VietNamNet Bridge – The figures released by taxation bodies, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Small and Medium Enterprises’ Association and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), all show that a lot of businesses are sinking.

The increase in basic salary and petrol price were key factors in the rising CPI this month in Ha Noi and HCM City, statistics showed.

Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and former beloved of Leonardo DiCaprio, has just topped Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Record Organization will recognize nine records of Vietnam as Asian records on May 26.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in central Hue City yesterday, May 22, seized more than 10,000 Ensure milk cans (237 ml) bearing fake labels at three houses in the city.

The hydropower plants Song Tranh 2, Song Con, A Vuong and Dak Mi 4 are being asked to boost water discharge into the downstream to save the drought-hit rice growing areas.

A passenger train rammed into a stationary freight train and burst into flames before dawn Tuesday, killing more than 20 people and injuring more than 35 others in southern India.

The Italian embassy in Vietnam on May 21 introduced ‘Gaia Blues’, a graphic novel by Italian comic writer Daniele Bonomo, at the Trung Nguyen Creation Rendezvous, 36 Dien Bien Phu Street in Hanoi, as part of the Italy-Vietnam Programme 2012.

Eighty percent of Asian countries have supported Vietnam’s bid to host the 2019 Asian Games, Hoang Vinh Giang, General Secretary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee quoted the President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) as saying.  

Vietnam has a chance to receive a wildcard to join the coming Summer Olympics in London, announced the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on May 20.

The Ministry of Public Security has announced the results of initial investigations on the case of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is scheduled to visit Ho Chi Minh City between June 7 and 9 with the Premier League trophy of the 2011 – 2012 season following an invitation by Eximbank.

VietNamNet Bridge – Im Taeyeon of South Korea won the fourth stage of International Cycling in the Northern Delta Tournament while Trinh Duc Tam of Ha Noi retained the overall yellow jersey yesterday, May 22.

PM welcomes Lao official; Lao premier receives visit from scientific delegation ; UK defence delegation visits Vietnam; Vice President hails bilateral ties with Japan; US embassy joins battle against wildlife trade

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh has urged Asia-Pacific nations to prevent protectionism and share experiences in avoiding the middle-income trap.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) jointly held a press briefing in response to World No Tobacco Day 2012, themed “tobacco industry interference,” in Hanoi on May 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first congress of the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOA) was held in Hanoi on May 22, electing a 19-member executive board for the 2012-2017 period.

Langurs have been hunted everywhere in Vietnam by the people, who believe that langur meat is nutritious and can cure many kinds of diseases.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 25th ASEAN-US dialogue in Manila, the Philippines, on May 21-22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Both Vietnam and India need to take advantage of their strengths to boost all-round cooperation and bring their friendship and strategic partnership to a higher level.