Wages in Vietnam are on the rise, but most of the country’s workers  are just scraping by.

Vietnamese sailors escape from Somali pirates; Largest home-made ship launched; Train fares to be raised during Tet; Floods hit central provinces

Google is mulling a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers, a move that could flare up a new wave of competition in the traditional TV business, U.S. media reported on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Provinces in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) and 28 districts in six neighbouring provinces have outlined a plan that calls for changes to the educational system.

The HCM City People’s Court has made the verdict, forcing Indochina Airlines to pay the sum of 1.3 million dollars to the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB). However, the verdict does not mean that the case has been wrapped up.

A Tay elder in Lao Cai is very active in preserving the ancient tales and legends of ethnic Tay people in the moutainous region.

VietNamNet Bridge – Engineer Bui Trong Tuan, from Viet Tri City, first introduced his groundbreaking cooking stove, fuelled by agricultural waste, during the course of last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung yesterday, Nov 6, sent a letter of condolences to Japan's House of Councillors over the passing away of President Nishioka Takeo.

Vietnam has set up an ambitious plan to have 20,000 PhDs by 2020. However, it will have to go a very thorny path to reach that end.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the beginning of this year, the city's museums have brought hundreds of mobile exhibitions to schools, universities and industrial parks in city districts and southern provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City police have arrested five people for allegedly stealing 40 tons of soybeans worth at least VND340 million (US$16,200) from Nha Rong – Khanh Hoi Port in June.

Kazakhstan's Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS said Friday that the country had 17,266 registered HIV carriers as of Oct. 1,compared with 15,908 as of Feb. 1, 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Hoang Ngan, who is Miss Fashion of Miss Vietnam World 2010 pageant, took the Talent Award at the 6th Super Model Asian Beauty 2011, which ended on November 3 in Japan.

Contact center service has emerged as a promising business in Vietnam. However, experts say the market development still does not commensurate with the potentials.

Many people believe that small banks would be the first subjects for the bank restructuring, i.e. they would be weeded out from the current banking system. However, experts do not think this way.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia Andrus Ansip and his entourage started a three-day visit to Viet Nam yesterday, Nov 6.

VietNamNet Bridge - The annual meeting of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on November 4, officially decided to establish a share-holding company to manage the V-League and First Division, the two top leagues in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,000 drug users were admitted to rehabilitation centres in HCM City from the beginning of the year to the end of September, an increase of 13.9 per cent against the same period last year,

VietNamNet Bridge – Musicians from the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra will provide 30 free downtown street performances during the next two months.

Vietnam secured a 4-0 win over Laos in their third qualifying game of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thong Nhat Stadium on November 6.