Waste pickers and recyclers in the informal sector are at risk of contracting and transmitting several diseases that can be deemed occupational hazards, according to initial results of a survey released yesterday.

Nikkei opened higher Monday as market sentiment was lifted by reports that the International Monetary Fund is planning a bailout for Italy.

Most Venerable Thich Thanh Tu, Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Council, passed away in Hanoi on November 26 at the age of 85.

The second session of the 13th National Assembly, which was wrapped up in Hanoi on November 26 after a 29-day sitting, has left a lasting impression on voters and people across the country.

Eligible Egyptians will go to the polls in nine out of 27 governorates on Monday in the first stage of their historic parliamentary elections after the fall of ex- president Hosni Mubarak in February.

Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Sunday named opposition National Council's chairman Mohamed Basindwa as the new prime minster, assigning him to form a new consensus government in line with a Gulf-brokered deal,

VietNamNet Bridge – Cargos are piled up on vehicles, covering the view of drivers and block other vehicles on the road. This is the reason causing traffic accidents. However, traffic police officers rarely stop and fine these drivers.

Secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said on Sunday that the alliance's airstrikes that killed and wounded dozens of Pakistani soldiers on Saturday were "unintended."

If Vietnam cannot develop the automobile industry, it will have to spend 12 billion dollars a year to import cars by 2025.

Rice exports hit more than US$3.2 billion; Vietnam, Russia target $5 bln in trade by 2015; Trade promotion week starts; Firms urged to sign up for brand protection; VN-Chile FTA opens doors; Property firms profit despite discounts  

Vietnam’s business leaders have come out strongly against the draft amended Labour Code.

Chuong village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Oai is famous across Vietnam for making conical hats. Local villagers have preserved the craft for more than three centuries.

The trade deficit continued its down-turn, falling to US$8.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2011, a year-on-year decrease of $1.7 billion, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.

Many Vietnamese enterprises with foreign direct investment capital are worried the skills shortages of Vietnamese workers.

The Contemporary Music Festival was initiated by Do Kien Cuong, a lecturer of the HCM City Conservatory of Music and American musician Dirk Stromberg, in 2007. The event was held in 2008 and it will return this December.

Israeli President Shimon Peres left Hanoi on November 26, concluding his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.

The first solo exhibition featuring traditional woodcut techniques depicting Vietnamese peasant life today by graphic artist Pham Khac Quang will be on display in Hanoi from Nov 27 to Dec 4.

Miss Sports 1995 set for Mrs World 2011; Festival fetes traditional opera; An Giang hosts 5th Khmer cultural festival; Hanoi to hold flower street festival; Design student creates dress from condoms; Tay Son iron swords given to local museum    

SaigonTel, the local partner of the US$1.2 billion Thu Thiem Software Park, has asked for permission from HCM City authorities to find a new foreign partner to replace TA Associates International Pte Ltd in the joint-venture.

High tide continues to rise in HCMC; Biopsies aid healthy pregnancies; HIV poses a major risk for street youth; Aussies give $500,000 for Delta flood relief; Third DNA testing centre opens; Province closes forest product factories