VietNamNet Bridge – A French jazz concert will be held in Hanoi to entertain music-lovers.

The Ha Noi People's Court on Tuesday sentenced Mabayoje Emmanuel, a Nigerian man, to 18 years in prison for illegally transporting methamphetamine.

 VietNamNet Bridge - September is the time of many special cultural festivals in Vietnam such as the Mid-Autumn festival, the Mong pan-pine festival in Ha Giang or the buffalo fighting festival in Do Son, Haiphong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U.S. Department of Defense website reported that Pentagon leader – Mr. Chuck Hagel - had accepted the invitation of the Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh to visit Vietnam next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Brazilian flutist Joao Bastos and pianist Yara Borges will take to the stage next month to present a special music performance in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts and high-ranking officials from Vietnam and Japan will gather together at a meeting next Thursday in Hanoi to discuss how Japan can get involved in Vietnam’s industrialization strategy.

When the winds of the autumn come is the time dracontomelon fruit is ripening on the streets of Hanoi. Small, round, yellow-ripen fruits are packed with so many memories of those who grew up or lived in the capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tra Vinh is prided as a green city with many large seasoned trees bringing a peaceful and shady atmosphere for visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – These women are not only beautiful but also have courage to perform the job well which is not favorable for women.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trinh Nguyet Minh sits down at the small folded table, wipes the sweat from her face and attentively opens her pamphlet offering advice to first-year university students.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being the scourge of cities, many farmers in the southern province of Dong Thap now consider the bush rats in their fields a delicious treat, as well as a handy source of income they can pursue in between tending crops.

Coach Tran Duc Quynh said young tennis star Ly Hoang Nam will participate in 10 international tournaments to accumulate points before the Youth Australian Open 2014, and the estimated funding for these events is up to over VND1 billion ($50,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Jewellery companies would receive loans to import gold for production, a representative from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) told local media on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of arts performances and events celebrating Russian culture will be held in Ha Noi, HCM City and the southern province of Binh Duong between November 11 and 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major State-run hospitals in HCM City say that in just several weeks, they are likely to run out of scores of medicines needed to treat patients if the municipal administration refuses to extend current procurement methods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An automatic gas locking device has been successfully invented by a Vietnamese engineer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The decision by Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group to undergo a “major operation” by selling real estate projects has been described as an unwise move.

 Siu Black, a prominent Vietnamese popular singer from the Central Highlands, has admitted that she in fact owes  around VND10 billion (USD476,190), not the recently announced VND2.5 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City team will take part in the 2013 Asia Expat Pool Challenge to be held in the ballroom of the Grand Kemang Hotel in Jakarta on September 13-14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A project to teach traditional musical instruments and folk music in primary schools had been lost in oblivion in the last ten years since implementation, but seems to be reviving now.

VietNamNet Bridge – A National Flower Exhibition will be held during Da Lat Cultural Week from December 27-31, with nearly 130 domestic and international enterprises from the flower growing industry

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the HCM City People's Committee, says his administration is determined to redress wrongdoings at four State-owned companies by recovering overpaid amounts in salaries and bonuses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government may allow Vietnamese to enter a casino planned in the special economic zone of Van Don, signaling that it is considering whether such gaming in Vietnam should be opened to more than just foreigners.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The border gates between Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and China, which are the doors to trade and tourism exchange have become the fascinating attractions.

 Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those who are poor have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, thus are more likely to make bad decisions that worsens their situations,