More than 20 million Vietnamese or 23 percent of the population have access to the Internet, 20 percent higher than the world average. However, by the middle of 2008, 62 percent of them claimed to have used the Internet for entertainment purposes. This is an alarming figure.

Over the past few days, parishioners of the Thai Ha diocese in Hanoi have committed unlawful acts of assembling, breaking down a brick wall of a garments company and holding vigils to cause social disorder and public indignation. They have even defied persuasion from the local administration to disband.

The great success of the August 1945 Revolution led to the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, blazing a trail for glorious national development.

One and a half years after joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO), everything seems to have gone well, but strong fluctuations in the market are against all expectations. Leading economists give an in-depth analysis of what Vietnam has gained and lost over the past 18 months.

Now turning 41, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has taken many important steps in its cooperation and unity process to become one of the most successful regions in the world.

Over the past month, Vietnam has actively coordinated and chaired the sessions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) since it assumed its month-long rotating presidency in July, helping to increase the operational efficiency of the organisation.

No one and no agency want their best employees to leave. In a new workplace, they may even make a better contribution to society. That is why this should be considered a normal practice.

How to overcome the contradiction between farming households and small-scale production in the current larger-scale commodity economy at higher production levels?

According to economists, increasing interest rates means a decrease in the money supply. But when money supplies drop to their lowest level and interest rates are still being adjusted by banks, high interest rates will have an adverse impact and cause a lack of liquidity for the banks.

Vietnamese Buddhists never allow any individuals or organisations to make use of the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang’s funeral to achieve their political aims because this is an insult to the ethics of the Vietnamese people, including Buddhist monks, nuns and followers.