Corporate restructure, private placement of shares, and the search for strategic partners will keep the Vietnamese mergers and acquisitions market busy this year and in 2012, experts told a forum held in HCM City yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh Highway has become a drying ground for Thanh Hoa province’s farmers during the harvest season.

Fuel prices not cut despite traders’ big profits; Toyota Vietnam to recall more Innova J vehicles; IBM provides cloud computing for Lac Viet; Nhon Trach projects have mountain to climb; Road traffic safety improvement project kicked off

Cells in the human body are constantly being exposed to stress from environmental chemicals or errors in routine cellular processes. While stress can cause damage, it can also provide the stimulus for undoing the damage.

Two members of the British House of Common, George Howarth, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam and Mark Hendrick, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for China, petitioned against the growing tension in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Philippine Navy is sending its biggest warship BRP Rajah Humabon for patrol operations around Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

The Philippines’ “rules-based approach” to settling the Spratlys dispute and China’s use of its growing economic and military power to assert its claims will most likely be the main talking points during next week’s meeting in Washington.

Chief of the cycling department of Ho Chi Minh City, Phan Quy Bach, has been under hot seat for allegedly peculating almost VND700 million (US$34,000) which was competition allowances for Saigon Plant Protection cycling team over a year ago.

VietNamNet Bridge – After cutting wedding cake, ten couples dived into the sea to exchange wedding rings. The underwater wedding ceremony took place on Hon Mun Island in Nha Trang City on June 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training announced on June 15 that three Vietnamese teams will compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Asia 2011 to be held in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia from July 6-9. 

More than 150 were reported injured on Thursday from hockey fans riot through downtown Vancouver after the Vancouver Canucks' home defeat to the Boston Bruins in the final game of the Stanley Cup on Wednesday.

Two dikes breached in east Zhejiang Province Thursday as a result of continuing rains, forcing more than 120,000 people to move to safer places.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will revoke the licences of titanium mining businesses found violating legal regulations and contaminating the environment, the ministry leader has said.

Award-winning actor and producer Danny DeVito will receive the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award when the award is presented early next week, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced on Thursday.

While Chinese ships obstruct Vietnamese fishing at sea, Chinese businesses try to collect the seafood caught by Vietnamese fishermen.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Transport has detected many violations by tourist ships and floating restaurants on the West Lake.

“In our waters, where our fishermen are, there our sovereignty is represented, confirmed and defended. Therefore, we need to quickly implement a sea strategy,” said former Fishery Minister Ta Quang Ngoc in an interview with Tien Phong

VietNamNet Bridge - The Singapore Exchange has accepted the listing of Vietnamese real estate developer Vincom.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to hold internationally-supervised elections, his son said, which was dismissed by rebels Thursday.

Despite the “price storm” which has forced the majority of Vietnamese consumers to fasten their belt, VIP clients do not intend to cut down spending, which explains why luxurious shops’ turnover remains unchanged in the difficult period.