Ho Chi Minh City wants to increase government workers’ salaries so that they match at least the minimum wage in the industrial sector.

 Vietnam bagged five gold medals at the Asian Rowing Cup 2017, which closed on December 10 in Palembang, Indonesia.

 Signature foods from different localities nationwide will be featured during a celebration for New Year 2018 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, the outskirts of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen students in Bac Ninh Province fell from the second floor and were wounded after a school balcony collapsed on Monday afternoon.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 19th session in Hanoi on December 11 to review outcomes of the fourth sitting of the 14th NA and discuss preparations for the next meeting. 

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened its 19th session in Hanoi on December 11 to review outcomes of the fourth sitting of the 14th NA and discuss preparations for the next meeting. 

 Vietnam is improving its business climate to attract foreign investors, including those from Japan, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 This year the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will host the Thanh Nien Newspaper International U21 Football Tournament for the second time since 2014.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam is attending the ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit which opened in India’s capital city of New Delhi on December 11. 

 Qatar pays heed to boosting cooperation with Vietnam, said Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi.

Stores and building facades in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been colourfully decorated over the last days, warming up the atmosphere on the threshold of Christmas.

VietNamNet Bridge - Members of Gen Y are the most important customers for consumer goods manufacturers.

One of the most obvious impacts of climate change on coastal Quang Binh province in the central region is erosion, which has caused landslides and destruction of embankments, threatening people’s property and livelihoods.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs new policies to allow domestic firms to compete equally with foreign ones, experts have said. 

 Local brands continue to gain momentum compared to global counterparts, latest Nielsen study finds.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past, investments worth tens of billions of dong in the education sector would be considered big affairs. Today, the investment capital is up to trillions of VND.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was early 2003. Truong Van Kiem was returning home after visiting his son’s in-laws when he saw a young man chase a woman with a knife.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After fatal medical error, the anguish of victims and their families often drags on because of a lack of specific regulations to determine the appropriate compensation for medical malpractice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Hoang Dinh Canh, deputy director of the Viet Nam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s efforts to increase early HIV screening tests, 

As the world in general and Vietnam in particular are seeing strong increases in power demand, the prospects of solar power producers all over the world are looking bright.