Although the Investment Law has been implemented for five years, management agencies have yet to promulgate guidelines on investment procedures. Unnecessary obstacles have therefore emerged.

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities nationwide should amend their social sciences and humanities curricula to make them more job-orientated, experts said at a workshop yesterday, March 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese coaches Mai Duc Chung and Phan Thanh Hung have changed their mind and agreed to lead the men's national team and the under-23 team.

Myanmar's elected president U Thein Sein and two vice presidents, U Tin Aung Myint Oo and Dr. Sai Mauk Kham, were sworn in on Wednesday in the new capital Nay Pyi Taw in the presence of members of parliament.

Vietnam is striving to build up a transparent investment environment in order to create a leveling playing field for all enterprises. However, it seems that the more Vietnam strives to renovate, the worse the investment environment becomes.

US directors to make film about Vietnam; Local film projects win foreign financial backing; Music website does its bit for Japan victims; New wedding dress breaks record

VietNamNet Bridge – Football Dream - the program to select amateur football talents at the age of 13-15 for a three-year training course in Qatar’s Aspire Institute will be held in April.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Quang Dieu, director of the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about promoting labour rights.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has ordered all internet service providers (ISP) to stop providing online games from 10pm to 8am every day from March 30.

Central province conducts free heart operations for children; Six missing after boat sinking off central region; Truck hits 2 motorbikes in Danang, 2 hurt; Ho Chi Minh City language school vanishes  

VietNamNet Bridge – The school system should be revamped to avoid overlap in curricula at various levels and meet children's changing needs, educationists told a workshop in HCM City on Tuesday.

The SuperStar Aquarius ship of the Star Cruises Hong Kong Limited will come back to Quang Ninh Province’s Halong City on April 3, nearly three years after the cruise line suspended Halong’s calls.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young documentary film-makers in Viet Nam have been invited by the German cultural institute Goethe Institute Viet Nam to submit short films on climate change for a competition named Vietdocs.

Work is good for health while long term work absence, work disability and unemployment can make us miserable, according to a consensus statement from the Australian and New Zealand doctors on Wednesday.

HCM City boost cooperation with German State; Dutch ambassador honoured for contributions; Deputy Chief of the General Staff receives Cambodian delegation; Laos congratulated for successful Party congress

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the central province of Phu Yen have been searching for six fishermen who were considered as missing since their boat was capsized by a giant wave at dawn on Wednesday, March 30.

Singapore doctors have developed a new non-invasive treatment option for prostate cancer patients that minimizes the side effects and significantly cut the treatment time, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2011 National Shooting Cup tournament will be held at the National Training Centre in Hanoi from April 1-10.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has agreed to let the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submit two dossiers on two of the country’s cultural practices to the United Nations Educational, Scientific

The last piece of turf on the Olympic Stadium's field of play was laid, marking the completion of construction on the London 2012 Olympic Games landmark venue on Tuesday.