VietNamNet Bridge – The seven finalists of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 had a photo shoot at the Times Square in New York.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being built at the cost of millions of US dollars, the Phu Huu international port in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City is no different from a fallow ground in the countryside.

Grandmaster Liem wins fifth round at Fujairah Masters; National Muay Thai fighters to compete in HCM City; Thai pilots win Viet Nam Paragliding Open  

Ha Noi boy rescued from kidnappers; 12 people injured in bus crash; Rotten pork seized in Dong Nai Province; Large bamboo grove withers in Hoang Lien National Park; Furniture company punished for polluting

Bad debt tackling program to be announced soon; Becamex Tokyu picks CBRE as condo distributor; Vietnam’s exports to grow by 10%: HSBC; Restructuring SOEs and banking sectors; No US anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese steel pipes

Experts believe that the total overseas remittance to Vietnam may reach 10 billion dollars this year.

 Charlie Chaplin's iconic bowler hat and cane were auctioned off for $62,500 this weekend, as part of an auction which also includes a John Lennon nude drawing of himself and Yoko Ono.

VietNamNet Bridge - Four players of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Arsenal JMG Football Academy will join the young team of Arsenal FC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U22 Vietnamese football team had an unsuccessful start losing 1-4 to host Becamex Binh Duong in its first match at the 2012 Binh Duong Television (BTV) Cup on November 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Italian doctor Roberto De Castro from Bologna has begun examining 50 children who suffer from genital malformations in the central region.

VietNamNet Bridge – My Van, Mai Giang and Thien Trang will compete in the final night of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model on November 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duo d'Accord from Germany will present a piano concert to open the annual European Music Festival in Viet Nam in Ha Noi on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Teen chess master Nguyen Anh Khoi triumphed at the World Youth Chess Championships with one round to go in Maribor City, Slovakia, early yesterday, Nov 18.

 Euroscepticism in Britain has been exacerbated by the eurozone crisis and a British exit from the European Union is now being openly discussed -- unless London's calls for reforms are taken seriously.

The anchovy price has tripled as Chinese businessmen have been collecting anchovy in big quantities, leaving Phu Quoc fish sauce producers in thirst for materials.

VietNamNet Bridge - From December 22, traffic police officers are allowed to be disguised on duty, according to a newly issued circular by the Ministry of Public Security.

  Vietnam, EU end third negotiations for voluntary partnership agreement; Solomon wishes to boost multi-faceted cooperation with VN; Top lawmaker salutes solidarity; PM holds talks with Cambodian counterpart

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called on ASEAN member states to make greater efforts to shape a common voice in major issues of regional and international concern.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the draft Capital Law, Khue Van Cac (pavilion of the constellation of literature) in Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) is chosen as the symbol of the capital city.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the Lunar New Year 2013, for the first time the central city of Da Nang will have a flower street, with a total coverage of over 11,000 m2. The road’s highlight will be a gigantic flower-made cobra.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute for Culture and Arts to make a dossier on Oc Eo-Ba The relic and submit to UNESCO to seek recognition as the world cultural heritage site.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With Ho Chi Minh City announcing plans to build 3D cinema halls at Children’s Houses in the various districts, the public is questioning the necessity to build such cinemas at this time.

About 5300 tons of solid waste is discharged in Hanoi every day; half of which is household garbage from rural areas.

For over a century people from all over the world have experienced the magnificent and misty mountains, splendid rice terraced fields, endless flower hills, vaporous layers of clouds and snow which makes Sapa the landscape of dreams.

It is really good news for Vietnamese software firms that Japan tends to increase the number of outsource orders to other countries. However, this remains the “pie which is difficult to swallow” for Vietnamese information technology firms.