VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of business associations have proposed to set up the corporate income tax rate at lower than 23 percent, the threshold suggested in the draft tax law.

Vietnam’s consistent position on East Sea-related issues, is that they should be resolved by peaceful means in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VietNamNet Bridge – Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong on January 23 arrived in London to pay an official visit to the UK at the invitation of Prime Minister David Cameron.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of January 23, at the Hanoi Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai, the exhibition "Celebrating 40 years of the date of signing the Paris Agreement on Vietnam" opened.

If last year VPF had up to 10 sponsors for the TV rights royalty, this year, it has just found two sponsors, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Dong Tam Long An, and sought only VND10 billion for TV rights royalty for the V-League 2013.

Inspectors and auditors investigated Vinashin and Vinalines for many times without detecting any problems. When corruption was detected, why are the responsibility of inspectors and auditors not considered?

Most Vietnamese IT firms say they would not be foolish enough to get involved in the projects under the mode of private public partnership (PPP) until the legal framework on PPP is set up.

HCM City authorities to Various departments under the Party Committee, People’s Committee and Labor Union in Ho Chi Minh City, met on January 22 to discuss ways to support workers celebrate the coming Tet Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tour guides have never attended any training courses before. However, they still can work well when receiving tourists to their homeland, Sa Pa.

To preserve and promote the art of Chau van singing, the French Cultural in Ha Noi and Viet Nam’s Chau van Singing Preservation Club recently organized a two-night Chau van singing performance, drawing much attention from the public.

Not only Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Group which has been associated with the nickname “Cuong dollar,” but many other conglomerates have also astonished the public when reporting profits after many quarters of taking loss.

The Ho Cong cave, located on the peak of Xuan Dai Mountain in Vinh Ninh commune, Vinh Loc district, Thanh Hoa province, in central Vietnam, is the home to ancient poems carved on the cliff by many kings and authors in the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fifth ASEAN Student Sports Games will take place in Hanoi from June 22-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) plans this year to embark on an ambitious plan to change personnel at faculties of universities, colleges and other tertiary-level training schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Circular No 213/2012/TT-BTC has been issued by the Ministry of Finance to regulate the participation of foreign investors in the securities market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On January 23, two US citizens were awarded the “For Vietnam Agent Orange Victims” insignia in recognition of their fight for Vietnamese AO victims.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has approved a plan to comprehensively restructure the national flagship carrier, Vietnam Airlines by 2015. 

Flower gardens in Nhat Tan village, Hanoi, have suddenly turned into natural parks with many ornaments and all sorts of brightly colored flowers. Young people flock to these gardens to pose for photos, though they have to pay entrance fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many roads in Ha Noi have become extremely overcrowded, causing a stressful and tiring environment for the city's drivers and pedestrians alike, with the lunar New Year Festival fast approaching.

 The global economy is poised for a gradual upturn in 2013 as the constraints on growth gradually ease, but policy complacency should be guarded against as risks remain,