One year after the Ministry of Inform-ation and Communications issued a policy based on tightening promotion activities, domestic mobile phone service suppliers are duelling to attract farmers, students and fishermen from remote areas.

VietNamNet Bridge – The vice chief of the Steering Board for Anti-corruption of Can Tho City has to explain to the local Inspection Committee why his name and position was on the cover of his son’s wedding invitation.

The dong lending interest rates have been decreasing after the central bank showed its determination to slash interest rates, while the dollar tends to increase slightly. However, dollar loans remain more attractive in the eyes of businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local officials of the upper-stream provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have been ordered to intensify inspections of dykes and sluice gates to protect people and crops from floods.

Local manufacturing enterprises are struggling to liquidate their output as inventories of various kinds of industrial products are piling up quickly, while consumption and investment has dipped due to tough economic conditions.

The Nikkei index tumbled by more than two percent Monday to end at its lowest level since April 2009, weighed down by renewed worries about European debt problems and the global economy.

Kenyan authorities have confirmed that at least 75 people were burned to death while 118 others who were seriously injured have been hospitalized after a fuel pipeline burst into flames in Nairobi's fuel depot.

A new Libya will become a country with law, government institution and welfare, and Islamism will be the main source of the country's legislation, Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdel Jalil said

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese soprano Ha Pham Thang Long will perform in a presentation of the Requiem by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi at the Ha Noi Opera house this week.

The festival Nghinh Ong is organized annually in HCMC’s Can Gio District and this year the social and cultural event kicked off in the coastal town of Can Thanh on Friday with a Vietnamese goods fair.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has applied some measures to “untie” car imports, but the car market remains gloomy. Auto dealers now focus on selling the cars they imported before, while they dare not place new import orders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Ha Noi today, Sep 13, for an official two-day visit to Indonesia at the invitation of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

VietNamNet Bridge – Producers of illegal and counterfeit pesticides, users, and society should realise that these products are severely affecting farmers, the environment, and food safety, experts said.

Lao officials join Party organisation course; Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening ties with China; Vietnam, Irish parliaments seek stronger links; Cao Dai followers celebrate sect’s grand ritual

Power shortages are expected to hit the remaining months of the year, according to the general director of Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN), Pham Le Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Goods Transport Association wants the police to break up the gangs scattering nails and other sharp objects on roads ostensibly to earn money from fixing punctured tyres.

Head coach Falko Goetz said that he could not promise top results at the Southeast Asia Games when the U23 team gathers in HCM City's Thanh Long Sports Centre to prepare for the HCM City International Football Tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Education and Training is drafting a national plan that aims to integrate the topic of HIV/AIDS prevention across several school subjects between 2011-15.

A shortage of quality human resources has stymied the development of information and communication technology in Viet Nam despite its vast potential.

National badminton event to kick off in Thai Nguyen; Golfers eye finals berth at VCCI Challenge Series; Minh defeated in Chinese Taipei Open semi-finals; Archers set for national championship in Ha Noi