VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses have unexpectedly received a demand to pay tax arrears worth of up to billions of dong. The businesses complain that they are the victims of the unclear legal documents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more scientists leave research institutes for enterprises, where they can find better jobs. How will the scientific research institutes operate without scientists?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Huong, a resident in Ha Noi's Trung Yen apartment building, seldom visits the market to buy food like other housewives in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Chi Dung’s corruption case at Vinalines has aroused great public criticism and the punishment he gets will measure the country’s anti-corruption will, one official has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Lao Cai provincial authorities have decided to eliminate the wood processing workshops in the forests, or near the forests, in an effort to protect the local forests from illegal lumberjacks.

It’s that time of year again when ghosts and ghouls walk freely through the city, heading on nights out to celebrate Halloween (October 31).

 VietNamNet Bridge - One of the most famous orchestras in the world – the Orchestre de Paris  - will have a performance at the HCM City Opera House on the evening of October 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The rustic but attractive images of the daily life in all regions in Vietnam were shot and shared by foreign visitors on the National Geographic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is quite a surprise that the stories about General Vo Nguyen Giap, the legendary general and national hero cannot be found in school textbooks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting the Cai Rang floating market in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, visitors will be immersed in the miniature world of the southwestern region.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Covering approximately 3.000m2, there are hundreds of graves of whales. Fishermen worship whales like dead men. This is the largest cemetery for whales in Vietnam.

Ever younger people are suffering strokes, according to two studies published on Thursday that warned death, disability and illness from strokes could double by 2030, partly due to unhealthy lifestyles.

Diep Lam Anh and Tran Thi Thu Hien were named winners of the reality show The Amazing Race Vietnam 2013 winning a cash prize of VND300 million last week.

A multipurpose patrol boat with number code of CSB 8001 has been handed over to the defence ministry's Marine Police High Command in the northern province of Hai Phong today.

 Rising food costs bump up CPI in major cities; SBV restarts USD buy-back scheme; Auto show strikes upbeat note; Chinese firms to display produce; EU sends funding for local SMEs

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers on October 24 focused on economic growth while discussing three topics: the socio-economic situation this year, the results of the first three-year implementation of the five-year plan 2011-15,

 The international Tiger Street Football 2013 festival will take place at the Royal City Centre in Hanoi on October 26.

 The Shandong Higher People's Court on Friday rejected Bo Xilai's appeal and upheld the original sentence of life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.

 U.S. researchers said Thursday that an experimental global vaccine may afford "partial protection " in monkeys against challenges with an especially deadly form of the AIDS virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "House in the Alley" is the first Vietnamese movie to be released in the entire U.S. territory by an American film distributor. The Vietnamese horror film by director Le Van Kiet had the premiere in California, USA this week.

Five years after setting foot in Vietnam and repeatedly declaring a loss, the developer of the tallest building in Vietnam – Keangnam Vina – has admitted its behavior of conducting the price transferring worth VND1.22 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When did Ha Noi become the capital of Viet Nam? What are Dong Ho paintings? What pagoda is the oldest in Viet Nam? What pagodas have unique structures or Buddhist treasures?

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 12 invasive alien species are encroaching upon the Dong Nai Culture-Nature Reserve, threatening the biodiversity of the site.

Huynh Uy Dung, the boss of Binh Duong-based Dai Nam Tourist Site, has lodged accusations against the Chairman of Binh Duong to the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and competent bodies.

The majority of the exports in the first nine months of the year came from foreign invested enterprises (FIEs). Experts have warned that domestic enterprises would “die” or be swallowed by foreign sharks.