In many cases, the improvement in the current assets does not always mean the improvement in intellectual property. In many localities with high living standards, people still have low education levels.

Suffering from anemia and brittle bone disease, Tuan Tu is 5 years old but he looks like a 2-years-old baby. Each month he lives for 18 days in hospital for three times of blood transfusions, which cost up to VND4-5 million ($200-250).

 Over 200 firms in Ca Mau go out of business; Slowdown sees smart phone slump; Foreign reserves surge to $20b, says ADB; Vacancy rates fall for retail space; IT firms struggle in own market; $1.3 billion invested in central EZ

 Incumbent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won Sunday's presidential election with 54.42 percent of the vote, while opposition leader Henrique Capriles has accepted defeat and congratulated the socialist president.

  VietNamNet Bridge - The 2013 football season will surely be held, but the draw schedule will be postponed.

While the global economic crisis has dealt a strong blow on enterprises in many business fields, software firms still can live well because they can grab the opportunities in the crisis.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On October 6, more than 60 dragons, unicorns, and phoenixes attended the Hanoi Dragon Dance Festival at the My Dinh Stadium Square.

  Salary increases this year have in general been higher than inflation rates, a new survey has found.

 Trade deficit may shrink to $1b; HCM City seeks way out of housing quagmire; Intervention in VN gold market urged; Importers to register gas prices; Clamp on credit growth appropriate, say experts; Banks urged to help firms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has been very impressed by Vietnam’s active preparations for the 18th Asian Games.

 An unmanned cargo capsule blast off Sunday night to launch the first commercial delivery to the International Space Station, marking a major shift in how U.S. sends supplies and gear to the orbiting lab.

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group of mogul Doan Nguyen Duc will provide $200,000 to the Lao Football Federation in two years, to help it hire foreign coaches.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently signed a decision to grant the national treasure title for 30 historical artifacts, including the three items in Danang city: the My Son E1 and Tra Kieu altars and the Tara Bodhisattva statue.

  Community role in preserving cultural heritage; Bac Giang honoured with official titles; 10,000 people participate in ‘Let’s Sing Along’; Exhibition recalls the days and nights of Hanoi’s 1972

 The eurozone finally gets its 500 billion euro rescue fund on Monday when finance ministers meet amid growing uncertainty over Greece's tortuous debt bailout and whether Spain will need help in turn.

  VietNamNet Bridge – The storm Gaemi that passed through the central provinces of Vietnam yesterday damaged dozens of houses, schools, etc. It also caused heavy rains and floods in many areas.

On October 7, thousands of young people participated in the program "Let's sing" at the My Dinh Stadium Square to help the program be awarded a Vietnamese record for the highest number of people who sing and dance together.

 Hanoi launches campaign for the poor; Fields symposium to honor Prof Ngo Bao Chau; Charity opens dental centre in Da Nang; Vinh Long, Kampong Speu boost exchange

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in the central province of Khanh Hoa have been using polluted water over the past four months because of illegal tin miners upstream.

  VietNamNet Bridge - Without super cars, a wedding in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, is still poetic, romantic and still made people surprised.

Vietnam has missed the opportunities to develop the basic electronics industry. Now it has to create the industry from the very beginning, but with a completely new approach.

 US President Barack Obama's campaign intensified attacks Sunday on Mitt Romney's honesty as it tried to halt the Republican challenger's momentum after a strong first debate performance.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new traditional-theatre performance staged twice a month at HCM City's Opera House is attracting a growing number of foreign viewers.

  VietNamNet Bridge – This hen lays eggs but it crows like a rooster, making many curious people come to watch.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water levels in many rivers passing through the central region of Viet Nam have risen to an alarming level due to heavy rains brought in by Tropical Storm Gaemi that hit the area over the weekend.