The National Committee on Professorship Titles yesterday gave certificates to 52 new professors and 470 new associate professors.

 As many as 21 of the total 70 bottling establishments in the central province of Nghe An have been suspended for producing poor-quality bottled water.

 Juvenile delinquents are on the rise and their crimes are more horrific, according to the Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order (C64). 

 The Ha Noi's Department of Transport will reduce the  number of buses on roads where construction sites are located, to ease  traffic congestion during rush hours, from today.

VietNamNet Bridge - Just within three months, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has announced a series of plans to borrow money for the state budget totaling $5.3 billion. 

 Gucci on November 13 announced the opening of its store in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City’s Dong Khoi shopping district.

 HCM City expects to reduce emissions by 2020 by 10.5 per cent, and by 19.1 per cent if it receives external support in its quest to become a low-carbon city.

 When planning your itinerary for your next backpacking trip to Vietnam, the following suggestions of Rough Guides will help ensure that you don’t miss discovering any of the highlights.

 VietNamNet Bridge introduces the top 10 islands in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With many historical, cultural relics and fascinating tourist attractions, the 10-square-kilometer Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, is one of the country’s most amazing places to explore.

Mekong River Delta enterprises prepare for TPP, Foreign developers make beeline for Vietnam's property market, HCMC eyes public transport system completion by 2030, Gov’t provides more incentives for supporting industries

 PM wants fast work on airport, HCM City plans multi-story parking lot near airport, Hanoi police break up drug ring, Experts recommend ethics code for social work sector, HIV/AIDS control programmes face several difficulties

  Vietnam once again affirmed it has full historical and legalevidence for its sovereignty claim over islands in the East Sea at the 25thannual workshop on constraining latent conflicts in the East Sea in Indonesia.

 There will be no significant change in the Vietnamese economy next year even though a number of free trade agreements and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will take effect, the head of a government think tank has said.

 Hanoi authorities are struggling to deal with rising number of commercial posters and banners for music events littering the streets.

 Vietnam has successfully met the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women.

 France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 120 people were killed in gun and bomb attacks in Paris.

 More and more banks are becoming engaged in green credit but it's been a long time coming.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will have three players taking part in the 2015 Three-Cushion Billiards World Championship in Bordeaux, France on December 1 to 5.

VietNamNet Bridge – Annemarie Weegenaar lives in Tam Dao national park, a humble home about 65km northwest of Ha Noi that she shares with 148 bears, and counting.

VietNamNet Bridge – Outside the usual scope of performances tourists attend - mostly water puppetry - exists the Viet Theatre's artistic interpretation of len dong, a traditional ritual in which a medium is posessed by several deities.

VietNamNet Bridge - All 10 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) the state plans to put on sale soon are big players in their fields, creating interest among institutional investors.

Dong Van Karst Plateau in Ha Giang Province was recognized in 2010 by UNESCO as a world geological park. The plateau is a true masterpiece of nature where man is small against the vastness of the sky, mountains and clouds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai says enterprises should utilise opportunities when the country joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper interviews.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to move from single-dimensional poverty measurement to a multidimensional approach.