The number of workers who applied for unemployment insurance is rising. By the end of May 2012, besides 175,000 workers who applied for receiving unemployment insurance, over 155,000 others were being monthly paid unemployment insurance.

With the recent string of weak economic data and the simmering eurozone debt crisis, the U.S. central bank announced on Wednesday to extend a bond-buying program intended to lower long-term interest rates while hinting at more steps

VietNamNet Bridge – On June 19, Saigon Air taxi handed over lost luggage, including VND400 million ($20,000) in cash and other valuable assets to a passenger.

After eight years in controversy, the fate of defendant Le Ba Mai who was sentenced to death twice and was also found innocent has not been determined. The ending of the so-called “Vuon Mit extraordinary case” is still a big a question.

VietNamNet Bridge – Because of a pituitary tumor, a man named Duy, in the southern province of Dong Nai, is now 2.03m tall. He is waiting for a surgery at HCM City’s Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, to stop growing in height.

VietNamNet Bridge – Germany’s famous symphony orchestra Berliner Symphoniker will perform a concert entitled “Enternal Concert” together with Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy at the Hanoi Opera House on July 17.

Some years ago, local authorities felt inspired reporting the increasingly high coconut growing areas. Nowadays, they feel puzzled because the coconut prices have fallen dramatically, pushing coconut growers against the wall.

German artworks on display in HCM City; L’Espace presents French film “Welcome”; Duo to perform love songs; FVH offers lecture on spring rolls

VietNamNet Bridge – The Tran Nhan Tong Academy on June 19 introduced the Tran Nhan Tong International Prize for Reconciliation and the Tran Nhan Tong conference on reconciliation at website trannhantongprize.org.

VietNamNet Bridge – During the summer, many children in HCM City usually group up at overpasses across big canals to jump down into the water. HCM City authorities have asked relevant agencies to stop this dangerous action.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue said that 70 percent of VND2.54 trillion ($127 million) of traffic fines collected in 2011 (equivalent to $85 million) was allocated to the traffic police force.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s Vice Chair Nguyen Van Khoi has asked relevant agencies to establish patrol groups which will work 24/7 on major roads.

Better system will help improve flood forecasts; Major cities have CPI reduction; Cabby returns Ipad, $19,000 to passenger; Severe erosion plagues key canal

VietNamNet Bridge – A team of Australian and Vietnamese archaeologists discovered a 3,500 year old man-made toilet believed to be the earliest such device in southern Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh easily defeated Eric Pang of the Netherlands 21-15, 21-18 in the first round match of the Li Ning Singapore Open yesterday, June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra of the Vietnam National Academy of Music will host a concert under the baton of Christian Schumann at the Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street in the capital at 8 p.m. on June 28.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan began a five-day official visit to Thailand on June 20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The rapid fire pieces of news about the bad business performance of Nokia group worldwide has raised a big worry about the fate of the group’s mobile factory in Vietnam.

The final round of Miss Sports 2012 will take place at the Ba Na Hill Resort in the central coastal city of Da Nang on August 5 in which 35 young girls selected from 200 contestants from across the country will take part.

The fifth annual Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue took place in Hanoi on June 20 to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest and concern.