VietNamNet Bridge – The English National Ballet will perform at the Ha Noi Opera House on Wednesday and at the Opera House in HCM City two days later, according to the British Council.

VietNamNet Bridge – The H're ethnic minority has planted sua in Ca Ray Village, the central province of Quang Ngai's Ba To District to preserve the rare and valuable timber of the country.

The search and rescue workers have retrieved 197 bodies of the victims in the ferry accident in the wee hours of Saturday, Mohammed Aboud, the Minister of State of the Second Vice-President's Office said here on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Uruguay has decided to open its embassy in Hanoi in order to promote its relationship with Vietnam, especially in economics and trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – As it is getting more and more costly to lease retail premises in Hanoi, small merchants have “invented” a new mode of shops – hanging shops.

The Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the department has suggested many detailed solutions for the draft decree on performing arts, which will be submitted to the government in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – If well-known painters could come back to life by a miracle, they would have wanted to die again when they see their artworks being imitated and sold at dirt cheap prices in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new work inspired by the history of Italy's unification created by musician Andrea Centazzo will debut in HCM City and Ha Noi on September 13 and 15.

The 68th edition Venice Film Festival concluded Saturday, with "Faust," the Goethe's tragedy directed by Russian director Aleksander Sokurov, taking home the top prize, while Chinese films won the honors for Best Director and Best Actress.

At least 141 people have died and four million people have become homeless in the recent rains and floods that have hit the southern part of Pakistan since August, reported local TV channel Express on Sunday.

Two Afghan civilians were killed and 102 personnel of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan civilians injured when a suicide car bomb went off in Afghanistan's central Wardak province on Saturday,

The latest effort by leading telco VNPT to divest itself of assets has resulted in failure.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said here Saturday his country would overcome the debt crisis that has alarmed Europe and the world, pledging to continue an austerity and reform drive, amid massive protests Saturday evening.

Memorial service was held Sunday at the National September 11 Memorial, site of the destroyed World Trade Center twin towers, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, amid tightened security.

After the failure of a recent reconciliation meeting between Vietnamese engineer Le Van Tach, he said would sue the company for unfair labor treatment towards him and violating his correspondence privacy.

A French business delegation, including four companies specialised in corporate information technology, is coming Vietnam on Monday seeking business partnerships.

VietNamNet Bridge –The country's top-flight football championship, the V-League, would have 16 teams operating as fully functional businesses by 2015, the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF)'s vice chairman Pham Ngoc Vien said.

Hundreds of students in the border district of Muong Lat in Thanh Hoa province, have to walk dozens of kilometers of forest road to reach their schools.

The continued VN Index increases in the last few trading sessions have made securities investors exciting. They have begun coming back to the stock market, believing that the interest rate reductions would help the market prosper again.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sometimes Hanoians see buffaloes and cows stroll on newly-built roads. Passers-by are annoyed for being hindered by cattle while the cattle owners breathe a sigh for the sufferings of urbanization.

The United States on Saturday dedicated a new national memorial to commemorate the victims of United Airlines Flight 93 who were killed after the plane was hijacked in the 9/11 terrorist attacks ten years ago

Real Madrid had to work hard in order to defeat local rivals Getafe 4-2 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday night.

Over 190 people have been confirmed dead after a passenger and cargo ship capsized and sank early Saturday morning when sailing between the two major islands of Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous republic of Tanzania.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam was captured in various angles at the photo exhibition entitled “Vietnam – My country” in HCM City. Sixty large-sized photos are now on display along Dong Kho Road, with English and Vietnamese captions.