Though subject to a Ministry of Industry and Trade’s restriction on luxury imports aimed at curbing trade deficit, mobile phones, mostly cheap and fake products from China, have made inroads into the local market in different ways.

The low dollar deposit interest rates, the stable dong/dollar exchange rate and the lower demand for dollar loans have all prevented dollars from flowing into banks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) and Southeastern regions need to tighten measures to reduce deforestation and strictly punish offenders,

HCM City recommits to helping needy kids; 2 Chinese caught in Hanoi selling fake gold; Viet Nam-Russia university to be created; Scrap shop owner hypnotized, stolen $160

The European Union (EU) governments should not decide for the European Central Bank (ECB) on its role in tackling eurozone debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic accidents and drowning are two of the leading causes of accidental deaths in Viet Nam, according to health experts at the second National Scientific Conference on Injury Prevention in Ha Noi yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam supports the will of the State of Palestine and people to acquire full membership of the United Nations, said the Vietnamese representative to the UN.

A lot of existing coffee exporters may not be allowed to export coffee any more, if the proposal by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on considering coffee export as a conditional business gets approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are nameless people who are quietly facing death to bring peace for others.

President makes state visit to Philippines; PM to travel to Japan; President sends condolences on death of Saudi crown prince; Prime Minister conveys sympathy to Turkish leader after quake

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Nam Tra My District in the central province of Quang Nam on October 24 received the petition of 18 families in hamlet 6, Tra Don commune against the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegates from the signatory parties of the UN Convention Against Corruption, civil society organisations and representatives of the private sector gathered in Marrakech on Monday for the fourth session

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-two teams showed off toy vehicles which use solar power at a competition in HCM City on October 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won the bronze medal in the Southeast Asian Football Federation Women's Championship yesterday, Oct 25, in Vientiane, Laos.

Though the government has many times announced that it is following a policy on encouraging local production, Vietnam still runs after profits by increasing imports, thus killing the local production.

While a lot of educators have voiced their dissatisfaction about the Nam Dinh provincial authorities not to employ the graduates of non-state owned schools, others believe that this is a reasonable decision.

Barcelona's Spain international midfielder Xavi Hernandez celebrated his 392nd league appearance for the club with the only goal of the game as his side defeated Granada 1-0 away from home in the El Carmines Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge – H'Zina Bya, a hugely popular singer among the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) youth, will release her first album – a blend of highlands music and rock music – in HCM City this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Asia Stage Alliance, established during the 12th Asia Arts Festival held in Chongqing, China, was joined by 15 countries and territories including Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises are urging a higher maximum overtime limit in the draft of the amended Labour Code to be debated by the National Assembly next month.