Three banks to get bonds for bad-debt swap; HCM City firms in line for short-term SBV loans; Security application reaches 1m mobiles; Long An tops Delta investment; Vietnam-Russia trade to hit US$4 billion in 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – For many years, inadequate infrastructure network has deterred foreign companies from investing in the central coastal region, but things are changing with progress reported in many infrastructure projects in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are positive signs for HCM City's labour market with many enterprises recruiting a large number of workers, mostly unskilled.

EC limits Vietnamese fuel lighters; Real estate firm seeks affordable housing investors; Non-life insurance firms suffer losses while sector booms; Low-cost housing helps revive real estate market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities hope to cut HCM City's unemployment rate to 4.8 per cent from last year's 4.9 per cent, according to the deputy director of the city Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among 878 small-scale industrial zones nationwide, there have been 412 zones which are slow-moving or deliver low investment efficiency due to capital shortage, site clearance problems and few tenants.