Up to one quarter of around 1,660 tour guides in HCMC have not been issued practicing cards, which means they cannot legally exercise their profession at a time when the city is facing a critical manpower shortage for the hospitality industry.

Global power systems company Rolls-Royce said it is to develop the largest ship lift in Asia at a new repair yard near Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong following a decision to extend the system currently being installed there.

EVN, MOET to sponsor personnel for study of nuclear technology; OVs return home to pay tribute to nation’s founders; Illicit Chinese eggs, MSG seized in border town; Businessman arrested for attacking public officials  

VietNamNet Bridge – High school students are up to their necks in work these days preparing for final exams to take place in early June. They are working to the point of exhaustion.

ASEAN countries will join forces to build a common marketing strategy for the whole region in the 2011-2015 period, with an aim to attract more intra-bloc tourists as well as visitors from China, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia and Australia.

Vietnam needs 24,000 teachers of English for primary schools by 2018 under a proposal to start teaching the language to pupils from third grade onwards.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are more than one million accounts for securities transactions, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC). However, the number of active accounts just accounts for 20-35 percent.

Director of the Price Statistics Department under the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Duc Thang believes that inflation would keep rising considerably until August or September 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Prodigy Vu Thi Thu Ha will make her debut at the National Table Tennis Championships at Hai Duong Gymnasium from April 18-24, team representative Cao Nhu Lan confirmed on April 8.

Trinh Cong Son’s paintings come to city; Vietnam preserves Buddhist heritages; Prize-giving ceremony for “Vietnam Today” photo competition held; Ancient Hoa Lu festival opens  

VietNamNet Bridge - Poor households are to benefit from financial assistance that has been provided to pay their power bills following the recent rise in electricity prices.

A trip to Wudang Mountains can be preceded or followed by side trips into other parts of Hubei province, which will be a journey into the heart of China as well as into a time when the place was known as the Kingdom of Chu.

Many fatal railway accidents have been reported recently. VietNamNet’s reporters were in the cabin with drivers of a Hanoi-HCM City train to see how dangerous that train driver’s job is.

A study released Thursday by the World Bank Group's infoDev program reveals that virtual online currencies and digital work are providing income and jobs opportunities to some poor and unskilled workers in developing countries.

The number of award categories will be reduced from 109 to 78 for next year's Grammy Awards, a move intended to streamline the ceremony, it was announced on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The beauty of Vietnamese architectural works is reflected in entries of a photo contest named “Hallmark of Masterpieces”.

VietNamNet Bridge - The U.S.-based Pioneer Hi-Bred is eyeing Vietnam as a potential market for introducing its genetically-modified seeds owing to positive response from farmers, said the company’s president.

Đa Nang - Quang Ngai Highway project ratified; Indian ambassador hopes to boost trade; Rotterdam seeks new port of call in Vietnam; Rising labour costs bring benefits; Province told to pull its socks up

Thirty three percent of businesses cannot afford the current long term lending interest rates of 12-13 percent and higher. One third of enterprises had their profits decrease in the first quarter of the year, a survey has found.

A latest research has shown that worldwide camera phone sales, driven by fast growing high- tier camera phone market, will top 1 billion units for the first time in 2011.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that it has appointed Chris Capossela as chief marketing officer, responsible for the software giant's marketing, advertising and corporate communications.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, the world’s number 7, has entered the quarter-final round at the Yonex Australian Grand Prix Gold after defeating Li Yu from China at the third round on April 7 in Melbourne.

VietNamNet Bridge - A radioactive cloud from Japan’s quake-damaged Fukushima I nuclear power plant is spreading to Southeast Asia with radiation levels 100 times higher than before, but it is still much lower than danger levels.

VietNamNet Bridge – The anniversary began on April 7 on Nghia Linh Mount in Lam Thao district, in the northern midland province of Phu Tho to commemorate Hung Kings’ dead anniversary.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to raise the import tariffs in order to control the importation of luxury goods which still have been flocking to Vietnam in big quantities, despite efforts by the ministry to curb the trade deficit.