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.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has received $3,750 for the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open championship, plus $2,500 of bonus from some organizations.

A wave of landslides on Monday hit three villages in the eastern Ugandan district of Bulambuli, leaving over 50 people feared dead.

Vietnamese art works nominated for Asia - Pacific prize; 2012 Hue Festival to open in April; Vietnam’s circus has great potential abroad; Concert to promote country’s traditional music; Hanoi Museum to receive 3,000 precious items   

VietNamNet Bridge – A performance of music from Vietnamese ethnic groups will take place at Ha Noi's Au Co Art Centre on September 10, featuring performers from the Viet Nam National Music and Dance Theatre.

Island gets desalinisation evaporator, generators; Man missing in Ho Chi Minh City river landslide; Bus catches fire, 45 passengers escape alive; 19-year-old man arrested in gold shop murders

Among the five candidates for the Golden Whistle title, recently announced by the Viet Nam Football Federation, referee Vo Quang Vinh stands out as the front runner to take the glory for his work during the 2010-11 season.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh yesterday, Aug 29, instructed the National Financial Supervisory Committee to submit quality analysis and predictions on the nation's financial status to the Government.

VietNamNet Bridge - The central city of Da Nang topped the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Index for the third consecutive year.

The policy on equitizing foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) is being reconsidered, after experts gave warnings about the foreign capital withdrawal through the equitization, which may cause bad impacts on the national economy.

HCM City’s authorities are considering cooperating with Russian partners to develop wind power using a new technology which is expected to have the production cost lower by 50 percent compared to the current popularized technologies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The “Fatherland looked from the sea” show was organized at the HCM City Youth Cultural House on August 28, introducing latest songs about Vietnam’s sea and islands.

VietNamNet Bridge – The President on August 29, declared amnesty for more than 10,000 prisoners on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge – Working as a handicraft maker has been a dream for Pham Van Cong since he was put under lock and key 13 years ago in Nam Ha Prison in northern Ha Nam Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many young people have booked tours to islands and beaches, which are not very popular, for the upcoming National Day holiday (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge – The newly appointed Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Binh, has vowed to force the interest rates down to 17-19 percent per annum. Commercial banks are drawing up a plan to meet the commitment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player, Le Quang Liem, won his first match at the World Chess Cup 2011 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang separately received in Hanoi on Aug. 29 foreign ambassadors who presented their credentials.

Mercedes-Benz, the world leading luxury car producer, celebrates the 125th anniversary of its invention of automobile with what it claimed the largest gathering ever, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin on the weekend.