VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will set up an early warning system of infectious diseases related to climate change, a health official has said.

 Vietnamese retailers have expressed concerns about the increasingly competitive retail market, as the country plans to open up to an influx of foreign retailers required by the WTO obligations, which will come into effect from January 11, 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fast food market has formed in Vietnam, with a series of foreign food chains. Why don’t we see many local brands?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hong Kong TV stars Ron Ng and Tavia Yeung will come to HCMC next month to join a series of cultural exchanges and charity auctions.

 Vietnam's advertising wakes up to a changing industry; Electricity market on the horizon in Vietnam; Lotte trade centre put into use in Binh Duong; Credit institutions asked to deal with bad debts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Consumer confidence in Viet Nam rose two points to 97 in the third quarter as local job prospects and personal finance are expected to be more positive next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music industry stakeholders are engaged in a race to release new albums for the upcoming holiday season, but those with more experience are likely to do better in the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Kien Giang Provincial People’s Committee is at odds with the central government over its desire to revoke the investment license granted to Tan Tao Group to build a giant thermal power plant and a deep water seaport complex.

 Hanoi will host the third international meeting on cooperation between Vietnam and Foreign Non-Governmental Organisations (FNGO) on November 28-29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young entrepreneur from the Mekong Delta is helping local rice farmers save money and save the environment with the use of his bio-technology innovations and a sustainable approach to mushroom production.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) brings ‘Nutcracker’ back to the HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on November 29 and 30 for city ballet fans to lap up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Thi Thuoc in HCM City is worried that her eighth-grade daughter will become a drug addict.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has proposed to apply a series of measures to help shipping firms ease their difficulties and regain the maritime transport market from foreign agents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dubbed as "divo of Vietnam", Tung Duong has just released his latest album Doc Dao (Only Path), his biggest music project with Vietnamese-French musician/producer Nguyen Le.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Central Quang Tri is home to about 80 per cent of the country's physically disabled people, but its sports programme has been a "magical wand" changing the lives of those with disabilities for the better

Like other pagodas in Truong Sa Archipelago, the pagoda on Truong Sa Lon Island is not only a place for the islanders to practice their religion but also a unique architectural work that confirms the sovereignty over the sea and islands of Vietnam.

Almost all technologies being transferred in Vietnam are of the same advanced level or better than existing ones in the country, but they do not compare well with those in other regional nations, according to a survey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors turned to sell off shares after a period of being net buyers, although a draft decision has opened opportunities for them to increase ownership in Vietnamese companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences at last month's 2013 Got To Dance competition witnessed 31-year-old Nguyen Thanh Trung do a handstand dance move on stage, turning his body many times in a kind of reverse pirouette.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel, with its lotus sculpture-bearing Dragon and Bitexco Financial Towers, is a major project in the capital city of showing the country’s dynamic growth to its international friends.

 Sumitomo Corporation wants to invest in HCM City;  Marketing tool attracts shoppers;  FPT announces 10-month revenue increase; Domestic retail market full of potential

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has cut deals to buy debts from 20 credit institutions, a source from the enterprise said.

Foreign jewelry firms are believed to lie in wait at the border gate, getting ready to enter the Vietnamese market once the country opens the gold market by 2018, when the import tariff would be cut to zero percent.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For years, the image of Hanoi buses with the two colours of red and yellow has become familiar to both city residents and tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will send up to 43 track-and-field athletes to the upcoming SEA Games in Myanmar, aiming to obtain 10 to 12 gold medals from these sports.