Ministry proposes fund to back SMEs; Vietnam to promote tourism in Premier League; IBM, Danang cooperate in building smarter city; Developers continue to gauge market with high-end condos; Labour market faces hard work

Art Exhibition “Nowhere”; Screening of ‘Ensemble c’est Trop’; Cabaret Night in October; Festival of Lights – Diwali; Exhibition “Tò He”; Piano Festival 2011; The First Event “Inside out” of Project Black; Painting Exhibition “Timelessness”

VietNamNet Bridge – A documentary about people's lives on and around the historic Long Bien Bridge has been awarded at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF).

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday that China will continue to expand imports from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and further enhance the two sides' economic and trade cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a 26-year-old woman in Ben Tre, Nguyen Thi Phuong, was reported to age overnight, a 27-year-old woman from the central province of Quang Nam claims to have the same affliction.

VietNamNet Bridge – The draw for men’s football at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) 2011 on October 19 in Jakarta has created two opinions on the regional media.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many officials from the Ministry of Transport said they support Minister Dinh La Thang’s golf-playing ban because golf is a costly, time-consuming and inappropriate sport at the time many transports are deadlocked.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is planning to reduce the investments of State owned enterprises (SOEs) in non-core business fields, to 15 percent from the current 30 percent.

Brothers touch bronze at circus festival; 12 national records set in Ba Ria - Vung Tau; Macbeth comes to Vietnam; Tourism ambassador cancels bike riding; Australia university donates books to National Library  

The international community was quick to respond to the confirmation of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death on Thursday by saying it hoped the National Transitional Council (NTC) would start to organize a democratic government.

The State Bank of Viet Nam continued to adjust the interbank exchange rate yesterday to VND20,738 per US dollar, the lowest level for the dong since April.

State Secretary of US, Hillary Clinton, met Pakistani Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Thursday night and agreed to reduce tension caused due to threats by several top U.S. military leaders of unilateral action in Pakistan, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is set to improve management of its water resources and the efficiency of its water supply system to ensure there is enough water for the growing population and economy.

Cambodia aids VN's flood victims; Yunnan radio station, VOV step up cooperation; Bomb found near residential area; Traffic jam for eight hours on highway 27

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District are concerned that seven of the eight crocodiles that escaped from an unlicensed household farm early this month remaining missing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national taekwondo team will be divided in two in order to send competitors to both the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the qualifying round of the 2012 London Olympics next month.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday during her visit to Afghanistan that terrorists would be targeted in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Black credit is considered illegal in Vietnam. However, it still has exists for the last many years, simply because the demand is always very high.

Nguyen Ba Toan, a Hanoi man who has caught and sold a 22-kg Asiatic soft shell turtle, can be fined up to $24,000 for trading threatened species, said lawyer Nguyen Viet Trieu, head of Viet Trieu law firm in Hanoi.

Leaders meet during visit to China expo; Labour co-operation to be expanded; US envoy received in Ha Noi; Youth development ‘a major challenge'

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first-ever professional basketball team, the Sai Gon Heat, have been launched by a sports academy set up by global investment group IDG Ventures.

VietNamNet Bridge – An Bang Beach, 3km east of central Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, was ranked 43rd among a list of 50 outstanding beaches by website www.cnngo.com.

VietNamNet Bridge – Overusing the internet to play online games or chat all day has a negative influence on physical and mental development, according to several experts who spoke at a workshop yesterday, Oct 20, in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is the home for a large number of foreigners. Many of them need to have motorbike driving licenses. Let’s see how hard they try to get the license.

A lot of seafood material import consignments have got stuck at the seaports due to the new regulations of the Food Safety Law, which has delayed the production and export plan of seafood companies.