In Vietnam, about one-third of the employed people depend on wages for their livelihoods, compared to the global average of over 50 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ho Chi Minh City government has decided to make full restitution for the damage to 32 businesses in the recent riots.

 Two murderers receive death penalty; More arrests made in hacking scandal; Japan pledges millions in aid to Vietnam; Australia backs sanitation plan for rural areas; Vietnam anti-corruption initiative programme introduced

 Police forces to launch crime crackdown before Tet; HCM City Police apprehend drug ring, seizing drugs; 40 market kiosks destroyed in huge fire; Sa Pa snowfall damages farms; Vietnam, US cooperate in landmine clearance

 Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has offered SE Asian countries almost $20bn in aid and loans, in what is being seen as an effort to combat Chinese expansion.

A survey released on Wednesday reveals a large and persistent gap in development outcomes between residents living in mountainous and lowland regions.

Eight former officials were sentenced to between ten months' probation and three years in jail by the People's Court of Central Highland Dak Nong Province for causing the loss of over 1,300 hectares of forests.

Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City seized 2kg of methamphetamine being smuggled into Viet Nam yesterday.

Paul Le Hung, a Vietnamese American, wanted to grant "humanitarian aid" of $10 billion per year for Vietnam. Some businesses and provinces have signed "memorandums of understanding" with him but Tien Giang province refused the offer.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat said on Wednesday as many as 317 irrigation reservoirs are problematic due to landslides and leakages, including 120 in critical conditions that need upgrade and repair now.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven tons of cargo, including food, canned food, milk, blankets ... for the victims of the Haiyan storm in the Philippines arrived in Manila yesterday, November 21.

Many people have been tricked out of money in a rush to buy low-cost plane tickets as the busy year-end season approaches.

 Customs officials in the northern port city of Hai Phong have seized about 2.4 tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled from Malaysia.

The Lao News Agency (KPL) confirmed on October 16 that all 49 passengers on board were killed in a plane crash.

Cyclonic storm Nari, the 11 th of its kind to hit Vietnam this year, killed at least four people and left five others missing in the central region, the National Committee for Search and Rescue has reported.

 Vietnam's first-ever justice index was released yesterday, casting light on citizens' feelings towards the country's judicial procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-RoK Institute of Science and Technology (V - KIST) will be built next year in the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi by ODA capital, including $35 million in non-refundable aid.

According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, by July 15, 2013, Vietnam paid foreign debts and aid worth VND56.2 trillion ($2.81 billion), equivalent to 53.5 percent of the yearly estimate.