Singer Uyen Linh who won TV singing contest Vietnam Idol last year is the 100,000th person to sign a pledge promising not to use bear bile and other products made from bear to protect this animal in Vietnam.

Vietnam ranks 81 st among 152 countries in the International Telecommunication Union’s ICT Development Index (IDI), moving up 10 places from its 91 st position in 2008, the Ministry of Information and Communication has said.

Scientists have been making great efforts to show how harmful coffee is to us, though no evidence yet. A latest study may be reassuring for coffee-lovers.

Chairman of New7Wonders organization presented a certificate to certify that Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay enters the final round of the poll on the seven new natural wonders of the world, to Quang Ninh province’s authorities on September 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Reviewing statistics of Vietnam’s inflation in the last five years, it is worrying that the consumer price index (CPI) in four years is over ten percent. The only one year with one-digit CPI is 2009 (6.5 percent).

For the first time in the history of the pharmaceutical industry, eight companies have accused the chief of the Vietnam Drug Administration for making mistakes that hurt the prestige and common development of the pharmaceutical industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen teams from 10 countries and territories will participate in an international beach volleyball tournament to be held at Vung Tau City on October 7-9.

Vietnam dong deposits have been leaving banks since the interest rates were eased to 14 percent per annum. However, bankers have affirmed that this will not in no way affect bank liquidity.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, Vu Ngoc Dang’s “Lost in Paradise” will participate in the Vancouver Film Festival in Canada and Busan Film Festival in South Korea in October.

Reforms gradually help reduce red tape; Foreign minister holds talks with UN chief; South Korean ship visits HCM City; Hungary to assist in training of Vietnamese court personnel

While many people have heard of Dong Son bronze drums, few have ever seen one. An exhibition on Dong Son Art opened in Ha Noi on Monday to reveal a Vietnamese culture dating back between 1,800 and 2,500 years.

Financial experts believe that the securities market correction period has not finished yet, and that the securities prices may continue decreasing in the time to come, despite the good factors which back up the market recovery.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Dak Lak, a province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, has found  the young man who was filmed driving a motorbike by his bottom and reprimanded him.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Truong Quoc Bao of the national tennis team has been accused of bullying his trainee.

The report by the State Bank of Vietnam shows the high growth rate of foreign currency loans in the first months of the year, which was much higher than the Vietnam dong lending growth rate.

VietNamNet Bridge – The incompetence of the country's football governing body has taken its toll on the football league, but Viet Nam still has potential to be a football powerhouse both regionally and continentally.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang met former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday, Sep 27, during his State visit to the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Che Linh, the golden voice of bolero musical style, will organize a trans-Vietnam live show in October, after over 30 years leaving the country.

 Viet Nam to play friendly against Japan; Ha Noi international futsal event to kick off; VFF to meet football team chairmen; Finalists face off at VCCI Challenge Series

Scientists have developed a method of encrypting information into genetically-engineered E. coli bacteria to deliver secret messages.

VietNamNet Bridge – The man who stirred up public opinion for sleeping with his dead wife two years ago has confirmed that he still sleeps with the body.

A subway train rear-ended another train Tuesday afternoon in Shanghai, injuring more than 270 passengers, including four foreigners.

VietNamNet Bridge – After barrelling into the eastern Philippines, Typhoon Nesat is making its way towards storm-battered Viet Nam, which is currently in the grip of Tropical Depression Haitang.

VietNamNet Bridge – A rare spider with a human face-body, has been found out in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Nguyen Hong Nhung, a native from northern Nam Dinh Province, has been residing at a boarding house on Ha Noi's Kham Thien Street with her husband and four other couples for many years, working as scrap-iron dealer.