The Ministry of Industry and Trade is still indifferent to Vietnam Business Forum’s Manufacturing and Distribution Working Group’s proposal for the easing import tariff barriers on mobile phones, alcohol and cosmetics.

VietNamNet Bridge – One-minute medical examinations and dependence on machinery has caused errors in diagnosis, and patients are the “victims”.

Chinese stargazers will have their best view of a total lunar eclipse in 10 years on Saturday if weather permits, the Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national economy in 2012 will have to deal with three challenges “carried forward” from 2011, according to Dr Tran Hoang Ngan, Member of the National Assembly’s Economics Committee.

Vietnam-world’s most dynamic bank card market; Stiff competition to hit rice exports next year; Mexico, Viet Nam examine free-trade agreement; Ministry vows to tackle petrol fraud; Banks compete for year-end deposits

VietNamNet Bridge – Installation works by twin artists Le Ngoc Thanh and Le Duc Hai will be on display in Hue City on Sunday.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday put its ratings on the European Union (EU) and some big banks on negative credit watch, warning possible downgrades within next 90 days if European leaders failed to find a radical solution

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City pledged to curb the traffic accidents, aiming to reduce the number of accidents and traffic jams in the country’s economic hub by 10 per cent next year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton is hoping that two players will qualify for the Olympic Games in London – world No 7 Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thu Trang, who won bronze at the Singapore Youth Olympics last year.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday submitted a letter to European Union (EU) President Herman Van Rompuy, detailing actions needed to surmount the current debt crisis.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday officially submitted the paperwork required to register as a candidate in Russia's March 4 presidential election.

Analysts say that Vietnam should not slash the rice prices at which enterprises collect from farmers, in order to compete with cheap rice from India, Pakistan and Myanmar.

Four passengers and a pilot were killed when a helicopter crashed near Las Vegas Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the National Park Service said.

 Financial support for flood-affected farmers; 2 more Vietinbank officials arrested; Fire breaks out at Central Highlands market; 13,500 smuggled tobacco packs seized

VietNamNet Bridge – It has been five years since guitar virtuoso Kim Chung performed on the stage.

Kieu hoi (overseas remittances) prove to be the only “ray of hope” for real estate developers, when all the channels for capital mobilization have closed to them.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 21-year-old man was accidentally discovered to have a broken heart. It turns out that the man was butted to his chest by a buffalo when he was only two.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of the Vietnam Next Top Model program and its lawyers met with the three contestants who are said to have leaked out information about the reality show on December 5.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national air carrier Vietnam Airlines has just announced to raise airfare of domestic air routes as of December 15.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 4.5m pine tree made of 2,500 secondhand cell phones is now on display at an electronic store in My Tho city, the southern province of Tien Giang.