The 19 th ASEAN Summit concluded successfully with active participation and support of member countries and its partners, affirmed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Preparations for competitive power market ‘too sluggish'; Local banker dismissed on offering high depositing rate; Vietnam's Petrolimex seeks up to 1.05 mil T gasoil for 2012; Investors eye Vietnam as rest of Asia loses sheen 

Up to two-thirds of the projects that have been approved to get financing from government bond sales in the next four years will receive no penny following a directive recently issued by the Prime Minister.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to remove Saigon River ports from the city inner has run into big waves.

A draft decree on state-owned enterprises’ finance management has triggered heated debate sentiments among relevant parties.

A lot of cement producers have to struggle hard to maintain their production. The sharp fall in the domestic consumption has dealt a strong blow on many enterprises pushed them to the verge of bankruptcy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Born in 1988, Nguyen Dang Viet Anh has joined Google after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Viet Nam was likely to reach a total export turnover of US$95 billion for the year, based on the results of the past 10 months, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 50 people are earning their living with pack-bike service in Hue City. They wait at markets to carry passengers and goods to all alleys in the city. Working hard, but they can earn only $1.5-2 a day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Van Toai, a craftsman in Phu Lang ceramics village in the northern province of Bac Ninh, has been busier than usual during the weekends after launching a new service to introduce craft making to tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam should join the growing trend of constructing environmentally-friendly buildings as an important step towards sustainable development, experts said a conference on Thursday, Nov 17.

It is easy to buy theses these days. One just can search on the Internet and contact the sellers at the addresses given in the ad pieces.

Year-end sale season is the right time for mobile phone manufacturers, both big and small, to launch their key products into the market.

Supervised exercise was shown to be more effective than stenting or medication for improved walking ability in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD),

An Giang is famous nationwide for festivals such as Ba Chua Xu, Chol Chnam Thomay and Dolta.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vocational schools in Viet Nam should combine theoretical instruction with on-the-job training to improve the quality of services they provide, an overseas Vietnamese expert said at a conference on Nov 17.

The six international mediators on the Iran nuclear issue have agreed on a new resolution on Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may adopt it as soon as on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – A festival will be held to celebrate Northern Central Heritage Cultural Tourism Week at the Viet Nam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts at 2 Hoa Lu Street on November 21-23.

VietNamNet Bridge – Danish crown prince Frederik will pay a visit to Vietnam later this month and ride around Hanoi’s iconic Hoan Kiem Lake.