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VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran actor Le Hong Son passed away on Saturday at Bach Mai Hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 54.

VietNamNet Bridge – Used automobile tires are recycled by Hoa Binh villagers in Tu Nghia district, the central province of Quang Ngai, to become useful products.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Television (VTV) has won the broadcasting rights to the 2011-12 UEFA Champions and Europa League football tournaments in Viet Nam, according to an official VTV source.

The fashion products available on the shelves at big shopping malls are the Vietnamese products which bear foreign names. The high rise buildings in the central areas of big cities also have foreign names.

VietNamNet Bridge – It remains questionable why the cemetery project near the Dong Nai River which threatens the life of the river, has been approved.

Telepathy has become very popular in Vietnam, particularly in searching for lost remains. Let’s discover this issue with VietNamNet through our series of reportage of telepathy.

The risk of developing coronary heart disease is 25 percent higher for women smokers compared with men, according to a study published in the British medical journal "The Lancet".

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean singer and actor Kim Hyun Joong met over 3,000 fans and presented over VND200 million dong ($10,000) to a charity fund for Vietnamese children on August 12.

Having been trained at Sparktak Moskva and Dinamo Kiev FCs, 1.9m tall and handsome, the Vietnamese Russian goalkeeper of the Vietnam’s U19 football team attracts the media’s attention.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has agreed to provide 1 per cent of its annual budget for environmental protection to the Ministry of Health for upgrading liquid and solid waste treatment systems

Three giant mobile phone companies – Viet Nam Comm, Viet Nam Internet and IT and Viet Nam Electronics – will share the stage at a triple expo to be held in Ha Noi at the Viet Nam Exhibition and Fair Centre on November 16-19.

Rice exports face challenges from foreigners in Cambodia; Cresting Mekong tributaries signal bumper rice crop; Loose credit needed for property market; Real estate prices in Nha Trang rise on expansion plan; VN to implement new rubber export tax    

The death toll of suicide attacks on the provincial governor's office in Parwan provincial capital, 55 km north of Afghan capital Kabul, on Sunday soared to 25 including six attackers, a statement released by the Interior Ministry said.

Texas Governor Rick Perry on Saturday announced he is to run for the office of U.S. president in an appearance in early-voting state South Carolina.

The day-after the Italian government approved an additional anti-crisis emergency plan worth some 45.5 billion euros (about 64 billion U.S. dollars), Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti outlined on Saturday . . .

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh, the world’s number 7, bowed out of the Yonex BWF World Badminton Championships after losing 2-1 yesterday in London to the world No.3 of Denmark Peter Gade.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will send 560 athletes as part of an 800-member delegation to the 26th Southeast Asian Games to be held in Indonesia from November 11 to 22.

Beyond strategic and operational imperatives, the growth of regional navies, and their more conspicuous use in asserting national interests, reflects the increased influence of nationalism in defence policy and posture.

VietNamNet Bridge – The labor demand dropped dramatically in the third quarter of 2011 which has been explained by the fact that enterprises, due to the big difficulties, have to scale down the production.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 44 million people, or 70 per cent of Viet Nam's 63-million strong workforce, will receive training by 2020 in accordance with a new Government initiative aimed at human resource development.

Twenty tourists trapped in a cable car some 80 meters above the ground for more than 18 hours in Bavaria, southern Germany were safely rescued Saturday by helicopter, local authorities said.

Keeping up both mental and physical and social activities even after retirement can lower the risk for dementia and Alzheimer, the Swedish Daily reported on Saturday.

A solo recital by Gabriel Tran Phuong Nam, a 21-year-old pianist from the National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance (CNSMD), will be held at 8pm tonight at the Sofitel Sai Gon Plaza in HCM City's District 1.

Of late, more and more foreign tourists have been visiting Long My Commune in Mang Thit District in Vinh Long, and locals are constantly facing problems in communicating with them.