmakers have attempted to standardise certain provisions of domestic law.

"China has officially committed itself to deploying aircraft-carrier task forces, a program that has evidently been under way since 2009".

VietNamNet Bridge - The US, Japanese and Australian navies on July 9 will hold a joint drill in the East Sea - most of which China claims as its maritime territory - Japan's defence ministry said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The tourism industry has earned 62 trillion VND (roughly 3.038 billion USD) from providing services for almost 2.97 million international tourists and 17.5 million local holidaymakers in the first half of 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigontourist Holdings Co broke ground for a project to expand the 85-year-old Majestic Hotel in HCM City's District 1 yesterday.

Stele to honor late premier unveiled; Largest fossil fuel themo-electric plant to be built; Hanoi bar club fire kills two; High temperature causes fire on Hai Van pass

NYSE Euronext shareholders on Thursday approved the company's about 9.53 billion U.S. dollars takeover by Deutsche Boerse AG.

More than a month after he was injured and transported to Saudi Arabia for treatment, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh delivered a speech Thursday evening, in which he welcomed the partnership with opposition in the framework

Preserving cultural heritage; Da Nang seeks more visitors; Tourism reaches new borders; Travel options for Thai, Lao visitors

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Women's Volleyball Tournament, VTV-Sun Group Cup will kick off tomorrow, July 9, at the Buon Ma Thuot city Gymnasium in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is completing a draft decree to increase the minimum wage from October 1, says Deputy Minister Pham Minh Huan.

VietNamNet Bridge –Can Gio District People's Committee in collaboration with HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre opened an exhibition yesterday, July 7, on Can Gio tourist destinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s new ambassador to the US has affirmed that the most important goal of his working term is to contribute to developing the Vietnam-US ties into a strategic partnership.

VietNamNet Bridge – While the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has restricted V-League teams to a maximum of four foreign players, these same players have been integral to scoring goals.

VietNamNet Bridge - This year’s credit crunch started to result in impacts to property firms with weak base, which were forced to sell their projects or acquired by bigger ones. 

Foreign advertisement firms can pocket 7-10 percent of the total turnover of the market, while the remaining big turnover belongs to Vietnamese ad firms and media owners, according to the Advertising Research and Training Institute ARTI.

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Local authorities admitted that the carpenter’s shops in the localities are causing environmental pollution. However, they said that if the workshops are forced to shut down, they will incur losses, while local residents will lose their jobs.