The Group of Twenty members must effectively manage rising economic risks, deliver on past commitments and adopt more complete and collective policies to achieve their growth objectives,

VietNamNet Bridge – A collective wedding for 120 pairs of young, low-income workers will be held at the Grand Palace in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12, 2012.

Lobster farmers in the south-central provinces are facing losses because Chinese traders have reduced their buying, sending prices of the crustacean plunging.

The National Assembly on June 20 adopted five more laws, including the Law on Price, the Law on Judicial Assessment, the Law on Law Dissemination and Education, the Law on Dealing with Administrative Violations and the amended Law on Trade Union.

Training centres for tertiary entrance exams, which are crowded with students as testing time is drawing near, have been losing ground to online courses.

Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand to fight human trafficking; Myanmar delegation visits Viet Nam today; Vice President boosts ties with Laos; Hungarian Ambassador receives Friendship Order

Pro-bailout conservative New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in Wednesday as prime minister of debt-crippled Greece, and pledged to work hard to give people tangible hope.

Almost 734,000 people found new jobs in the first half of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 2 percent, reported the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on June 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 7 photographs by Viet Van, a photojournalist of Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper, will be displayed at the third Singapore International Photography Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Women’s Union from the central province of Quang Tri is cooperating with its counterparts from Laos’ Savannakhet Province and Thailand’s Mukdahan Province to combat human trafficking, especially that of women.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty eight professional motorcyclists from 19 motor clubs will compete in the 2012 Vietnam Motor Cub Prix in Danang on June 24.

Giant Olympic rings on Wednesday was unveiled at Heathrow, the Host Airport of the Games.

At many moments in June, the prices of 2012 iPads in Vietnam were equal to that in Hong Kong with the price of 13.3 million dong for 4G 16GB model.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s female sepak takraw team has won a silver medal at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Shandong, China.

VietNamNet Bridge – Party Politburo member Dinh The Huynh visited the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Tien Phong (Vanguard) and Lao Dong (Labour) newspapers in Hanoi on June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat authorities on June 18 exploded mines to destroy 50m out of hundred meters of tunnels dug by illegal tin miners in the Valley of Love, a famous tourist destination.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and the US will strengthen ties in non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, anti-terrorism, drugs and transnational crimes prevention, disaster relief, sea security, and search and rescue activities.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government has issued a number of policies to use energy effectively and develop the nation’s energy network to serve its socio-economic development.

Though Vietnam has a close legal framework on protecting forests and wildlife, the laws seem unhelpful. Green forests still have been devastated, while wild animals still have been killed.

Vung Ro is a small bay in Phu Yen Province. During wartime, it was a secret place for receiving armaments transported from the North to the South by sea. Today, it has become a famous lobster raising area in the province.