The powerful international bank lobby IIF warned Tuesday that Greece's newly revamped bailout program still faces large risks as long as the economy continues to contract sharply.

While the real estate market has become frozen, low-cost and medium-class product sales have been going very slowly, deluxe products still can be sold well in Vietnam, which has prompted the biggest fashion brands to flock to the country.

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Vietnamese feel happy when Vietnamese telcos have reached a consensus in the pricing policy on international call charges. However, a new worry has been raised that the number of illicit international calls would increase.

Credit-based training is considered a breakthrough in the university education. However, a lot of problems have arisen in the schools’ path towards the advanced training model.

Seafood companies have begged the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to allow them to borrow money in foreign currencies until the end of 2013 to help them overcome the current difficulties.

In the context of the non-refundable aid decrease from developed economies, the implementation of NAMA would be a good solution for Vietnam to receive financial support and technology transfer.

VietNamNet Bridge – The government has decided that tourism is one of the key industries of the national economy. However, the current policies don’t support the development.

 Lam Vinh Hai, a street jazz dancer, was named as Viet Nam's favourite dancer on Saturday at the awards ceremony for the first season of the Vietnamese version of the American TV dance-competition show So You Think You Can Dance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Working slowly, a woman would be beaten by her husband. She would also be maltreated if she cooks rice not very well, does not respond to her husband quickly or even with no attention.

Dramatisations of historical times and figures need to be made very carefully by cultural creators, according to participants at a workshop about the boundaries between historical fact and fiction held over the weekend in the capital.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has invited coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad for their two Asian Cup qualifying games early in 2013.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanel, DOJI and N&G started construction of the US$1 billion Ha Noi South Supporting Industrial Park (Hanssip) in the capital city's Phu Xuyen District yesterday, Dec 17.

The $300 million estate project of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group in Yangon has broken the four-pillar position of the investors of Singapore, Thailand, Japan and Hong Kong in the tourism and commerce real estate market in Myanmar.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon’s streets have been decorated to celebrate Christmas and New Year, with millions of colored lights at night.

 Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violence against women in Viet Nam is often fueled by a pervasive association of masculinity with toughness and dominance, which men typically acquire in adolescence,