VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th ASEAN Post and ASEAN Post +4 summits is being held in the Furama Resort in the central city Da Nang from November 25-27.

Massive amounts of carbon are being released into the atmosphere as swathes of forests growing on peat swamps in Southeast Asia are being converted to palm oil plantations

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese karateka Le Bich Phuong won the gold medal for women’s under 55kg category this afternoon, November 25.

Chief finance officers share information; Foreigner buys buoy VN-Index; Latin America potential market for export firms

The national average consumer price index in 11 months has exceeded the annual forecast with a year-on-year increase of 8.96 per cent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced.

Vietnam’s telecom has made a great leap over the last 15 years: at first, it simply imported technologies and provided services domestically, but now it makes outward investment, exports services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities in Vietnam do not have libraries. Others have libraries, but there, 21 students have to share one seat.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies “graded” four ministers and the Prime Minister for their performance at the question and answer session that closed yesterday, November 24, in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town of Hoi An shut off their electric lights for one hour on the evening of November 22. The light from lanterns inspired Miss Earth contestants and local people on the street.

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom cables and electric wires hang down on HCM City’s streets, which looks ugly and is dangerous for passers-by.

VietNamNet Bridge – In2010, the capital city’s GDP growth is estimated at 11 percent and per capita income is around VND37 million dong ($1900).

Vietnam Report, in cooperation with VietNamNet newspaper, on November 25 releases the 2010 VNR500, the ranking of 500 biggest Vietnamese enterprises in 2010.

While the interbank interest rate has been decreasing sharply with the overnight interest rate down to 8.5 percent per annum, the deposit interest rates applied by commercial banks are still sky high.

The boom of Vietnam’s information technology (IT)-communication industry, especially the strong development of the telecommunication sector, has attracted the attention of many of the world’s big investors.

Economists always strive to change monetary policies when they think that it is necessary to do something to foster economic growth and curb inflation. Meanwhile the fiscal policy has sometimes been ignored.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though there has been a sharp decline in the flow of contraband goods from Cambodia into the Mekong Delta, cigarette smuggling remains rampant.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new building that will house the city's Department of Science and Technology will be the first in the city to meet an internationally recognised environmental standard devised for the country

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's Old Quarter is hosting a tea ceremony and an exhibition of vintage timepieces until Saturday, as well as a discussion of traditional culture in the capital city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses in Ha Noi have launched plans to increase salaries to attract employees in the final months of this year, reported labour management agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Thuan Giao Commune, southern Binh Duong Province, have put a baby-sitter in custody for abusing a three-year-old girl pending further investigation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Poorly paid kindergarten teachers are having to fork out on teaching aids because schools lack the funds to properly equip classrooms.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's Department of Education and Training yesterday asked all high schools in the city to finish self-assessment reports on the quality of education they provide and submit them by the end of next year.

British university students Wednesday staged nationwide protests against planned tuition fee increases during which a police van was damaged in central London.

A ceremony to commemorate those who died in a major stampede three days ago kicked off 7:00 o' clock Thursday morning, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany Hun Sen attending the event near Diamond Island.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 90 contestants returned to Nha Trang city on November 23 to prepare for the final night on December 4. They each had interesting moments on the beach.