VietNamNet Bridge – Some securities companies have reportedly lost liquidity and cannot pay money back to investors. This has raised a big worry that a wave of insolvency of securities companies may occur.

Local exports achieve full-year targets early; Association drafts restructuring plan for stock market; Supermarkets trap consumers with promotions; Vietnam to intensify investment in Laos; Dishonest fuel dealers face losing licenses

Vietnam allocates top priority to safety in its nuclear energy development policy, a senior Vietnamese official said at the 12 th ministerial meeting of the Forum on Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) in Tokyo on Dec. 16.

The British Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden.

Dioxin clean-up begins at Phu Cat airport; War-left big bomb found in central province; Over 25,000 additional plane seats offered during Tet; Inequality remains between children and women; Thief exacts brutal revenge on five family members  

An outspoken overseas Vietnamese who has been boasting of protection of his countrymen was recently exposed as a human trafficker.

According to the auditing law which takes effect the next year, more companies will have to have their finance reports audited, not only public companies or listed companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many Americans uttered that it is not the truth and they do not believe that it could happen, but it is the truth, said American veteran – photo-journalist Ronald Haeberle.

The National Assembly Standing Committee concluded its four-day meeting yesterday after giving opinions on the committee's proposed agenda for 2012 and debating the draft Law on Water Resources.

A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire Friday in an office building of Southern California Edison in Los Angeles, killing two employees and wounding two others before taking his own life.

After four or five years of sweating blood and tears for studying at universities, a lot of graduates go selling vegetables at markets or working as taxi motorbike drivers, simply because they cannot find the jobs fitting their training majors.

Instead of using smart or luxurious mobile phones, a lot of people now decide to use normal phones as they need to cut down expenses. This gives an important reason for counterfeit mobile phone products to return to the Vietnamese market.

Exhibition on Vietnamese army and people’s spirit opens; Targeting a Renovated and Integrated Vietnamese Cinema; HCMC café to host charity arts show  

VietNamNet Bridge – After many days of excavation, an old temple buried in sand in Ky Khang commune, Ky Anh district in the central province of Ha Tinh has been unveiled. Many pottery items are also excavated.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Do Minh Quan trounced defending champion Thanh Trung 7-5 in a tennis tournament for outstanding national players nationwide, which concluded in Danang city on December 15.

The death toll in the illicit liquor disaster in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has risen to 171, as several more people died Friday after drinking the spurious liquor Tuesday night, reported local media Friday.

The Dutch Embassy in Vietnam will present the capital city of Hanoi with 4,625 pots of lily for decoration during its upcoming flower festival.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang has joined the 8th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference which opened in Geneva on December 15.

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it will automatically upgrade the Internet Explorer (IE) to the latest version to give Windows customers more protection against malicious software.

A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva formally adopted the accession agreement of the Russia Federation, drawing a finishing line for the country's 18-year-long membership accession.