Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung laid out a series of measures to deal with public debt and bad banking loans by 2020 in his address to lawmakers yesterday.

 A Protocol to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (PCA) between Vietnam and the European Union and its member states was signed in Brussels on November 19.

 Transport Minister Dinh La Thang continued to reply to questions raised by National Assembly deputies on November 19 at their ongoing eighth session, focusing mainly on the structure of the transport system and ways to deal with overloaded vehicles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pictures from the photo collection of the French School of Extreme Orient on ancient Viet Nam will be displayed in Ha Noi on December 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Nam Dinh is seeking investments of more than US$4 billion in 21 key projects,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty-one visually impaired teachers, students and others have received navigation eyeglasses equipped with a sensor created by a Vietnamese lecturer.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will officially sell bio-fuel E5 at 42 petrol stations from next month onwards, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At night, it looks like a floating city on a sea filled with light.This is how Le Duc, a tourist, describes Con Co Island off the central province of Quang Tri which he recently visited.

Thousands of households in Tan Yen District in Bac Giang province have protested against a plan to set up a waste treatment plant in the locality, though the plant would help ease environmental pollution and create local jobs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agencies complain that it is difficult to attract foreign travelers from some markets because of the depreciation of many foreign currencies against the dollar, which has made tours more expensive.

 In addition to direct transactions with customers, enterprises should consider other intermediate forms of trade to save time and cost and to increase their business presence in the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese farmer from the Mekong River Delta has been honored by the King of Cambodia for his achievement of building an armored vehicle for the Cambodian army.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Museum of History opened an exhibition yesterday displaying one of the biggest, most intact collections of bronze Dong Son drums.

 New campaign fights violence against women; HCM City clinics need more doctors; Japan to teach farmers use of high-tech equipment; Endangered animals rescued from traders; Germany supports forest protection in Vietnam

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 VietNamNet Bridge – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay official visits to Russia and Belarus from November 23-28.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoang Anh Gia Lai team started working with physical trainer Anthony Debant on Monday to prepare for the coming season.

VietNamNet Bridge – On November 19, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen was the fourth cabinet member to be queried at the 8th National Assembly session about unemployment, job creation for workers,

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese frigates with more than 200military officers and sailors on board under the command of Deputy Chief of the Vietnam Navy Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Kiem, docked on November 19 at Muara Port, Brunei.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Mr. Ted Osius to become U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam.