VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 30 sand paintings featuring high-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap by artists from Y Lan Sand Painting Company are now displayed in HCM City to celebrate his 100th birthday (August 25).

Vietnamese novel hits Thai bookshelves; City hosts Vietnamese, Korean concert; Vietnamese artist receives Dutch award; Vietnam-Japan cultural exchange in Hoi An; Moon Garden dance show comes to Hanoi; Two model contests kicked off  

VietNamNet Bridge – One third of interviewed young people say they witnessed corruption related to healthcare, traffic police and business, but 40 percent of them did not denounce corruption acts.

Quang Liem has performed very well at most prestigious chess tournaments in the world. He is the symbol and pride of Vietnamese chess. Like talents in other fields, the road to success of this super-grand master was very rocky.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank of Viet Nam yesterday announced to allow companies to import five tonnes of gold bullion to stabilise the market and fight price manipulation and speculation.

The high growth rate of the technology market which was seen in the last many years has leveled off due to the falls of the global market, and especially from the inner macroeconomic problems.

A lot of troubles occurring recently with Vietnam’s waterway tourism have badly influenced Vietnamese tourism brand.

Reducing profits, incurring losses, having to scale down production or shutting down workshops temporarily are the common situation of 30 percent of total enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ca Mau Province authorities have promised tough action against a Chinese construction contractor for using 1,051 Chinese workers who do not have work permits.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lee Kirby, the British man who is known for his sweet voice in late composer Trinh Cong Son’s songs, will perform at the ATB club on August 11-12.

VietNamNet Bridge - Several major foreign investment funds are set to grapple with the question of whether they should reinvest in the Vietnamese market or bid goodbye.

VietNamNet notes opinions and expectations of international donors on the new government of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A jewelry shop owned by a Vietnamese in Hackney Borough in London was attacked on the third day of disorder and violence following riots in the Tottenham area.

Farm insurance piloted; HCM City worries over rampant fake taxis; Woman runs away from forced marriage with Chinese; Retailers discount school textbooks

VietNamNet Bridge - A fisherman in the central province of Quang Binh caught a seal while the animal was basking on a small rock off Hon La Bay on August 8.

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Tuesday that it will keep the historic low level of federal funds rate at least for two more years to stimulate the slower than expected economic recovery.

The U.S. stocks surged in the last hour trading on Tuesday and nearly regained Monday's huge losses after the Federal Reserve decided to keep the ultra-low interest rate unchanged for at least two years.

Microsoft's Windows 7 is expected to become the leading operating system for personal computers (PCs) by the end of 2011, running on 42 percent of PCs in use worldwide, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 8,000 Vietnamese went to foreign countries to work last month, bringing the total to over 54,000 in the past seven months, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

For the first time in the last many years, the summer-autumn rice price does not decrease, even though it is now the highest harvesting season. The price keeps the upward trend, bringing more profits to farmers.

VietNamNet Bridge –Troupes around the nation will have an opportunity to take part in a comedy festival this month, run by the Viet Nam Stage Artists Association.

Nguyen Duc is used to being in the limelight. "The foreign media, especially Japanese, have been following me since my brother Viet and I had the surgery, during my wedding, at the birth of my children birth and now."

VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Binh Duong spent VND51 billion (US$2.48 million) on a programme to support a job change-over for drivers of slow-moving three or four-wheel vehicles.

VietNamNet Bridge – Flooding caused by rising water levels from the upper stream of the Tien and Hau rivers, two main tributaries of the Mekong River, has arrived one month early this year, contributing to a bumper harvest.

Viet Nam rejects foreign interventions into its internal affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said yesterday following comments by the US and EU regarding last week's affirmation . . .