While MOLISA believes that raising the minimum wage is a must, businesses fear that the production costs would be higher, while laborers worry that their actual income would go down.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Cham tower foundation found in Phong Le Village in March is one of the biggest such structures found in Viet Nam,

…is the big worry about the market decline not only of fledgling air carriers like Air Mekong or Vietjet Air, but also of the national air flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, which is holding more than 70 percent of the market share.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the last two weeks, a “campaign” to hunt hornets to sell to China has boomed in Hamlet 10 in Dai Nai ward of the central province of Ha Tinh.

 ICA tells Vietnam to play by rules; Consortium pockets $335m deal to action O Mon 1; Asia’s biggest MDF factory commissioned; Sufficient supply of petrol for domestic use: ministry; Vietnam invests in two hydro-electric power plant in Laos

 The Paralympic torch was on Wednesday heading to London in an overnight relay through the countryside of southern England, to arrive in the British capital for the Games' traditional opening ceremony.

 A team of astronomers has found two planets orbiting around a pair of stars roughly 5,000 light years away from the Earth, declaring it the first multi-planet system centering a binary star.

 Classical music performance for charity; Art Photograph Festival marks National Day in HCM City; HCM City photo contest announces winners; Duc Tuan to perform with Asia’s famous opera singer

A lot of conglomerates have been put into a dilemma. Though some investment deals have brought loss, they cannot withdraw capital from the projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many artists have expressed their discontentment over the decision of suspending investigation over Mr. Le Ngoc Minh, former Vice Chief of the Vietnam Cinema Agency.

At the request of the Vietnam Football Federation, two football clubs owned by arrested mogul Nguyen Duc Kien have assigned their executive managers as their temporary representatives while Kien is suspended from football-related activities.

 With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.

 New education plan signed between Vietnam and Cambodia; Fire burns down communal market; Diplomat's 100th birthday marked; Central region toddler dies from bee stings

An Airbus 321 of Vietnam Airlines had its sliding pontoon burst open when the plane just landed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City on August 25, when a passenger naturally opened an emergency door to “get off the plane easily.”

 The newly-crowned Miss Sport Vietnam, Lai Huong Thao, will represent Vietnam at Miss Supranational 2012 beauty pageant from Tuesday until September 15 at the TV Event & Convention Center in Warsaw, Poland.

The 15th day of the lunar seventh month or Ram Thang Bay (Ghost Festival) will fall on Friday, August 31. To serve the festival, votive papers and paper-made items for the dead have flooded many streets in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang's Le Huynh Duc has been voted Best Coach for the 2011-12 V-League season, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tram Gian (One-hundred-compartment) Pagoda would be restored to its original state, a representative from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Cultural Heritage Department said yesterday.

 While the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drafting a plan on rice purchasing for temporary reserve to boost farmers’ profits, local farmers have cast doubt on the program.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the National Cultural Heritage Council a request for national ranking of 11 cultural relics in 12 provinces and cities of Vietnam.