Austrian Conductor Wolfgang Groehs and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra of the Vietnam National Academy of Music will give concerts on October 17 and 18, 2011.

Vietnam's central bank has allowed five banks and Saigon Jewelry Co (SJC), the country's top gold trader, to reopen offshore gold trading accounts to help narrow the gap between domestic and international prices, state-run media said on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is expected that in 2016-2017, the two first elevated light-rail routes in Hanoi will be put into operation to transport around 50,000 passengers per hour.

 Firms offer flood experience tours; Nha Trang to welcome charter flights; Farmers turn to music by night; Malaysia ship to make regular visits

A group of commercial banks, the State Bank of Vietnam and the Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC) have sat together to discuss the plan to set up a 20-ton gold fund to stabilize the gold market.

Company director on tax fraud counts; Village resents building restrictions; Minister promises job to Toyota whistle-blower; Heroin traffickers sentenced to death

A lot of contractors complain that they cannot get payment from project investors, though the construction was completed several years ago. However, they have to “sit down under an abuse” because they want to be free from hardship.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s official visits to the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Ukraine from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6 have created a strong momentum for fostering cooperation between Vietnam and the three countries,

VietNamNet Bridge – Teenager Ho Huynh Dan Mach will lead the national squad during the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s Viet Nam International Junior Championships Prudential Cup in southern Bac Lieu Province from tomorrow,

U.S. stocks ended higher for the third straight day on Thursday, with the Dow back to 11,000 plus after decent jobs data and stronger-than-expected retail sales.

VietNamNet Bridge – More criminal apprehension groups will be set up to deal with thieving in Ha Noi, Nguyen Duc Nhanh, director of the city's Police Department, said at a meeting on security control yesterday, Oct 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Australia made a come back to overcome Viet Nam 4-3 in the opening game of the Asian Football Confederation Women's Under-19 Championship in HCM City.

Lack of sleep is strongly linked to post-natal depression for new mothers, according to an Australian study revealed on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The third meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened in Hanoi on October 6.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to cut out some parts from the curriculums for grammar schools. However, students complain that their pressure has not been eased.

While the story about developing Vietnamese brand tablet PCs seems to fall into oblivion, HiPT Mobile has unexpectedly stated that its first tablet PC will hit the market in November 2011.

Whether to allow to build Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower plants on the Dong Nai River has, once again, become a hot topic when one more environment organization has declared its support for the construction.

Two Vietnamese Companies – Interbrand JSC and Inter Brand Media Co.. Ltd have become the defendants in a lawsuit relating to the intellectual property infringement, in which the plaintiff is a British company.

VietNamNet Bridge – Salary increases this year are much lower than inflation rates, a survey by Mercer, the leading global provider of human resource services and its associate, Talentnet Corporation, has found.

Looking over the economy, not only the petrol market but also many other fields of business lack transparence, for example electricity, securities, etc. Can the Ministry of Finance deal with them like it does with the petrol sector?