Mozart’s final opera debuts in Ho Chi Minh City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Magic Flute, one of the greatest works of 18th-century musical prodigy W.A. Mozart, will be staged in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on November 9 and 10.

Vietnam bags two golds at SEA shooting champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese marksmen on November 7 pocketed two gold medals at the ongoing 2013 Southeast Asian Shooting Championships (SEASA) taking place in Malaysia.

Ly Hoang Nam wins in int’l tennis tournament

 Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beat the host nation’s favourite Go Hyun 7-6 in their November 6 match at the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) B1 Group Tournament in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

125,604 people evacuated as supertyphoon lands in Philippines

 At least 125,604 people have evacuated to safe places as typhoon "Haiyan", believed to be the strongest cyclone of this year in the world, made a landfall over Guiuan municipality in eastern Samar of the Philippines Friday morning.

Vietnam joins UN Convention against Torture

 Human rights major priority for Viet Nam; Hanoi to host int’l East Sea seminar; Vietnam becomes 81st signatory to UNCAT; Namibia President to visit Vietnam

HCM City to hold many river activities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many cultural and sport activities in rivers will be held by HCMC to attract tourists and the city will call for investments to build piers and wharves.

Typhoon Haiyan enters the East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Haiyan, the most powerful storm in the past decade, is moving quickly towards the East Sea and is forecast to pound central coastal provinces on November 10.

Transfer pricing: It’s to blame on VN’s bad policy response ability

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should blame itself for a series of transfer pricing cases found recently.

Anti-corruption measures not strict enough to curb violations

VietNamNet Bridge – Most lawmakers agreed the number of corruption cases brought before the public's eye was merely a drop in the ocean, and current anti-corruption measures were not strict enough to serve as effective deterrents.

Indian festival of light scheduled in Hanoi, Saigon this weekend

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world over, festivals have been transmitters, preservers and developers of culture through generations. What's more, they are fun events that almost everyone looks forward to.

Land recall sparks concerns at NA Constitution debates

VietNamNet Bridge – Many National Assembly deputies during discussions on Tuesday on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution spoke out concerns on a clause that allows for recalling land for economic projects, and pushed for changes to that.

VN enjoys good football draw

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam faces a fighting chance to make the men's football competition at the 27th Southeast Asian Games, as the country prepares to battle an old rival.

People upset with monk who replaced ancient statue with his own statue

On November 6, several social networking sites shared photos and video clips in which people denounced a monk of the Chan Long temple in Thach That district, Hanoi, of arbitrarily changing an ancient Buddha statue with a statue of himself.

The Vietnamese activeness in Japanese eyes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only Vietnamese traditional hand made or farm produce, but modern high technology products have also deluded Japanese customers.

No one takes management over English teaching at preschools

While the Ministry of Education and Training has been strictly supervising the implementation of the program on teaching English at primary schools, it does not keep a keen eye on the preschool’s teaching.

Students make water filters for flood-stricken areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students Nguyen Anh Hung and Truong Quoc Vi from the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City know what it's like to be without fresh water in flood ravaged, contaminated areas.

Hydropower plants haven’t paid debts to the forests

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taking away thousands of hectares of forests, hydropower plant developers have not paid the environment service fees and re-planted the forests.

Specialized board for coffee planting to be set up

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will establish a board in charge of replanting coffee trees to help Central Highlands provinces have high-quality coffee and increase the survival rate of replanted trees.

Foreign investors think it’s time to swallow local firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors need to grab the opportunity to make investment decisions right now, in the “twilight.” The opportunity would slip out if it gets lighter, or the Vietnam’s national economy fully recovers.

Two HCM City restaurants in Asia top ten

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two restaurants in HCM City have been listed in this year's top ten best restaurants in Asia rated by readers of TripAdvisor.

Telcos instructed to work alongside OTT firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked telecoms companies to co-operate with businesses providing over-the-top (OTT) services to allow free phone calls and messages for users.

Exotic fish harms biodiversity in Dong Nai province

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exotic fish species has been found as not only harmful to the fish farming in Mekong River Delta provinces, but also to many native plant and animal species.

Brain-machine interface lets monkeys move two virtual arms with minds: study

U.S. researchers said Wednesday that monkeys in a lab have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity.

Hard Rock Cafe offers new daily performer

Radio City, a music band from UK, will be the frequent performer at Hard Rock Cafe HCM City.

Food security for Southeast Asia on the menu

About 60 international and domestic decision makers and researchers have debated how to build scenarios for food security, environment and livelihoods for Southeast Asia by 2050.