Vietnam National Assembly and the Thai Senate have agreed to promote their further co-operation in the field of diplomacy, particularly the exchange of visits between members of parliamentary friendship groups.

Next year will be a tough time for labour intensive industries like textile-garment and footwear.

Expanding retail networks in key markets, developing the labor force and upgrading services, and cooperating with big brands are considered the three things that decide the success of enterprises in the high-tech product retail market.

Rice export prices increase US$10 per tonne; VND520 billion for Song Lo 3 hydroelectric power plant; Binh Thuan priotizes investment in wind energy; Aquatic exports expected to reach US$6.5 billion in 2012; Budget deficit seen up next year

Several months have passed, but the story of the foreign contractor who had to pay damages of US$6 million due to the low quality and slow progress of its work is still hot.

About 10 provinces and cities are planning to develop high-tech agricultural zones, but they are facing too many difficulties in implementing the plan.

VietNamNet Bridge – To surely have a son, some officials of State-owned agencies and healthy families go abroad to perform in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

More than 1500 electronic portals in Vietnam were controlled by hackers, who disseminated malware and hijacked. Meanwhile, 1/3 of imported computers were found as infected with malicious codes.

The journal Science on Thursday chose the HPTN 052 clinical trial, an international HIV prevention trial as the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year.

Residents of Canh Nau Village in Thach That, an outlying district of Hanoi, have a market that is well-known for selling rats in the afternoon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nui Chua National Park, in the central province of Ninh Thuan, is considered "a desert" thanks to its dry conditions and low rainfall.

Securities companies have laid off a lot of officers in an effort to cut out waste in the organizations, to rescue themselves before the God saves them.

Many people are willing to pay hundreds of USD to buy Arhat fish, dragon fish, Koi fish, etc. These species of fish are not only ornamental fish but they are expected to bring about good lucks and prosperity for their owners in the early year.

The Slovak Education Ministry on Thursday launched an internet website to provide the general public with digitalized textbooks.

VN business ‘must chase customers'; Steel exports likely to hit 2m tonnes this year; SOEs restructuring is costly: experts; More domestic flights during Tet holiday; PV Gas to sell 200m cu.m to Can Tho industry zones

VietNamNet Bridge – Partisans shooting American aircraft, a soldier sacrificed himself to rescue his comrade, the happy moment of soldiers when they read letters from their families… are pictures grasped by veteran Nguyen Manh Hiep.

Mountain tortoises are being hunted to be sold to restaurants in an number of areas in the Mekong Delta. 

Charming Vietnam, an annual music and fashion show designed to raise funds for Nguyen Thai Binh scholarship foundation and Nhan tai Nuoc Viet (Vietnamese talent) education foundation, will begin in HCMC on December 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City plans to build a traffic control centre worth around US$187 million to ease traffic congestion in the city.

Ceremony honors young winners of int’l competitions; HCMC to host model festival; Family brought Don Duong’s ashes home; Ha Tinh restores century old Son Phong citadel;