VNG, Vietnam’s leading internet company, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese social gaming company DeNA in Hanoi on November 22 to export its social network games to Japan.

Over 7,200 Vietnamese nationals have been sent to work abroad in October, raising the total number of overseas workers to nearly 75,000 in the past ten months. 

Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention,

Vietnam wants to increase cooperation with Israel, especially in the areas of the latter’s strength such as science, technology, investment, trade, labour, and tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Love of gays often ends very quickly, not because gays are unfaithful but because their love is not accepted by the society.

The State Bank of Vietnam Monday announced the official draft decree on gold trading management, with some additional clauses intended to dispel certain rumors which have been raising public concerns recently.

A series of important issues for regional security have been discussed at the eighth Assembly Conference of Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific in Hanoi.

Farmers in Mekong Delta are trying to create unique fruit products which they will sell during the 2012 Tet season. Square and gold bullion-shaped watermelons, wine gourd-shared pomelos will be available on the market soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Like it or not, many labourers who want to work in South Korea are being tarred with the same brush as those already there who have quit their jobs without proper reason or overstayed when their work contracts expired.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit back at the idea of creating eurobonds proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday, saying it "will not work" in pulling the eurozone out of current debt crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen said that officials of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group should reconsider their statement that VND7 million ($350) wage is inadequate for living in cities.

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it has acquired video search engine VideoSurf.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the proposal of the Hanoi People’s Committee, parking fee in the capital will increase highly, to possibly reach VND40,000 ($2)/time for cars of less than 10 seats and VND3.5 million ($140) a month.

Steelmakers feel heat; Economic stabilisation rests on SBV strategies; Owner requests tax break to be applied to imported aircraft; Policy unlikely to boost market; Watchdog eyes ways to spur market    

VietNamNet Bridge – All private vocational training schools must have a minimum charter capital of VND22.5 billion (US$1.07 million) under a newly-issued circular of the Education and Training Ministry.

The 62nd conference of the ASEAN Committee for Science and Technology opened in HCM City on November 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises in the city continue to violate environment protection laws even after they have been fined, offering evidence that current punitive regimes are inadequate and ineffective.

U.S. crude oil price rose on Tuesday as geopolitical tension offset global economic concerns.

Saying that women’s average lifespan is three years more than men’s and men’s high disease-contracting rate, many in the National Assembly proposed to increase women’s retirement age by five years, to be equal with men.

People had been rushing to sell non-SJC brand gold in the last few weeks, until the State Bank said that the bullion gold, produced in the past under the permission of the central bank will still be allowed to be put into circulation.