VietNamNet Bridge – Many officials from the Ministry of Transport said they support Minister Dinh La Thang’s golf-playing ban because golf is a costly, time-consuming and inappropriate sport at the time many transports are deadlocked.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is planning to reduce the investments of State owned enterprises (SOEs) in non-core business fields, to 15 percent from the current 30 percent.

Brothers touch bronze at circus festival; 12 national records set in Ba Ria - Vung Tau; Macbeth comes to Vietnam; Tourism ambassador cancels bike riding; Australia university donates books to National Library  

The international community was quick to respond to the confirmation of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death on Thursday by saying it hoped the National Transitional Council (NTC) would start to organize a democratic government.

The State Bank of Viet Nam continued to adjust the interbank exchange rate yesterday to VND20,738 per US dollar, the lowest level for the dong since April.

State Secretary of US, Hillary Clinton, met Pakistani Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Thursday night and agreed to reduce tension caused due to threats by several top U.S. military leaders of unilateral action in Pakistan, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is set to improve management of its water resources and the efficiency of its water supply system to ensure there is enough water for the growing population and economy.

Cambodia aids VN's flood victims; Yunnan radio station, VOV step up cooperation; Bomb found near residential area; Traffic jam for eight hours on highway 27

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District are concerned that seven of the eight crocodiles that escaped from an unlicensed household farm early this month remaining missing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national taekwondo team will be divided in two in order to send competitors to both the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the qualifying round of the 2012 London Olympics next month.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday during her visit to Afghanistan that terrorists would be targeted in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Black credit is considered illegal in Vietnam. However, it still has exists for the last many years, simply because the demand is always very high.

Nguyen Ba Toan, a Hanoi man who has caught and sold a 22-kg Asiatic soft shell turtle, can be fined up to $24,000 for trading threatened species, said lawyer Nguyen Viet Trieu, head of Viet Trieu law firm in Hanoi.

Leaders meet during visit to China expo; Labour co-operation to be expanded; US envoy received in Ha Noi; Youth development ‘a major challenge'

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first-ever professional basketball team, the Sai Gon Heat, have been launched by a sports academy set up by global investment group IDG Ventures.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Bang Beach, 3km east of central Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, was ranked 43rd among a list of 50 outstanding beaches by website www.cnngo.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overusing the internet to play online games or chat all day has a negative influence on physical and mental development, according to several experts who spoke at a workshop yesterday, Oct 20, in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is the home for a large number of foreigners. Many of them need to have motorbike driving licenses. Let’s see how hard they try to get the license.

A lot of seafood material import consignments have got stuck at the seaports due to the new regulations of the Food Safety Law, which has delayed the production and export plan of seafood companies.

The information that Nam Dinh provincial authorities do not employ private school bachelors for their agencies has been facing the strong opposition from the public, especially from private schools’ lecturers and students.

VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang will pay an official visit to the Philippines from October 26-28, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Many experts think that Vietnam now has too many airports, while only three of them can make profit. However, the Ministry of Transport has affirmed that Vietnam needs to build more airports.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes are set to compete in 36 sporting events for a top three spot at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the largest regional sporting event of its kind, in Indonesia next month.

 Vietnam has not paid appropriate attention in dealing with the environment pollution caused by the agricultural production.

VietNamNet Bridge – The death of the mobile phone products with Vietnamese brands has been anticipated.