VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem secured his third draw at the Spice Cup Chess Festival in the US yesterday, Oct 14. 

As an amateur cai luong singer, Pham Thi Huyen Trang faced hard times for many years, but her talent finally got the recognition it deserved when she won the gold medal at the Vong Co (Nostalgic Tunes) Golden Bell Contest.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's largest troop of langurs (pygathrix cinerea) are flourishing in the National Kon Ka Kinh Park in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam thrashed Singapore 6-1 in their opening game of the Under-21 International Football Tournament at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Saturday. 

 Efforts to restore investor confidence in Greece's struggling economy took a double blow this week when a major European bottler and a prominent dairy company announced relocation plans.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Credit institutions, attracted by the offered high interest rates and high liquidity have poured trillions of dong into corporate bonds. However, this turns out to be a risky investment channel.

 Insurance industry maintains high growth; Business climate draws investors from S Korea; Firms experience mixed fortunes; HCM City high-tech park proves a success; Strange calls stick mobile users with high charges

 Libya's General National Congress elected Ali Zeidan, a long-time opponent of deposed dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as prime minister on Sunday, the assembly's chief said.

Considering the 500-year-old ancient wreck in the sea of Binh Chau commune in Quang Ngai province as the "fortune" from the sea, hundreds of fishermen stoned the police and explorers to prevent them from exploring the ship on October 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Kuwait have agreed on visa exemptions for their diplomatic passport holders, according to Kuwait's state news agency KUNA.

 Delegation attends Francophone Summit; Leaders of Viet Nam, Laos prepare for landmark year; Vietnam-Laos solidarity inspires literary works

VietNamNet Bridge – The fence of a crocodile farm in Ca Mau city collapsed on October 12. Around 100 crocodiles weighing 50 - 70kg escaped from the farm. By this morning, October 15, 72 crocodiles have been caught.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Hanoi on October 14 for a two-day visit to Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The role and position of businesses and entrepreneurs was highly underlined in important documents and resolutions of the Party and increasingly recognised by society,

 Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk, a revered figure in his home country who had suffered from a number of ailments in recent years, died in Beijing on Monday, Chinese state media said. He was 89.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese airlines all have raised the airfares from October 15. The return ticket for Hanoi – HCM City could be as high as 7.6 million dong, while the airfare for the Hanoi – Phu Quoc flights to 8.8 million dong.

Huawei and ZTE have been well known as the big telecom device providers in Vietnam, whose presence in the market has helped make the hi-tech devices cheaper. However, questions have been raised about the security of the products of the two suppliers.

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is considering providing the once- seniority allowance to retired workers. However, teachers say they feel “self-pity” with the new policy.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of workers have not been present at production shifts these days, because they spend time doing everything they can to force business owners to pay salaries

  VietNamNet Bridge - Roger Yuan, an American director and actor in action movies, has been in Vietnam to play in a new movie by Dustin Nguyen – “Buddha Fire”.

In the same public hospital but there are two completely opposing world for wealthy and poor patients. It should be noted that many public hospitals use public resources in private services to increase revenue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Bear Rescue Center is facing the risk of closure and 104 bears may have to be relocated.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The quality of vocational trainings in Vietnam is the lowest among regional countries and has yet to meet the market’s demand, an official said at a seminar on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has launched a new decree aimed at scuppering the spam messages which are becoming a blight on our daily lives.