Thu May comes third at Miss Supranational 2011; Vietnam set for national photo museum; Vietnam joins Super Yosakoi festival in Japan; Vietnamese pianist wins Lev Vlassenko prize; Vietnam nominates two more world heritages to Unesco

Norway-headquartered software company, Conexus, has said it sought a partner in Vietnam to enter the domestic market and use it as a launching pad to penetrate other Southeast Asian markets.

Adidas and Gucci, Honda and Microsoft, Louis Vuitton and Kimberly Clark Worldwide have one after another, sued the Vietnamese producers who counterfeited their products.

Reduced to post-tropical cyclone, Irene is heading toward Canada Sunday night after inflicting less-than-expected damage on the eastern U.S. coast.

Finance minister Yoshihiko Noda is almost certain to become Japan's next prime minister after beating economy, trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda in a run-off to win the ruling Democratic Party of Japan presidential election

VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of labour for several industries is expected to continue until the end of this year, according to the National Centre of Labour Market Information and Forecasting.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to organize the first-ever exercise on prevention of toxic chemicals and oil spills in Phu Tho and Ca Mau provinces, after the exercise on tsunami in Da Nang city this October.

An oil tank caught fire on Monday morning in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, according to municipal government authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge - The first buses using energy-efficient fuel in Vietnam made their debut in HCM City on August 26.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the world's fastest man and defending champion, was dramatically expelled from the men's 100m final for a false start at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday night,

VietNamNet Bridge – The 1.6m high, 1.5m wide, 30-page album contains the wedding photos of nearly 100 couples. It was on display at the 'Honeymoon and Wedding Perfect 2011' exhibition at Hanoi’s Sheraton Hotel from August 26-28.

Localities asked to keep close watch on typhoon Nanmadol; Fire hits Vietnam’s tallest building; 103 poor students awarded scholarships

Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tony Tan won the presidential election to be the country' s seventh president, the returning officer announced early Sunday morning.

The tears falling down the wrinkled face of an old woman in Binh Dinh Province sent Japanese photojournalist Yasufumi Murayama on an odyssey around South Korea to find the man she had loved during the war

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has ordered the Ministry of Education and Training to issue within one month a master plan on human resources development in the education sector for the 2011-2020 period.

VietNamNet Bridge – The treatment and disposal of medical waste has become a serious problem in the southern city of Can Tho.

Vietnam has been well-known as a big exporter and Vietnamese goods have been consumed all over the world. However, very few consumers can cite specific trademarks of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – With two weeks before the Mid-autumn Festival, which will fall on September 12, has paper-made unicorn head making enterprises very busy in the central city of Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many senior artists have sent a group petition to the President, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; to complain about the Vietnam Cinema Agency’s loss of VND42 billion ($2 million).

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Global leaders Saturday called for joint efforts to shore up the sagging economic recovery, as the world economic growth has entered a critical and erratic phase.

VietNamNet Bridge – This year Vietnam will continue its bilateral dialogues on defense, at the deputy minister level with China, India, the USA, Singapore and possibly with Japan and South Korea for the first time.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam took his first title of the year yesterday after winning the Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Grand Prix Open in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – While dozens of drama troupes in the north have signed to perform in a professional festival highlighting comic actors, HCM City has decided to ignore the event.

VietNamNet Bridge – Navibank Sai Gon will represent Viet Nam at the Asian Football Confederation Cup next year, after winning the National Cup on Saturday.