Under the plan to restructure state owned enterprises (SOEs), the enterprises’ bad debts need to be settled completely by 2015.

The 85th Academy Awards gala will take place at the Hollywood & Highland Center, formerly the Kodak Theater, on Feb.24, 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh progressed to the third round of the men's singles at the Swiss Open on Wednesday after defeating India's Parupalli Kashyap 21-13, 21-18 in Basel.

Japan is an economic power, and it is one of the few countries in the world that encourages its citizens to travel abroad. Vietnam well understands that Japan is a big market, but it still cannot attract Japanese travelers to the country.

The question has been left unanswered for the last 20 years, since the first industrial zone (IZ) was set up in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Netbook products have disappeared gradually from the market, since manufacturers have realized the low interest of users in the products. However, experts say Vietnamese users still have the demand for netbooks

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is willing to cooperate and share experiences in agriculture and rural development with other countries through the FAO’s South-South Cooperation Programme.

French Green Party leader Eva Joly on Thursday said she had secured enough support to be a candidate in the country's presidential election this year.

Local people rush to dig for gold, hoping to have a new life. With their actions, they are killing themselves because they are damaging the environment where they live.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 270 athletes will compete in the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper national cross-country run and semi-marathon in Hue City.

Though the lending interest rates have been decreasing significantly, banks still cannot push up the lending.

President of Myanmar Thein Sein will pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 20-21, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – The British Council and some related agencies held a seminar on Vietnamese education in London on March 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – The controversy continues over rights to air the national football championship, V-League, on television after the inspection department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism rejected an appeal

Vietnam requests China to respect its territorial sovereignty and stop all activities that violate Vietnam’s sovereignty of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on March 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – By 2020, Vietnam will have to still fight forest fires manually, said a senior official of the General Department of Forestry.

VietNamNet Bridge – British explorers have discovered seven new caves in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang national park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Real Madrid had few problems in qualifying for the last eight of the Champions League as they defeated CSKA Moscow 4-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday night.

Foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, according to a research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented Wednesday

Below are black-and-white photos of Hue city, which are showcased at a photo exhibition opened on March 11 at the Thua Thien – Hue Province Literature and Art Association, 26B Le Loi, Hue city. The event will last until March 28.