Some businesses have been accused of laying off labourers and employing new ones just to evade paying health and social insurance premiums. The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan talks about the issue.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 85 per cent of railway accidents across the country occur at crossings, according to statistics provided by the Viet Nam Railway Administration.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the chill of winter’s rain and drizzle, we were determined to pray for good luck and happiness for the New Year.

While adults consider tattoo an art and self-beautification, teenagers mostly get their body tattooed to imitate their peers, says Truong Nghiem, the owner of a tattoo shop on Hoang Van Thu Street in Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the cassava harvest season, dozens of kilometers of the Ho Chi Minh highway, the section crossing Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces, have become the drying ground.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's first bauxite mining and refinery complex Tan Rai is expected to start production in April, some months later than initial plan, according to the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin).

Believing that uncontrolled inflation will badly affect the macro economy, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh emphasizes that curbing the inflation will be the top priority in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Women of Doi village in the northern mountain province of Hoa Binh spare their time at noon to play “danh mang”, a folk game of Muong people.

VietNamNet Bridge - The domestic market segment rather than inbound activities has been proven a highly-potential niche market for tourism companies, with most reporting double-digit growth in 2010.

Local securities experts predict that market pressure from huge stock supplies would continue this year as many enterprises are expected to list stocks or issue shares to increase capital.

Sometimes to love the simplest things in this life, people have to experience blood, death and desperation, two US writers said in a talk with VietNamNet.

After the racing for the turnover of 100 trillion dong in 2010, Viettel and VNPT declare a new war as they have both set up new targets for 2011 – the turnover of 130 trillion

VietNamNet Bridge - Doctors warn that the number of tuberculosis patients resistant to drugs is on the increase in HCM City.

After seeing the fastest development worldwide in stem cell research during the past 10 years, China is "on the verge of achieving a breakthrough", says a top scientist in the field.

the quick recovery shown by the country's economy and the need to improve their position and competitiveness in the market have prompted commercial banks to list their shares this year.

Vietnam is projected to see information technology (IT) spending up 17% year-on-year in 2011 following strong growth of 24.9% in 2010, making it the leading market for IT spending in the Asia Pacific region in terms of growth rate.

Export turnover doubles target for first month; Tra fish taken off WWF's red list; HCM City stabilises staples; Cruise liners to bring foreign visitors to VN during Tet; Gov't approves key economic zone    

VietNamNet Bridge - The amended Law on Securities passed last year and taking effect this July 1 includes notable provisions which will help the nation's securities market develop more transparently and efficiently.

VietNamNet Bridge – US-based Vietnamese musician Nguyen Xinh Xo has just released his first album in English in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local forest keepers in Ninh Thuan Province call it Hanging Lake. A five or six kilometers walk up steep paths through the dense forest of Nui Chua National Park, Hanging Lake is an unexpected sight on the mountain.

VietNamNet Bridge – Drawing up business plans for a new year has never been a difficult task for business managers unlike now  when seeking capital is the biggest headache for them.

A man brought his wife to many hospitals over the past 13 years to cure infertility because he and his wife didn’t know that she had a coil. This is the case of a farmer family in Ha Nam, a northern province of Vietnam.  

At the age of 24, Thuy Dung – the top female tennis player in Vietnam – has begun to thinking more about his sport, and not only how to win.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the strong flow of foreign direct investments (FDI), economists are concerned on the increasing number of foreign investors switching from producing to importing, which will widen the trade deficit.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the fight against corruption, it is imperative to have co-ordination in the political system, Government Chief Inspector Tran Van Truyen told Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times).