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.

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.