Vietnam’s 3G service fee 40 times cheaper than in Europe

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of 3G subscribers and the average used traffic per subscribers have increased rapidly, which has made the initially designed 3G service packages become unreasonable.

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U.S. initial jobless claims drop to five-year low

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid fell sharply to a five-year low last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

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France to approve gay marriage but debate rumbles on

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago 2 related news

France to approve gay marriage but debate rumbles on

France's parliament will finally approve a bill to legalise gay marriage on Tuesday after months of protests that have shown no sign of abating in the run-up to the historic vote.

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Plane misses Bali runway and lands in sea

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

A passenger jet operated by budget airline Lion Air -- which recently sealed blockbuster orders for new planes -- missed the runway at Bali airport Saturday and landed in the sea but everybody on board survived.

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Do you speak Globish?

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 month(s) ago

Do you speak Globish?

Editor’s Note: Peter Cornish, a Londoner, has lived in Vietnam since 2008. Cornish has been in education for more than twenty years, initially as an English teacher, then in operations, management and marketing positions. He is going to discuss a new form of the English language in this article.

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SCIC’s revenue sources raise concerns

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

SCIC’s revenue sources raise concerns

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has earned trillions of VND via bank deposits, accounting for 40% of its revenues in 2012.

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Vietnam moves to legalize football betting

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 month(s) ago

Vietnam moves to legalize football betting

The Ministry of Finance has finalized a draft bill on football betting before passing it on to the government to submit to the law-making National Assembly. The bill was initially prepared in late 2010.

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Local firms in distress over gold bar trading rule

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SaigonTimes English 2 month(s) ago

Local firms in distress over gold bar trading rule

HANOI, HCMC – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a circular ruling it will initially trade in SJC-labeled gold bars only while corporate traders express their anxieties about the dark side of the rule.

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Staff cuts looming at banks

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Báo Đầu Tư English 3 month(s) ago

Staff cuts looming at banks

Vietnam’s restructuring banking industry is moving ahead with plans to cut staff after initially announcing plans to cut salaries and bonuses for their staff in the 2013 Lunar New Year.

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Hi-tech training centre breaks ground in HCM City

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Báo Đầu Tư English 4 month(s) ago

Hi-tech training centre breaks ground in HCM City

The US-based Saigon Advanced Institute of Technology LLC (SAIT) and its strategic partner Hoang Quan Real Estate Corp. (Hoang Quan) started construction on their SAIT high technology training centre at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9 on January 8.

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Cargo ship fire kills crewman, injures 2

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

A cargo ship caught fire in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province's Military Zone 7 Port on Thursday, leaving one crew member dead and two others injured.

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Creative students earn cash in student halls

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Báo Dân Trí English 5 month(s) ago

Creative students earn cash in student halls

Students at several university halls of residence have devised creative ways of earning a living.

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Qantas-Emirates alliance wins conditional approval

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Báo Đầu Tư English 5 month(s) ago

Qantas-Emirates alliance wins conditional approval

Australia's competition watchdog on Thursday gave its preliminary approval to a global alliance between struggling carrier Qantas and Dubai-based Emirates, but only for five years initially.

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Ministry asks for gov’t support for poorer households

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SaiGon GP English 5 month(s) ago

The Ministry of Construction has asked the government to promulgate the housing policies so as to support the poorer households during the period 2011-2015, for the Program 167 of Stage 2.

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Forty tonnes of fish die en-masse.

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

About 40 tonnes of red tilapias worth over VND1 billion (US$47,700) have died en masse in Thanh Binh town and Tan Thanh commune in the southern province of Dong Thap over the last few days.

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