Mountain of four-season flowers in Sapa

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only being the best place to see Sa Pa, Ham Rong Mountain is also known as a royal garden with blooming flowers all year round.

Steve Jobs' boyhood home gets 'historic' designation

 A Silicon Valley city has designated the boyhood home of Steve Jobs an "historic resource" due to the way the legendary Apple co-founder went on to change the world.

Sadness of the “titan” family

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a height of approximately 2.1 m, Mrs. Lang is the shortest among her siblings.

Art & Entertainment Highlights for October 31

 Twenty countries to participate in Taste of the World 2013; 2013’s largest online book festival in November;

Twelfth storm of the year rumbles toward central coast

Viet Nam is likely to experience its 12th tropical storm this year.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 31/10

 Vinaconex sells debts in Cam Pha Cement; SBV outlines scheme to stabilise forex, gold rates; Nokia and FPT ink agreement; HCM City economy runs into difficulties; New Zealand to export potatoes to Vietnam

Autumn - the most beautiful days in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - The seasonal rains, cool winds, sweet scent of milky flowers, sunshine on yellow leaves, ... the fall has come to Hanoi, gentle and subtle.

VN novel wins SEA Writer award

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese writer Thai Ba Loi has been awarded this year's Southeast Asian Writers Award by the Thai Royal Family.

Legal loopholes make debt collection an arduous task

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most commercial banks say it takes time and money to recover debts through legal procedures.

The beauty of Vietnam’s last Queen

 VietNamNet Bridge - Known as the queen of the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, Queen Nam Phuong is known for her matchless beauty.

Controversial Dong Nai 5 and Dong Nai 6A hydropower projects rejected

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of hydropower projects, including Dong Nai 6 and 6A, the two projects had caused many mixed opinions about the environmental impacts, will be removed from the national hydropower development plan.

Telepaths arrested for faking war martyr remains

“Telepath” Nguyen Van Thuy and his wife, Man Thi Duyen, who is also a “telepath,” were arrested for investigation of faking war martyr remains, earning hundreds of thousands of USD from the Bank for Social Policies of Vietnam.

Vietnamese comic book on sovereignty stirs up Chinese concerns

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Chinese press has given many pages recently on Vietnam’s first comic book affirming sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracels archipelagos.  

Vietnam xiangqi stars to compete in World Mind Games

Vietnam xiangqi masters Uong Duong Bac and Nguyen Hoang Yen have qualified for the third SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing this December after their excellent performances at the recent World Xiangqi Championships.

National report: Interbank market hot, no pressure on exchange rate

In its latest report about the macro economy, the National Finance Supervision Council highlighted the heat in the interbank market, where the trading value reached the highest peak so far this year.

Dow, S&P 500 set records on hope of Fed's taper delay

 U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closing at record highs, boosted by increasing expectations that the Federal Reserve would delay the tapering of its quantitative easing after downbeat data.

Sparkle of Hanoi 5-star hotels begin to wane

 Industry experts have suggested that property developers should be careful when investing in Hanoi’s five-star hotel market due to oversupply, as average room rates and occupancy levels continue to decrease.

VND30 trillion bailout disbursed in dribs and drabs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Government officials and experts have become impatient about the slow disbursement of the VND30 trillion bailout to be pumped into the real estate market.

Vietnamese software firms heading towards Japanese market

 VietNamNet Bridge – More Vietnamese software firms target Japan as the biggest market after they obtained certain achievements and realized that it is not too difficult to get orders from the market.

HCM City stops grade book-based school admission mechanism

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Education and Training Department has decided to stop the controversial enrolment mechanism under which schools admit students based on their grade books.

Top leaders receive US business delegation

President Truong Tan Sang said US businesses would continue to be Vietnam's leading partners during a meeting with visiting Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council Evan Greenberg in Hanoi yesterday.

Legislators draft new laws

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers continued their ongoing session yesterday, Oct 29, hearing a report on the draft law on amendments to the Notary Law and discussing the draft law on plant protection and quarantine.

Storm St. Jude Hits Russia's northwest

 Storm St. Jude on Tuesday reached Russia after wreaking havoc in other nations of northern Europe in the past two days and continued to disrupt local transport, energy and communications in three northwestern Russian regions,

Twitter making tweets more 'visual' with overhaul

 Twitter said Tuesday it overhauled its user display to make the messaging service "more visual," as it ramps up competition against photo-sharing services like Instagram.

Construction of North - South express railway re-proposed

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the reports to the Ministry of Transportation and the Office of Government, the Vietnam Railways Corporation has basically agreed with the recommendations of JICA on the North-South railway.