Brazil's benchmark IPCA inflation rate rose to 7.23 percent year-on-year during the past 12 months, the highest since 2005, the country's official statistics agency IBGE reported Tuesday.

Inflation slows growth of retail sales; Vietnam’s export growth expected to slow down; Air Mekong begins Hanoi-Con Dao service; Inflation rate in 2011 swings around 18pct; Cement industry loses loan guarantees  

At least nine people were killed and more than 45 others injured in a blast outside the Delhi High Court in the Indian capital Wednesday, a senior Home Ministry official said.

At least 21 people were killed and over 40 others injured when a twin bomb attack hit Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has passed 16 out of 21 national target programmes proposed and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval as part of a five-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-15.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several music and dance performances will be held in HCM City on Friday to celebrate the National Theatre Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Originating from downgraded infrastructure and overworked doctors and nurses, Vietnamese patients do not enjoy their minimum rights: being examined and taken care considerately.

Steel manufacturers in Hai Phong City had still owed trillions of dong to commercial banks by the end of August 2011. The majority of the debts are the third, fourth and fifth group debts, i.e subprime and irrecoverable debts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The nine-year-long cleanup of the polluted Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City is set to be completed in the next four months, with wastewater no longer flowing into it and its banks turning green.

Yahoo on Tuesday fired Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz and replaced her temporarily with the company's chief financial officer.

Vietnam to attend UNESCO General Assembly; Vietnam Film Festival to open in mid-December; Vietnam participates in Moscow int’l floral trade show; Hanoi exhibition showcases finger artist’s works

 Chinese clinics probed over price, quality; Neon sign sets off blaze in Ho Chi Minh City; France experts design waterway facelift; Saigon River ferry service to shut down

VietNamNet Bridge – Silk paintings by Vietnamese artist Bui Tien Tuan featuring the beauty of the female form, will be on display at HCM City's Craig Thomas Gallery tomorrow, Sep 8.

Vietnamese low-class and medium-class wooden furniture products have become less competitive. Therefore, making high class products has become the new strategy for them.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City-based businesses need 26,000 additional workers this month, 10 per cent more than in August, according to the HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information.

Eddie Murphy has been named to host the 84th Academy Awards ceremony to be held on Feb. 26, 2012, turning a widely-publicised gossip into reality.

VietNamNet Bridge – China is ready to remove obstacles and join efforts with Vietnam to step up friendly exchanges and deepen bilateral cooperation to keep bilateral relations on track.

 Prime Minister to visit Laos; President urges safety for fishermen; Argentina, Vietnam to hold third intergovernmental committee session; Dien Bien urged to focus on poverty reduction

Vietnamese travel firms now move ahead with the plans to attract more Japanese travelers to Vietnam, after they can see the signs of recovery from the market which was once seriously affected by the catastrophes.

Vietnam spends $3.13 bln on foreign aids repayment; Sanofi wants to develop high-tech drug plant in HCMC; Banks get nod to lend up to 80% on deposits; Japan assists support-industry firms; Watchdog issues margin-trading guidline