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.

VietNamNet Bridge – A record of a conversation between a senior lieutenant in Hanoi with a traffic rule violator has attracted the attention of the online community in the last several days.

The near-term projection for the U.S. economic growth was expected to outpace the first half of this year due to the recent positive data on consumer spending and business outlays, but a string of medium-term headwinds would stay in place,

VietNamNet Bridge – Israeli President Shimon Peres arrived in Ha Noi yesterday, Nov 22, on a five-day official visit at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Fansipan Mountain Climbing Tournament is scheduled to take place on December 17-19 in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province.

NGOs pledge over $4.5 mil in aid to Thanh Hoa Province; Gold thief get life sentence; Hanoi Red Cross chapter celebrates 54th anniversary

Companies supplying business equipment may face either bankruptcy or closure if a draft circular banning the import of used information technology appliances is approved.

Finance, real estate, securities and gold investors these days have the common voice that they feel discouraged because the markets remain gloomy.

Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti said Tuesday that he would put Europe at the heart of his government activity and all commitments made by the previous administration would be respected.

VietNamNet Bridge – From Jakarta, Indonesia, apology from the Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Chair Nguyen Trong Hy, coach Falko Goetz and U23 team have been sent to Vietnamese fans.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Phuong, 26, who suddenly turned wrinkled like an 80-year-old woman, now looks younger after a month and a half of treatment at the HCM City Medical University Hospital.

PM Hun Sen: VN helps Cambodia escape from genocide; US Oregon National Guard delegation visits Vietnam; Party leader calls for strengthening Party personnel organization

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam One Health University Network has established linking universities throughout the country to increase regional co-ordination in the response to animal diseases that can affect human health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 12,000 Vietnamese were dead and 9,300 others injured in traffic accidents, equivalent to 75 and 150 percent of the dead and wounded victims in Japan’s earthquake-tsunami disaster, respectively.

Many residents in HCM City's suburban districts of Hoc Mon and Go Vap are living in fear of leeches after a firm, which had set up shops in the area to buy the bloodsuckers at a good price, disappeared without any warning.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister Dinh La Thang has suspended the director of HCM City-Trung Luong highway project for crack road-surface scandal.

The prime minister of Libya's interim government announced the lineup of the country's transitional cabinet in the capital Tripoli late Tuesday that will lead the war-torn country until parliamentary elections are held in 2012.

Vietnam is now planning to impose a stricter control over the outward investment projects, after experts warned that in many cases, the investments do not bring the desired effects.