The 21st Stockholm International Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a film Heartbeats from the 21-year-old director Xavier Dolan from Canada.

A total of 15 films have been accepted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.

The market for sedge mats in Dong Bang village of Quynh Phu district in the northern province of Thai Binh opens from midnight to the early morning of the 4th and 9th of lunar months. Almost all people who go to the market are women.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lauded by The New York Times as "one of Southeast Asia's most untouched and breathtaking getaways", Viet Nam's Con Dao archipelago has begun to welcome a growing number of tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – About 70 kilometers from Quang Binh Province’s Dong Hoi City, there is a deserted island called Chim (Bird) or Gio (Wind) Island that is home to many sea birds.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs international help in clearing land mines left over from the war, said deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.

VietNamNet Bridge – State-run businesses should make every effort to improve operational effectiveness, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

More Bulgarian enterprises invest in Vietnam; Lao commemorates Vientiane’s 450th anniversary; Vietnam congratulates Laos on National Day; HCM City promotes cooperation with Russian localities

US offers $34m to clear Agent Orange at Da Nang Airport; Seminar discusses Intelligent Transport System and its prospects; 15 government officials disciplined; Singaporean volunteer schoolgirls to work in Dong Thap

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time in the country, an existing environmentally unfriendly industrial zone will be demolished and developed into a modern urban area in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VietNamNet Bridge – Penalties that were too lenient together with ambiguous laws were to blame for the numerous breaches of Viet Nam's environmental protection regulations

Portuguese authorities have put in place heavy security ahead of the NATO summit to prevent any outbreak of violence.

VietNamNet Bridge – After earlier disagreement, law-makers yesterday, Nov 18, decided that whistleblowers should be protected in the new draft Law on Denunciation.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Dak Lak Province decision to let a private enterprise use 357ha of forest while local farmers are badly in need of land has ignited tensions in the area.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi is to speed up the process of tapping its rivers as a safe water supply for its residents and thus reduce the overuse of underground water which is a threat to the capital's geological stability.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the Gala Diner on November 18 in Nha Trang, many people paid VND1 million ($50) fee to take a picture with 79 contestants. The money will go to a charity fund for poor students.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee is planning to build 10 playgrounds next year to cater for its 1.7 million children, the Committee's Office said yesterday, Nov 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to four out of five European bands that will take part in the European Music Festival 2010 are Jazz bands.

VietNamNet Bridge – A workforce of highly qualified and committed teachers was indispensable for building quality kindergartens in HCM City, speakers said at a workshop held here on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dan Viet newspaper recently reported that former Party Secretary of Ninh Binh province paid $1.24 million to buy a pair of old vases and a 2000-year-old bronze drum.

An explosion occurred at the Pike River Coal mine on New Zealand South Island's West Coast on Friday afternoon, with up to 27 miners remaining inside unaccounted for, police and media reports said.

Contemporary Japanese music hits Ha Noi; Plan to preserve heritage artform; Museum receives more war relics; Schools hold traffic safety contest

HCMC tour operators say flights to popular destinations sold out; Tourism authority to organise major events to attract visitors; LOT Polish Airlines launches Ha Noi to Warsaw direct flights

VietNamNet Bridge – Beijing Olympian Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu failed to win the first gold medal for Viet Nam at the Asian Games yesterday, losing to Thailand's Phongsri Sarita 4-3 in the women's Taekwondo under-53kg weight category final.

Vietnam has become a hub and transfer zone for trafficking rare, exotic and endangered animals to other countries according to Deputy Minister of Public Security, Pham Quy Ngo.