Analysts have pointed out the two biggest barriers that may prevent foreign investors from joining the Vietnamese market or force them to “take a roundabout” when entering Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – London Olympian Phan Thi Ha Thanh won four out of five women's individual gold medals in the National Gymnastics Championships which has wrapped up in Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - An employee of the Techcombank in Thanh Hoa Province has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison on charges of abusing his position to appropriate property and gambling.

According to the statement issued by the Office of the Government yesterday, November 1, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had asked the leaders of ministries, sectors and localities, especially the heads to minimize overseas business trips.

That is the announcement from the Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to agencies, organizations, people, overseas Vietnamese and foreigners after the temporary closure for periodic maintenance, renovation in 2012.

 The US unemployment rate could tick up slightly but the numbers will likely show an economy still generating new positions at a modest rate when October's jobs report is published Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ways to control corruption and the increasing number of juvenile crimes provided grist for debate between deputies in the ongoing 13th National Assembly yesterday, Nov 1.

  Italian PM to visit Vietnam; Russian Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; Prime Minister to attend ASEM 9; Vietnam values ties with Algeria; Vietnamese, Thai provinces look to further investment ties

The inventory indexes announced by the General Statistics Office (GSO) have been described by ministries as “excessively pessimistic.”

 Mohammed Saad and his family came home to a dead goat in their street, a rocket shell in the front yard and a burnt-out house, victims of score-settling that has rocked the Libyan town of Bani Walid.

 Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s foreign policy that deem the EU as its leading partner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Skyfall,” “Breaking Dawn 2”, “Tai Chi Hero” and “Wreck-It-Ralph” are outstanding movies in the first month of the year-end movie season.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The historical martial arts film directed by Victor Vu, which was released early this year will be one of two Vietnamese films that will compete at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival.

Located in the tropics, Vietnam still cannot take full advantage of its sun and wind resources to generate electricity. This has been attributed to the unreasonable mechanism which is unattractive to investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The e-book market in Vietnam is still in its infancy and is growing far too slowly than e-book producers had expected, as Vietnamese readers have yet to acquire the habit of paying online for book content,

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina begins her official three-day visit to Vietnam today, November 2, at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.    

Vietnamese scientists have been quietly implementing the project on setting up a national museum of nature in Vietnam.

Some years ago, foreign investors flocked to southern provinces to seek the opportunities to develop golf course projects. And now they hurry to quit the projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environmental sustainability is the main objective of the Government to avoid the problem of "grow first, clean up later," which is the development strategy of a number of other Asian countries.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has been straining every nerve to find out the solutions to stop the decrease of the foreign direct investment (FDI) flow.