With a total investment of VND56 billion ($2.8 million), the 30-episode “Tran Thu Do” television film project was kicked off in 2009 to celebrate Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary but two years after the anniversary, the film has not been aired yet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the beginning of the year about 80% of all high-rise fires have occurred in Hanoi, with the number one reason being electrical malfunctions.   

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tired after a busy week, I went to rejuvenate at Emeralda Ninh Binh Resort, a perfect place at the edge of the Van Long Nature Reserve, about 90km south of the capital.

 As government reports brought optimistic job data in the past few days, the private sector was largely surprised and remained suspicious.

Chinese and ASEAN sourced goods have been flooding the Vietnamese market and competing fiercely with Vietnam made products. Meanwhile, the situation would be even worse when the ASEAN-China free trade agreement (ASEAN +1) fully takes effect by 2015.

On October 8, the Vietnam Television (VTV) sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Information and Communications, VTC and some paid-TV service providers on the purchase of the British Premier League TV right in the next three seasons (2013-2016).

The huge assets worth trillions of dong lying in the ships have been drifting on the open sea, while commercial banks and finance leasing companies cannot call them back.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has agreed to allocate VND 27,509 billion for reducing poverty in a sustainable manner in the 2012-2015 period. 

  VietNamNet Bridge – Weapons of all kinds, including the most modern models, are rampantly offered for sale on the Internet.

 Balance of payments: From deficit to surplus; Garment makers seek to improve export turnover; Better agricultural statistics needed; Da Nang centre to develop new rice seed varieties; Vietnam’s GDP growth at 5.1 percent: IMF

Vietnam has been cherishing the ambitious plan on making biofuel, which would be consumed domestically as the “fuel of the future.” However, this proves to be a far-away dream.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam saw a registration of over 8 million new telephone subscribers in the first nine months of this year, up 10 percent over the same period last year.

 A US appeals court Thursday lifted a sales ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones in a patent fight with Apple, saying there was no evidence sales were driven by features copied from the iPhone.

Big technology firms and publishing houses, which plan to join the ebook market, have been repeatedly urging state management agencies to declare war with piracy.

  SC Bank provides US$1 million for eye care program; Festival for ophthalmology sector; National seminar on journalism ethics; HCM City flyover planned to alleviate traffic chaos

  Int’l Fashion Fair opens; HTV singing contest begins tonight; Sene Dolta festival celebrated in Can Tho; Nhu Quynh works as jurywoman of Hanoi Int’l Film Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge - "The autumn weather in Hanoi is pleasant. I’m completely overwhelmed. Vietnam is a great destination," Mrs. World 2012 April Lufrice said.

Twenty-four people from the central city of Da Nang, who have high dioxin concentrations in their blood, were discharged from Military Hospital 103 in Hanoi on October 11 after a month-long detoxification course.

The Quang Nam People's Committee yesterday, Oct 11, decided to stop the development of two hydropower plants and suspend the construction of 17 others after delays had led to problems and mounting frustration in the area.

VietNamNet Bridge – German Director Michael Haneke, who won the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, refused to go to Vietnam to attend the Hanoi International Film Festival because he could not travel by air.

  VietNamNet Bridge – At this special fair, held once a year, people can buy many things of the past.

Unable to sell products and access bank loans, a lot of businesses have come to an impasse. The circumstances are so serious that they even do not have money to pay salaries to workers.

Vietnam asks China to respect its sovereignty and refrain from wrongful actions so as to make practical contributions to developing the friendship and cooperation between the two countries as well as maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea.

Wrestlers compete in Thai Nguyen; Vietnamese chess players invited to UAE tournament; Marksmen Thanh shoots for top prize in Thai World Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 21st World Military Taekwondo Championship will be held at the Military Zone No.7’s Sport Complex Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from October 19-26.