U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday as concerns about global economic slowdown weighed on the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Association has drafted a proposal to postpone the collection of a road-use fee from most vehicle owners until next January.

Under the currently applied personal income tax (PIT), known as a kind of tax imposed on high income earners, workers with the monthly income of 4 million dong have to pay tax. The taxation threshold would be raised to 6 million dong by 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four years ago, experts declared that the air in urban Ha Noi was the most polluted in South East Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cutting salaries can save expenses in the short-term but more money would be needed for recruiting and retraining in the long term, a human resources consultant has said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is speeding up its investigation into lean meat agents that have been found in many provinces and cities, while calling for further efforts to prevent the use of the banned substances.

Two detained over rare animal possession; Man held after attempted attack on traffic police; Three imprisoned for trafficking children; 47 fishermen rescued after boat engine dies

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten oil and acrylic paintings by Ha Hung Dung, 31, describe the lissome and harmonious beauty of women in the northwestern mountainous region of Vietnam.

Hundreds of students and parents have accused Raffles International School in Ho Chi Minh City, of not reimbursing for tuition fees as itpromised.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office revealed Thursday that U.S. pop icon Whitney Houston died of "drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use."

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam considers nuclear security and safety as top priority in developing nuclear power, in addition to supporting every country’s right to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes,

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has allocated US$680,000 for the training of Vietnamese national men and women football squads for the 2012 season.

The total bank loans provided to real estate developers have reached 200 trillion dong. With the current average interest rates of 20-22 percent per annum, real estate firms have to spend 7 trillion dong a month for bank loans’ interest.

VietNamNet Bridge – “One Love” is the first hip-hop dancing competition on television in Vietnam, which opens for both Vietnamese and foreign dancers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Truyen--from Lim town, the home of Quan ho folk music, became Miss Kinh Bac 2012 on March 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has summitted a plan to organise an economical Asian Games (ASIAD) with a budget of only US$120 million if the country wins the right to host the tournament's 18th edition in 2019 in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The list of ten outstanding young people of 2011 was made public last night, March 22, 2012.

Three months ago, the Vietnamese national swimming team was praised to the sky for its great success at the Southeast Asian Games 2011. The team is now in a mess, in the unprecedentedly long training course in the USA.

A public building in Italy's Rome was evacuated on Thursday after someone said there was a bomb inside it, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Employment Service Centre has asked the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to draft new regulations to deal with violations related to unemployment insurance benefits.