Industry insiders are looking to raise state employee wages.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to reduce at least 80 per cent of hospital overload by 2020 and 50 per cent by 2015, city officials have told Minister of Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, experts warned Vietnamese Internet users about the appearance of phishing in Vietnam. The number of people who are the victims of phishing has been increasing rapidly over the last few years.

The central State Bank of Vietnam has categorized local credit institutions into four groups with the last group disallowed for credit growth this year.

Australian scientists have found aspirin may contain the spread of cancer by cutting the tumor's supply line, a finding that may pave the way for new treatments to halt cancer in its tracks, according to media reports on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – All imported chemical substances sold in Viet Nam must be labelled in the Vietnamese language, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities of the central city of Da Nang on February 14 met with Japanese partners to fix the schedule for an international parasailing festival.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s draft conclusion, the contract signed between the Vietnam Football Federation and AVG Group on the broadcasting copyright of Vietnam’s professional football leagues is basically legal.

VietNamNet Bridge – The cost for building an overpass is VND1-2 billion ($50,000-100,000) but in HCM City, almost all overpasses are unused. Meanwhile, the local transport department plans to build some mover overpasses.

Rome was forced to drop its bid for the 2020 Olympic Games on Tuesday following Italian Premier Mario Monti announced that his government would not provide the requested guarantee for the capital's ambitious campaign.

VietNamNet Bridge - On February 15th, Hanoi will finish the withdrawal on parking licenses at 262 streets in nine districts. All 262 streets are narrow or the city’s main transportation paths.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to approve the extension of payroll tax cut and the jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed to sustain economic recovery.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player Le Quang Liem lost to Daniel Alsina Leal from Spain on Monday in the seventh round of the Aeroloft Open in Russia.

Japanese Orchestra AUN performs in Hanoi; Kite-surfing contest kicks off in Mui Ne; Vietnamese musicians bring home medals; Hanoi exhibition celebrates Vietnam – S.Korea relation; Ba Ria-Vung Tau to host seaports festival  

The foreign direct investment (FDI) will automatically flow to the most profitable business fields. If Vietnam wants to drive the FDI flow to the addresses it wants, it has to apply reasonable policies and offer reasonable incentives.

Ten sea reserves and 19 inland waters reserves will have been established and put into use by 2015, according to a national program on protecting and developing seafood resources till 2020.

Managers, researchers and experts from the US, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam gathered at an international seminar on tourism in Hue city on February 14.

As of February 13, the bird-flu virus of the H5N1 type has been detected in six more provinces, taking to nine the number of provinces hit by the contagious avian influenza.

Official prosecuted for stealing relief aid; Man torturing adopted child arrested; Bird flu outbreaks reported in more areas; WB helps Vietnam deal with floods in cities

VietNamNet Bridge – As the lunar New Year 2012 came one month earlier, wild peach trees in Moc Chau district, in the northern mountain province of Son La turn out to blossom lately.