VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan yesterday, Oct 4, discussed with HCM City leaders, education officials, and academics strategies for education reform in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Viet Nam Food Administration Nguyen Cong Khan said yesterday there were no killer cantaloupes in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee suggested an increase in the country's public holidays at a committee meeting held this morning to discuss the draft amended Labour Code.

VietNamNet Bridge – Asian Games silver medalist Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu will return to the national team to take part in the 26th Southeast Asian Games taekwondo event in Indonesia in November.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American football player Lee Nguyen, 25, has been granted the Vietnamese nationality after ten months.

High tuitions, high room rents and the long time of hunting for accommodations have made a lot of new university students exhausted.

Vietnamese anti-virus software designed for mobile phones have appeared on the domestic market, which has been flooded with foreign products.

VietNamNet Bridge – All title contenders proved their strength yesterday at the national beach volleyball championships as they stormed into the semi-finals.

The developed caged fish farming once helped 100 households in Nghi Son Island in Tinh Gia district of Thanh Hoa province live well for about 20 years. However, the farming village now lives under the threat of the operating cement plant.

Overweight or obesity may put children at three times greater risk for high blood pressure than those of normal weight, according to researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 12-member HCM City men's basketball team will compete in the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia next month, the city's basketball federation's general secretary Nguyen Thi Nga said yesterday, Oct 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central Da Nang City is likely to be selected as one of three low-carbon model towns in Asia by the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), according to Asia Development Consulting Group.

Many friends and colleagues of Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman reacted with shock when they learned on Monday that Steinman won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology three days after he died.

On the way to Bac Ninh Province, we were told that Phat Tich is an ancient pagoda at the foot of Phat Tich Mountain. But upon arrival, we were surprised at what was seen there. Almost everything, especially wooden structures, is new.

Vietnam defeated Iran 2-1 to take the trophy in the final of the Thanh Nien Newspaper International Under-21 Football Tournament in the Central Highlands city of Pleiku yesterday.

The Taiwanese group, which registered a big 500 million dollar investment project in Hai Duong province, made the local authorities and people exult.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has identified the cause of the present rising inflation and offered six solutions to the government in a report for curbing inflation and stabilizing the macro economy.

China issued an alert for sea waves and storm surges after the strong tropical storm Nalgae landed in south China's Hainan Province on Tuesday afternoon, which later weakened to a tropical storm.

London 2012 celebrated another milestone on the Olympic Park as the track in the Olympic Stadium was unveiled on Monday.

Shoe exports rise by 30 percent; Enterprises voice complaints against local tax-customs agencies; VN, Japanese city to develop supporting industry; Investments in tourism property show an uptrend

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 farmers from Hanoi’s outskirts now live together in hired rooms in an alley of Tan Phu district, HCM City. All of them earn their daily bread by selling boiled maize.

VietNamNet Bridge – Autumn is the good time for bird hunters from central provinces, like Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

Eurozone finance ministers met on Monday to discuss the situation in Greece and reform of the temporary rescue fund in a bid to contain spill-over of the sovereign debt crisis.

Strong tropical storm Nalgae landed on China's southernmost island province of Hainan Tuesday afternoon, forcing evacuation and suspending traffic in and out of the island.

VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoons Nalgae and Nesat have devastated the Philippines, China and Thailand, killing hundreds of people and severely affecting millions of locals.