VietNamNet Bridge – Even though sea turtles are listed on the endangered species list and are in urgent need of protection, many Vietnamese fishermen capture these rare animals for the big profits to be made. 

While foreign textile and garment companies have geared up with their investment plans in Vietnam to prepare for the Trans Pacific Economic Partnership (TPP) agreement, Vietnamese businesses have been staying put.

Beef jerky is made from wheat flour not sponge foam, confirmed Nguyen Nhu Tiep, Director of the National Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality Assurance Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on November 5.

Vietnamese model Dang Vu Dieu Huyen won second prize at the Supermodel International 2013 contest in Bangkok last Saturday.

 Huge potential for cooperation with Middle East, North Africa; Garment and textile exports to reach US$19 billion; 11 export items surpass US$2 billion; Gazprom considers liquefied gas provision to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition "Japan in Me" introduces the works by Ando Saeko - the Japanese artist who used Vietnam lacquer techniques to show the art of Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities have granted nearly 360 individual transaction codes for foreign investors in the January-October period, 2.5 times higher than the same period in 2012.

The downpour that lasted for several hours in the afternoon of November 5, combined with high tides caused heavy flood on many roads in HCM City. At the same time, people in Can Gio district is preparing to confront the 13th storm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Xuan Vinh is expected to perform well at the ISSF World Cup Finals, which start today in Munich, Germany.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s export turnover reached an estimated 11.7 billion USD last month, representing a year-on-year rise of 12.7 percent, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade at an online meeting in Hanoi on November 4.

 U23 Vietnam will clash SEA Games 26 defending champions Malaysia at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Myanmar later this year.

Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than 2.2 billion U.S. dollars to resolve criminal and civil investigations for misbranding antipsychotic drugs and paying kickbacks to pharmacists,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Thailand agreed to strive for two-way trade turnover of US$15 billion by 2020 at the first session of the Viet Nam-Thailand Joint Commission on Bilateral Co-operation in Bangkok yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the world blitz chess ranking in November, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem keeps his second position after Hikaru Nakamura of the USA.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant and other candidates performed in swimwear and evening gowns in the semi-finals, which took place last night in Moscow, Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen steel toilets will be arranged in the public areas and densely populated areas in Hanoi.

An explosion broke out at the office of the authorities of Nghi Long commune, Nghi Loc district of the central province of Nghe An at about 2.30am on November 4, destroying the room of the commune’s Party Secretary.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most lawmakers agreed with the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution at a discussion yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, where information cannot be checked immediately--businesses may fall down just because of rumors. It is estimated rumors cause the damage of hundreds of billions of dong.

 A four-day festival displaying foods and specialities from 20 countries and territories worldwide will be held beginning on December 5 at the September 23 Park in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A council will be set up to assess the total damage to the Muong Cultural Space Museum in Hoa Binh Province, after a fire started by a group of tourists engulfed the hundred-year old property.

VietNamNet Bridge – A report by the World Bank on October 31, revealed some of the sectors with highest corruption problems in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Postgraduates complain that it is getting more and more costly to study for master degrees. It is not because of the high tuitions, but of the under-the-table money they have to pay to lecturers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Choosing painting over more lucrative careers seems to have paid off for a Hanoian artist who uses images of lotuses to create intricate commentary on the human condition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh slid one place to 7th position in the latest men’s singles world ranking, published recently by the Badminton World Federation.