VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s textile and garment firms have faced a severe shortage of materials because the global cotton market has been hit by a shortage crisis, and price hikes.

Crude oil prices staged a strong rally earlier last month, testing 85 U.S. dollar per barrel, as dollar registered sharp losses after U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to pump 600 billion dollars into the system.  

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EIB: 150 million euro for metro line in Ho Chi Minh City; Calling for more investment into agriculture and rural development; Online registration system for secured transactions makes its debut; VND60,000 billion injected into leather and footwea

VietNamNet Bridge – Police on December 6 arrested a Vietnam Airline employee in Hanoi for sending anonymous messages threatening to bomb attacks on Vietnam Airline flights.

Three months after Vedan, the Taiwanese seasoning powder producer, transferred 50 percent of its  compensation package to the Farmers’ Associations of Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and HCM City, farmers have not received the money.

Vietnam has announced that it will join the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The Vietnamese business community has agreed that Vietnam needs to join the new game in the global integration.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the trilateral meeting with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan on Korean Peninsula issues underscored "deep relationship" with the two allies.

Three civilians have been slightly injured so far and 40 youngsters have been detained in Athens on Monday afternoon during clashes between protesters and police which gradually spread across the city center

VietNamNet Bridge – Millions of US dollars were invested in the construction of tunnels in Hanoi for the safety of pedestrians but they are unused or become sleeping places for homeless people, garbage dumps or private shops.

Vietnamese youngster wins piano contest; Japanese floral art school to open in Ha Noi; HCM City hosts exhibition of landscape paintings; Ha Long Bay in top 10 coastal destinations

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has a huge shortage of human resources to cope with pressing urbanisation and climate change issues, a national conference was told yesterday, Dec 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Almost VND12 trillion (US$600 million) will be needed for road building next year, estimates the Transport Ministry's Roads Directorate.

Incentive offered to football team; Minh hits career-high ranking; Lifter Tuan faces doping ban; Tu, Lan in Olympics judo qualifier; Viet Nam target ASIAD golds

Vietnam’s tourism industry has singled out China, the Northeast Asian countries of Japan and South Korea, Europe, and ASEAN as its four main source markets for next year’s business plan and will boost marketing activities there.

U.S. military leaders on Friday voiced their disagreement on the issue of repealing a decade old ban on gays and lesbians to serve openly in uniform.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's football team will meet Singapore in a make-or-break match in Group B of the ASEAN Football Championship AFF-Suzuki Cup tomorrow, Dec 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sustainable development measures to help coastal urban areas respond to climate change was a major topic discussed at the "Viet Nam's urban areas and climate change" conference in Da Nang late last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The building of new class and teacher rooms, toilets and the supply of clean water was the tangible result of the Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children, or PEDC, project, a workshop in Ha Noi was told yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pop stars My Tam and Dam Vinh Hung on Saturday won the Artist of the Year prizes at the Lan Song Xanh (Blue Wave) Awards 2010 instituted by radio station Voice of HCM City (VOH).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands province of Dac Lac is being stripped of its cultural heritage as gongs, drums and many ancient hunting knives and tools are used to feed the thriving trade in ethnic antiques, officials warn.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoc Dai and his group Dai Lam Linh will perform with Danish saxophonist Lotta Anker in a concert of contemporary music in Ha Noi on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Furniture makers found the way to foreign markets this year too rough with many obstacles including high interest rates and increasing material prices, so they switch to the local market, which has a growing demand.

VietNamNet Bridge – School violence has become more serious with many more violence cases discovered. Students not only assaulted classmates, but they also brought lethal weapons to schools and threatened teachers.