Businesses have asked banks to give more unsecured loans based on business credit rating in a move to unclog the credit sources.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigonese often go to cafés, theaters, cinemas or tourist destinations when they have free time on weekends or holidays while many visitors to HCMC opt for visits to museums to get an insight into culture and history

 Canada will not be intimidated by terrorism and will enhance its fight against terrorist organizations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's rich biodiversity has made it a hub for illegal transportation of rare species and stronger efforts are needed to curb wildlife trafficking, experts said at a workshop that opened in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Van Hoa, Deputy Rector of Ha Noi University of Business and Technology, explains a set of recently proposed criteria for ranking universities to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

A Vietnamese company has only sold lard oil for animal feed to a firm that has been hit by a tainted oil scandal in Taiwan, and does not take responsibility if the importer used it for other purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese museum staff need more practical training, said Amareswar Galla, director of the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, at a conference in Ha Noi yesterday, Oct 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won his fourth gold medal at the ongoing Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday, Oct 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Dat and his family had recently moved into a new condo in Trung Hoa, Cau Giay District in Ha Noi when they started to experience breathing difficulties and headaches.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US partial removal of its embargo against lethal weapon sales to Vietnam has showed a major step towards a "normal" relationship between the two nations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many businesses say they are losing high-ranking managers to foreign companies, leading analysts to warn of a “brain-drain” on a national scale.

VietNamNet Bridge – A health insurance law passed in early 2012 told the State to pay 30 per cent of health insurance card costs for farmers, fishermen and salt workers within a certain income range, but its implementation has been slowed down

The Government Chief Inspector told National Assembly deputies on October 20 that this year 32 government officials have given the Government Inspectorate valuable presents they have received.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the media wrote about a Vietnamese dictionary with many serious errors, the Publication Agency asked publishing companies to review all dictionaries they have published.

Consumer price index (CPI) in the capital city witnessed a light surge while its industrial index registered a sharp increase this October, based on figures from its statistics offic

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from Russia and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will this week examine seafood businesses which export or have registered to ship their products to these markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and President of the European Commission (EC) Jose Manuel Barroso have issued a statement detailing the two sides’ orientations to conclude negotiations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thanh Cong, 57, was one of only a dozen survivors of 1968's infamous My Lai massacre. More than four decades later, he has written a book about the mass murder,

 A paralysed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When the first sun rays glisten upon town, Lo Dieu Beach appears impressive with green-moss rock banks as the tide ebbs in the early or middle of the month.