VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses are arguing current personal income tax rates towards foreigners are unjustified.

Sales of businesses in information technology last year reached VND330 trillion (US$16.5 billion), an equivalent of around 10 percent of GDP, said Nguyen Minh Son, head of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s department of planning and finance. 

Veteran Academy Award winning-actor Morgan Freeman was honored with the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award on Thursday, capping a career which saw the actor garnering an Oscar,

VietNamNet Bridge – Low wages and high goods prices have prompted workers to quit their jobs to seek better jobs which can bring the income high enough to cover the increased expenses.

Last year was one of the brightest years on record for Viet Nam's hotels, with the number of domestic and foreign tourists reaching a new high, according to results of a survey released by Grant Thornton Vietnam.

The White House on Saturday said the death of the mastermind of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania is a "huge setback to al-Qaida."

VietNamNet Bridge - A jazz music night featuring Italian pianist Eric Legnini will take place at the French Culture Center at L’Espace in Hanoi on June 14. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam targets developing an environmentally friendly transport system by 2030 and to control pollution caused by road, railway, inland waterway, marinetime and airline transport.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has made public, the names of many products that contain DEHP carcinogen in Vietnam, including syrup imported from Taiwan and candies from the Philippines.

Many commercial banks are demanding the Central Bank set different credit growth caps for different banks, as some of the bigger ones are able to offer more loans to the production sector without passing the credit growth ceiling of 20 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Half of a year opened to the public, the $15 million Hoa Binh Park is neglected by people.

Tightening monetary policies including high interest rate to curb inflation have strongly impacted the country’s export as May export growth was a mere 0.8%, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade in its regular online meeting on Monday.

Tuoi Tre conducts an interview centering around the June 9 incident in which a Chinese fishing boat intentionally rammed into exploration cables of the Viking II vessel when it was conducting normal activities on Vietnamese sea territory.

The performing arts scene has expanded rapidly in recent years with an increasing volume of young talents achieving success. But the action has been confined to modern art forms, with traditional forms like tuong being ignored.

The license to exploit titanium has been described as the “screen” for illegal titanium exports, while the loosened management is the “passport” for titanium to cross the border gates.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and many countries in the world will be able to witness one of the longest total lunar eclipses of the century in the early morning of June 16.

Electricity, petroleum and goods price increases have forced people to fasten their belt. Experts say it is difficult to ask Vietnamese to love Vietnamese goods in these circumstances, especially when the domestic products remain expensive.

The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory, NASA's first ever satellite to study the saltiness of Earth's oceans, is in excellent health after its launch early Friday, initial telemetry reports showed.

VietNamNet Bridge - High inflation is a great worry for consumers. So, taming inflation is an effective tool to revive consumer confidence which isa major boost to the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Nguyen Phuong Nga has confirmed that Vietnam’s naval forces will hold military exercises in the central province of Quang Nam on June 13.