VietNamNet Bridge – Minimum monthly salaries will increase next year for State employees, but the amount will still be lower than for workers at private enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge – 94 percent of newly recruited say they lack necessary skills and need retraining. Especially, 92 percent of them need additional professional knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – Anti-smuggling officers on December 21 detected a man and a woman transporting up to 25.5kg of gold on a train from the northern border province of Lao Cai to Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Secretary General of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan has submitted his resignation, confirmed VFF.

The death toll from tropical storm Washi (local name Sendong) breached the 1,000 mark on Wednesday even as search and retrieval workers intensified their operations in Northern Mindanao, racing against time in recovering bodies in the sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman fell from the 11th floor of a hotel which is under construction to the fourth floor, but she only suffers from some wounds.

Ho Chi Minh City universities have witnessed a decreasing number of applicants for French majors during the last few years due to poor job prospects after graduation.

The debt of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) has exceeded VND240 trillion ($11.4 billion) as of 2010, according to a recent report from the State Audit of Vietnam.

Lionel Messi on Wednesday said he is "very proud" of having won in Argentina the best athlete of the year award.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is best mover of the Asian Football Confederation in December 2011 as the national team climbs 35 places to 99th position in FIFA ranking.

VietNamNet Bridge – Student Pham Van Quan is among 20 young scientists from all over the world who won Germany’s “Green Talents” 2011 for young scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s quarantine officers and police on December 20 detected and seized 2 tons of rotten and stinking pork on a North-South coach.

VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Tyra Banks, the founder of Next Top Model reality show will be a guest of the last night of the Vietnam Next Top Model 2011, scheduled at 8pm, January 8, 2012, in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the morning of December 21, a young man arranged a heart of 600 red roses on the alluvial bank amid the Red River, Hanoi, to show his love to a girl.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and German scientists have discovered a new species of gecko in Cuc Dong Cape in Ninh Hoa district, the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Japanese businesses have recently carried out the working visits to Vietnam, to learn about the investment opportunities in the country as part of their strategies to relocate manufacturing bases to avoid natural calamities.

While many national Vietnamese teams are taking a rest after the 26th Southeast Asian Games, shooters continue honing their skills to compete in the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar, on January 11-22.

VietNamNet Bridge – An official document based on Viet Nam's policy towards local and international immigration was made public in the capital city yesterday, Dec 21, for the first time.

National U19 Football Cup qualifiers to kick off in 2012; Ha Noi takes top spot as national taekwondo tournament wraps up; Vinh Long hosts international men's cycling tournament

In his latest pitch to solve the Washington political stalemate, U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday made phone calls to top congressional leaders to urge the extension of payroll tax cut and federal jobless benefits