Staggering working hours meet grim reality in Hanoi
	Thursday,  February 2,2012,20:45 (GMT+7) HANOI – The decision on introducing the staggering working and study hours came into force in Hanoi City on Wednesday, which improved transport not much but left the people, especially students and their parents, great inconvenience.

Rice crop in north faces water shortage
	Wednesday,  January 18,2012,00:04 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Central Meteorology and Hydrology Forecasting Center has warned a water shortage will likely hit the winter-spring rice crop 2011-2012 in northern Vietnam.

Transport ministry insists on vehicle fee collection
	Wednesday,  January 11,2012,21:26 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Ministry of Transport still sticks to its plan to collect fees on private vehicles despite a strong opposition from the public, suggesting the pilot collection should be executed first in five major cities – Hanoi, HCMC, Danang, Hai Phong and Can Tho.

Vietnam’s sustainable forest target deemed unattainable
	Monday,  January 9,2012,21:03 (GMT+7) HCMC – A forest development program of the agriculture ministry has a target of making around one-third of the nation’s forests meet sustainable development standards by 2020 but this goal is considered too ambitious.

Income gap gets wider at State groups and corporations
	Thursday,  January 5,2012,20:43 (GMT+7) HANOI – The income gap of employees is getting wider at State economic groups and corporations, according to a recent report.

State management fails to keep up with urbanization pace
	Thursday,  January 5,2012,20:41 (GMT+7) HCMC – The fast pace of urbanization coupled with unsolved woes in recent years has outstretched the management capacity of local authorities, claimed the Ministry of Construction.

Ministry orders search for missing ship’s crew
	Wednesday,  January 4,2012,21:01 (GMT+7) HANOI – All possible measures will be taken to find the missing crew members of the Vietnamese-flagged Vinalines Queen ship that sank 10 days ago off the Philippine coast, said Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang at a press briefing in Hanoi on Tuesday.

State economic sector’s debts revealed
	Wednesday,  January 4,2012,20:48 (GMT+7) HANOI – Recently revealed statistics show that several State economic groups were in hazardous financial condition in the recent past due to loss-making businesses and inefficient investments.

Honda Vietnam says motorbike fire not due to quality
	Friday,  December 23,2011,13:51 (GMT+7) HCMC – Honda Vietnam, speaking about a recent motorbike explosion in Bac Ninh Province and a number of motorcycle fires, said on Thursday quality was not the cause of these incidents.

Vietnam, China enhance ties on Xi Jinping visit
	Friday,  December 23,2011,13:51 (GMT+7) HCMC – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting on Thursday expressed their hopes of bringing ties between the two countries to a new level.