MIC Microsoft Corporation yesterday announced their commitment to accelerating the development of Vietnam’s information communicationstechnology (ICT) capabilities and intellectual property protection.

New rice export contracts halted; Shares fall on both exchanges; Rubber exports increase 92% in first 10 months

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority people go to fairs to both sell and purchase goods. They often bring live goods to the market like chickens, pigs, dogs, etc. Everything is carried to fairs by hands.

A survey by the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment shows that some foreign investors are leased forest land at places which are important in terms of defence.

It is believed that the Circular No 22, forbidding commercial banks from lending cash against gold collateral, which took effect on October 28, will help stabilize the gold and foreign currency markets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi became the centre of the world media thanks to the presence of many state leaders, who came to the city to attend the ASEAN Summit and the summits between ASEAN and its partners from October 30-31.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the ASEAN-Russia Summit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a visit to famous Buddhist temples in Hanoi – Tran Quoc Pagoda and Ngoc Son Temple – on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has allowed Ngoc Thach, who has just won the Gold Cup at the Vietnam Supermodel competition 2010, to represent Vietnam at the 2010 World Supermodel competition in China.

Not only mobile service providers, the official distributors of iPhone 4, ran out products to sell, private distributors have also said there are no more iPhones available.

In 2010, the year Vietnam assumes the Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the host country has organized many cultural events that mark the new steps in culture-art cooperation among ASEAN members.

The State economic sector has always played the decisive role in the national economy. However, it seems that there is confusion between the concept of the “state economic sector” and “state owned enterprises (SOEs)”

Last week was the period which witnessed the sharpest increases of goods of different kinds. The sugar price has increased unreasonably, while the gas price has reached the record high, and steel manufacturers also attempted to raise sale prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Indian Government has agreed to streamline visa procedures for citizens from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines, said the Financial Times of India on October 31.

HCM City development stymied by chaotic waterway management; HCM City finds 5,900ha sitting idle; New dam forces residents from homes in Lam Dong; Vietnam-Hungary Industry University established

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal deforestation activities are widespread across the nation, says the latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's General Forestry Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – The largest fashion show in Vietnam took place at The Garden centre in Hanoi on October 31, attracting the top models in Vietnam.

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters beat top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to win the WTA Championships final on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Another case in which a kindergarten teacher mistreated a four-year-old boy has been reported in HCM City, making a wave of indignation in society.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials are discussing ways to integrate herbal treatments into national health care at the second ASEAN Traditional Medicine Conference, which opened yesterday, Oct 31, in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Centre for Bio-technology Research and Application complex now under construction in southern Dong Nai Province is expected to be one of the leading centres of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Who is to blame for the rising school violence? Is the morality of young people degrading? Or do parents and schools neglect their task of teaching morality to students?

State shareholders, i.e. the economic institutions, where the state holds controlling stakes, now turn their backs to bank shares, which they had never done before.

VietNamNet Bridge – Colourful balloons floating on long threads are a delight of small children. But smiles can quickly turn to tears if the gas-filled bubbles get too close to a source of heat.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wastewater from provincial hospitals in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been discharged directly into local rivers for a long time, causing serious pollution, local reports say.

VietNamNet Bridge – M’lieng village beside Lak Lake in Daklak Province is still the same as it was a hundred years. The old houses and paths make it one of the rare villages that preserves the highland’s tangible and intangible cultural values.