Local website to use copyrighted songs legally; Europe meets Vietnam in contemporary dance; Vietnamese dishes introduced in Hong Kong; World heritages displayed at photo exhibition in Da Nang; HCM City exhibition on goong music

While the majority of students are busy preparing for the new academic year, many other students are still weeping because they still don’t know where to go.

With the success of the pilot project on allocating land and forests to the community for management, experts believe that the “community forest” is really the good mechanism for sustainable forest management.

The number of travelers taking domestic tours has been increasing steadily. However, this does not mean good news for travel firms, which now try to slash the tour fees to scramble for clients.

The model of boat which cannot be scuttled, once got four prizes at competitions on scientific inventions and got the utility patent. However, the very useful unsinkable boat has never appeared in any waterways areas.

The judge in the upcoming trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray ruled Monday that the defense cannot call any witnesses to testify about the King of Pop's child molestation case, media reported Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – VietNamNet’s annual “Everlasting Things” concert is also accompanied with an exhibition. This year, it will be supported by the photo exhibition of conductor Le Phi Phi.

Bank of America (BOA) announced Monday to sell roughly 13.1 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) to generate approximately 8.3 billion dollars of cash.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Ministry of Finance to finish the compilation of the draft decree regulating the business of lottery electronic games for foreigners in September 2011.

Middle-aged women who wolf down their meals are much more likely to be overweight or obese than women who eat slower, New Zealand research has found.

The Sports House of the Hanoi University of Technology exploded on the evening of August 28, by the cheers of hundreds of students who participated in the finale of “Buoc Nhay Xi tin”, a dancing contest for youth, of the northern region.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment has submitted to the government, a golf-course development plan to 2020, under which the total number of golf courses in Vietnam will rise to 118.

An Australia report released on Monday draws a direct link between inaction on climate change and long-term social and mental health problems.

Arecent national survey shows a strong growth in digital reading, with 252 million Chinese aged between 18 and 70 reading books and articles online in 2010 and about 83.6 percent of the respondents saying they would prefer . . .

Draft decree puts white-legged shrimp farmers at risk; Vietnam central bank raises US dollar prices; August CPI hits 0.93pct, 11-month lowest; US retailer Gap to make debut in Vietnam; Shipping firms put vessels on sale to cut losses 

VietNamNet Bridge – In an online poll organized by a website in Brazil, the host country of the Miss Universe 2011 pageant, Vietnam’s Hoang My ranks third among the most favorite contestants.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Lost In Paradise”, a movie about homosexuality by director Vu Ngoc Dang, will be introduced at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Monday that there was no liquidity shortage in European banking system.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My has chosen ao tu than (four-panel traditional dress) and a red evening gown for the Miss Universe 2011 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has called on the Ministry of Transport to limit the number of motorbikes and cars on the roads in major cities in a bid to ease congestion, particularly in Ha Noi and HCM City.

The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday that its former head Dominique Strauss-Kahn paid a visit to the global lender and met with its chief and staff members.

The retail price of gas is always 30 percent higher than the actual value, because the products have to go through many middlemen before reaching out to consumers. However, no proper solution has been found to settle the problem.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has suggested that it teams up with the Ministry of Finance (MOF), to build up the lists of the geographical areas and the investment fields to be subject to investment incentives.

Experts have rung the alarm bell over the “health” of the river system in Vietnam, saying that a lot of rivers are perceptibly degrading.

VietNamNet Bridge – The team of Vietnam’s Lac Hong University and the team of Indonesia’s Batam University of Technology won the bronze medal of the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2011.