VietNamNet Bridge - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has permitted deputy Nguyen Thanh Tam of HCM City  to be absent from the entire ongoing fourth NA session.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam highly values the Asian-Europe Meeting’s (ASEM) initiatives to promote cooperation in developing human resource, creating jobs and ensuring social protection for sustainable development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Railway equipment and materials have been stolen in the central province of Nghe An recently, threatening safety and causing losses for the railway sector.

The latest updates show that the bad debt increase has slowed down, which is really the good news for the national economy.

 The eurozone's government debt rose to 90 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the second quarter this year from 88.2 percent a quarter earlier, the statistics office of the European Union (EU) said Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City international exhibition futsal championship kicks off today at the Tan Binh Gymnasium, Tan Binh District, with Uzbekistan taking on Kuwait and Viet Nam facing Italy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Supporters' faith in the national team was shaken yesterday, Oct 24, as Viet Nam displayed an unconvincing performance in its 0-1 defeat by Turkmenistan.

 U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will continue adopting the current ultra-loose monetary policy in an effort to bolster tepid economic growth and reduce the high unemployment rate.

 U.S. President Barack Obama is cutting into Republican challenger Mitt Romney's lead among likely voters nationally following the second and third presidential debates, the latest Gallup daily tracking poll showed on Wednesday.

 With the advent of online booking sites, booking a place for a trip to Vietnam has never been such easy and convenient like that.

  Vietnam expects more UN support for development; Deputy PM greets Cambodian guests; Vietnam-Cambodia military relations hailed; Seminar strengthens Vietnam – Laos special ties

The National Assembly’s (NA) 13th Legislature’s fourth session was launched on October 22, 2012 looking for solutions to help firm unclog the economy.

A lot of private universities are still awaiting more students, though October is nearly ending, and state owned schools all have started a new academic year.

Businesses have demanded more loans in foreign currencies to prepare for the year-end production season. Meanwhile, banks have reported the sharp falls in the capital mobilized.

Vietnam takes pride of the higher number of PhDs than any other ASEAN country , but its number of scientific research works published on international journals remains modest.

Despite the current big economic difficulties, the mobile phone market has been growing steadily. The national economy has spent billions of dollars to import the luxurious products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city's Information and Communications Department has denied reports in local newspapers that some local residents have been accidentally exposed to dioxin.

The UNESCO-recognized world heritage, Hoi An ancient town, in central Viet Nam, has been named for the first time as one of the ten leading tourism cities in Asia, according to Condé Nast Traveler, the world's premier travel magazine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Van Anh, former coach of the V-League's Hoang Anh Gia Lai team, is aiming to take his new side all the way in this year's Lao National Cup and hopes some Vietnamese recruits can help him in his quest.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has unexpectedly resumed its sale of notes to commercial banks after four months of interruption.