VietNamNet Bridge – A 70-year-old German man left his family and job to come to Vietnam, where he can fulfill his aspiration for protecting primates, especially delacour langurs.

Shipbuilding yards have been left idle and big ships have become rusty, while crews have been calling for help from abroad.

Vietnam has been opening its doors to receive foreign tourists for the last 20 years. However, it remains unprofessional in persuading foreign travelers to spend their money in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Street crime is now huge throughout Saigon, making people afraid whenever they go out. Why is street crime rampant?

VietNamNet Bridge - They are Vietnamese who have settled and attained great success overseas to become millionaires or billionaires. They are considered the most successful Vietnamese in the world.

 Tough negotiations on the European Union's 2012 budget looked headed for collapse Tuesday after the European parliament boycotted talks just days before a key summit on the EU's longer term budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To honor unique cultures of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups, a photo exhibition is opening at Lam Son Park in District 1 until November 20.

Vietnam’s beverage sector draws investors; RoK tops list of investors in Hanoi; Russia to open air route to Cam Ranh; FDI firms outperform local businesses; Building materials sector in a jam; State-funded projects get less capital next year

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has asked the municipal People’s Council’s approval to increase  registration fees for cars of less than 10 seats from VND2 million to VND20 million ($100-$1,000).

A lot of tycoons in the real estate market were listed as the richest stock millionaires in 2007--owing to the big volumes of shares they held. However, their asset values have fallen down sharply also because of the shares.

The World Health Organization revealed an emergency program in coordination with Sudan's Federal Ministry of Health to mobilize 2.4 million doses of yellow fever vaccine to combat the disease recently spreading in the Darfur region.

VietNamNet Bridge - On November 13, Bien Hoa City’s Police Agency, Dong Nai Province, began investing the “robbery” of the body of an old woman at the Thong Nhat Hospital.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fencers continued their domination by winning two more gold medals on the second day of the Southeast Asian Fencing Championship in HCM City yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has recently announced that it has yet to give a decision on the Dong Nai 6 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower plants and that it will wait for an open assessment of environmental impact reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent increase in the fine for improper vehicle ownership transfer has generated a substantial public outcry, even though relevant authorities affirm that the fines are necessary.

Two officials of Cu Lao Dung District's An Thanh Dong Commune will be punished for misappropriating tens of millions of dong from national programmes, says the district people's committee chairman Le Van Hieu.

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Hundreds of millions of dong are paid to the CEOs who work in the “hot business fields” such as finance and banking, power and oil and gas.