American passenger found carrying guns; Former Gov't inspector given life sentence; Man rescued at sea returned to Cambodia; Four allegedly abused boys return home; Seminar to discuss poverty alleviation in mountain areas

Vietnam-China relations further strengthen; VN Communist Party delegation attends ICAPP 6; US Institute of Global Engagement head visits VN; Military Zone 7 urged to cooperate with local authorities

Hundreds of emails have been sent to VietNamNet’s Vietnam Economic Forum, complaining about the sharp dollar price increases. The businessmen complain that if the current situation cannot be improved, they will have to shut down.

South Korea's largest business group Samsung on Friday announced an executive reshuffle plan, according to which the only son of group chairman was promoted to president of Samsung Electronics, the company said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inadequate subsidies and the high cost of imported spare parts are the main reasons for the bad conditions that most city buses are in, officials say.

Nation lacks teachers for autistic kids; Ministry to suspend enrollment of violated universities, colleges; WB steps up support for Vietnam’s higher education reform agenda

FDI to flow into garments; Higher interests will help curb inflation, government told; Knight Frank opens property centre

International enterprises are more confident about doing business in Viet Nam and are planning to expand is the message the Viet Nam Business Forum in Ha Noi delivered to the Government yesterday.

The Government reviewed socioeconomic growth in the past 11 months and introduce measures to stabilize prices and market for the rest of the year and during the Lunar New Year at a regular monthly cabinet meeting on December 1-2.

Repeated cases of school violence cases which occurred in recent days have raised doubts that the measures taken by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and general schools to fight school violence are useless.

The dollar price in the black market is now higher by 2000 dong per dollar than the price quoted by commercial banks. The overly high dollar has made businesses exhausted.

Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc (OPM), the only foreign invested enterprise in Vietnam has expressed its worries about the newly made decision by the Vietnamese government to raise the export tariff on gold from zero to 10 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two festival seasons have been held annually in Con Son Pagoda in the Chi Linh District of the northern province of Hai Duong.

Christmas comes in only two weeks, and the market has been warming up. However, many people still hesitate to go Christmas shopping because the prices have been increasing in accordance with the dollar and gold

The development of 3G services will require a systemic development, from the market behavior by telecom infrastructure providers, content service providers to the connection diversification in order to take fully develop mobile broadband.

The global climate change is forecast to seriously affect the HCM City’s development by 2050 if no proper action is taken soon, said Nguyen Van Phuoc, deputy director of the city’s Department and Natural Resources and Environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first episode of a television documentary series by a Vietnamese film making team featuring a round-the-world trip in a caravan will hit screens this Sunday.

Although city leaders have adopted measures to stabilize prices, increase of essential commodities has badly influenced on meager-income residents’ lives including blue-collar workers.

Deadly cold and heavy snowfall continued to sweep across Europe on Thursday, snarling traffic and causing at least 18 deaths in Poland and other countries.

HCM City unveils seven-day Lunar New Year celebration plans; Saigontourist offers promotion for travellers to discover China; ‘Free and easy' tours to Thailand, Singapore, Brunei launched; Border province plans $2 billion 186 ha casino project

VietNamNet Bridge – Young people living in HCM City's rural districts have more opportunities to enrich their lives thanks to entertainment programmes and festivals held by local cultural houses.

VietNamNet Bridge – H'Zina Bya of the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dac Lac has won a national singing contest organised by HCM City Television with 44.29 per cent of the audience vote.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three leading designers of Viet Nam's premier fashion companies and 20 freelance designers will take part in Viet Nam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2011 at the French Consulate in HCM City today, Dec 3, and tomorrow.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Sport Science Institute has submitted details of a proposed pilot project titled, Improving the Strength and Height of the Vietnamese People, to the Government for approval.

VietNamNet Bridge – They have performed in more than 60 countries in the world and last night, December 2, the Chinese disabled art troupe had the only show at the Hanoi Opera House.