A Korean-origin doomsday cult claims to have won over adherents in Ho Chi Minh City who are now awaiting the end of the world and, with its assistance, will go to Heaven.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two and three-year vocational training programmes are faced with declining enrolment as more universities have opened schools in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communication and Microsoft Vietnam on October 19 agreed to establish an Information Technology (IT) development fund.

Vietnamese parents nowadays all want their children to become geniuses. Many of the children, who learn to become geniuses, have mental problems because they have to learn too hard.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors have decided to not perform any surgery on the conjoined twins, born last Tuesday in Soc Trang Province, after the consultation on October 18.

The most critical issue today is the ineffective use of the state’s resources by the state owned enterprises (SOEs), which affects the quality of growth, development and competitiveness of the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Model Truong Tri Truc Diem was just licensed on October 19, before she left Vietnam to China to participate in Miss International 2011 this morning, October 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – Composer Nguyen Thien Dao has returned to Vietnam to arrange an opera ballet based on Great poet Nguyen Du’s “Tales of Kieu” in cooperation with the Vietnam Opera Ballet Theater.

VietNamNet Bridge – A cruel domestic violence case has been reported in the port city of Hai Phong. An 11-year-old boy has been tortured and even forced to eat human feces by his father.

Optimistic signs have flared for the Vietnamese economy in the second half of 2011but many difficulties are still unsolved, especially problems that have existed for many years and harmed comprehensive development of the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fashion show tomorrow night, Oct 21, will highlight Italian Culture Week. It will feature accessories and jewelry from Bulgari and the latest designs by veteran Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Within nine years, most graduates from Viet Nam's colleges and universities will be expected to speak English or another foreign language. This is part of a master plan on language teaching up until 2020.

In an effort to regain coffee materials from foreign businessmen, Vietnamese enterprises have to spend money to develop the growing areas.

Greek labor unions launched a 48-hour general strike Wednesday ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote over fresh austerity measures.

VietNamNet Bridge – A programme to reduce the overload at major city hospitals by having their doctors visit provinces and other localities is proving effective, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen.

French first lady Carla Bruni has given birth to a baby girl on Wednesday night, local media reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul on Wednesday night for an unannounced visit as helicopters hovered in the sky of the Afghan capital to beef up security.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam U23s thrashed Myanmar U23s 5-0 in the opening match of the Viet Nam Football Federation-Eximbank Cup yesterday, Oct 19, at Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Wednesday he was ready to sign a power-transfer deal if the opposition provides guarantees from the United States, Europe and Gulf countries for implementing the proposal.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training should change the model of pre-college training for students from ethnic minority groups in the direction of increasing their time for study and improving the quality of the trainees,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's footballers yesterday, Oct 19, avoided being drawn in the 'dead group' at the coming 26th Southeast Asian Games in Jarkata, Indonesia.

The United States will hold talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Geneva next week over its nuclear program, following similar talks in New York in late July.