Government targets six percent growth; Vietnam, US discuss boosting bilateral partnership; Dutch Minister visits Vietnam; China’s 62nd National Day marked in Hanoi

President Truong Tan Sang met Singaporean former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore on Sept. 26 as part of his current State-level visit to the country.

U.S. stocks rose sharply on Monday after the blue-chip Dow suffered its worst weekly decline since October 2008, as investors expected eurozone policy makers to take bolder steps to deal with the debt problems.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cinema professionals recently held a workshop to discuss the need for improvements to the structure and management of the domestic film sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – A majority of National Assembly deputies agreed that a law on advertising was a necessity when the issue was raised at the second session of the 13th Standing Committee yesterday, Sep 26.

VietNamNet Bridge – All 28 football clubs from the V-League and First Division will cast their votes for who they want to head up next year's league organising boards, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced.

Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index falling 2.17 percent to its lowest closing level in 30 months over fears the eurozone debt crisis cannot be contained and concerns there is a global economic slowdown.

While commercial banks have announced the launching of different credit packages at preferential interest rates, businesses complain that the interest rates are still exorbitant.

Two million people worldwide are estimated to die from air pollution each year, the Geneva based World Health Organization (WHO) said in its air quality report published on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife headed for the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Ukraine yesterday, Sep 26, on official visits.

Last-minute preparations for the launch of the Tiangong-1 spacecraft began at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Monday, meaning the vehicle can soon embark on a mission that will eventually have it dock with a spaceship,

Local authorities have been urged to conduct inspections on foreign workers, particularly those involved in foreign-invested projects, according to a new request made by Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

At least 26 students were killed and 78 others were injured in a road accident in eastern Pakistan Monday night, a police officer and doctors in the area said.

Apple has cut fourth-quarter iPad orders from its manufacturing partners, the first time since the tablet was launched last year, U.S. media reported Monday.

Russian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin resigned Monday after a brief but angry exchange with President Medvedev.

Local authorities do not want to spend money on developing infrastructure for environment protection, even though the environment pollution in economic zones and craft villages is getting more evident.

"The Lion King 3-D," buoyed by an exceptionally great word of mouth, remained at the top spot of the North America box office over the weekend after it roared as the top earner last weekend,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's ministries and sectors have simplified more than 3,200 administrative procedure as of the middle of this month, accounting for nearly 70 per cent of the total procedures targeted for simplification,

Although it is home to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), China must do much more to improve its academic research capacity for acupuncture, a form of TCM, to take the lead worldwide on both the academic and clinical sides.

Vietnam has become the first production country which Liffe (the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange) allows setting up a storehouse and send samples to London to have quality tested at its center.