Some enterprises, which provide ship towing services in Vung Tau City, complain that they are “more dead than alive” because of the difficulties the Vung Tau port authorities put for them.

Nearly 400 tour guides in HCM City have reportedly unable to meet the requirements for renewing their practice cards because they do not have university degrees.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese writer Hiramatsu Tomoko on Monday received the Medal for Peace and Friendship from the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Associations for her enthusiasm and devotion to the Vietnamese people.

Support for mental health; Insulted bike stuntman attacks spectator, killed; Data theft hits 85,000 computers; Police fire shots to stop timber traffickers’ vans

VietNamNet Bridge – Four top men's and women's volleyball teams are set to compete at the Four-Star Volleyball tournament-PV Cup in central Quang Binh Province over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investment in the property sector this year has been the lowest in the last five years, with analysts attributing it to the lingering impact of the economic meltdown.

U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday afternoon signed a bipartisan bill of raising the nation's debt limit into law, ending the month-long perilous stalemate and averting a potentially catastrophic debt default risk.

The first man in Britain who received a complete plastic heart is allowed to leave hospital and live a relatively normal life at home.

VietNamNet Bridge - Open and market-oriented policies will put gold under control, says director Tran Trong Quoc Khanh of a gold shop of the Asia Commercial Bank. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly approved the new 27-member government this morning, August 3.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' proposal to increase the minimum wage three months earlier than scheduled has caused controversy among enterprises and State agencies.

A Japanese photographer has donated 77 photos of Agent Orange victims he took around Viet Nam to HCM City's War Remnants Museum in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the National Day for Vietnamese Dioxin Victims,

VietNamNet Bridge – There is room for a lot more co-operation among tourist regions in Viet Nam despite the efforts by local authorities in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi will not be closed, the embassy announced on August 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Thailand have agreed to boost co-operation in search and rescue manoeuvres, joint sea patrols, exchange of delegations and experience in logistics.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Duyen took home the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Wrestling World Championship, which concluded at the Polivalenta Sports Venue in Bucharest, Romania, over the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - Domestic mobile phone providers and importers are taking full advantage of the surge in demand for low-priced mobile phones with advanced applications, luring customers with cheap products that provide no guarantees. 

The Iraqi political leaders agreed to give green light to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to hold talks with the United States about staying some of its troops in Iraq beyond the end of 2011 deadline as trainers to the Iraqi security forces,

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam should immediately look for ways to avoid becoming an industrial garbage dump, a senior official said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge –Four teams are set to participate in the National Women's U-19 Football Championship held in northern Ha Nam Province on Saturday.