Viet Nam's investment and investment-management needs will change as it pursues its next five-year development plan as a middle-income country, experts have said at a conference that opened yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) chairman Nguyen Trong Hy said the transfer price of local footballers is getting far beyond their actual values and thus it is bringing about bad effect to the national football development.

VietNamNet Bridge - Phillip Noyce, director of “The Quiet American,” has been back in Vietnam since October 16 for the first Vietnam International Film Festival, eight years after he first came here to direct the film.

With almost half (47.4 percent) of adult men smoking or getting involved in other uses of tobacco, Vietnam has been put into the group of countries with extremely high smoking rates among men.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will join hands with other ASEAN member nations to enhance regional connectivity for investors and companies to do business and make contributions to building the ASEAN Economic Community.

Muscleman to defend world title; Colleges vie for football cup; VN rank third in student ping pong; Football tourney tickets go on sale

VietNamNet Bridge - The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting were held in Hanoi Wednesday to finalise preparations for the 17th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

VietNamNet Bridge – International Grand Master Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son sent shockwaves through the chess world at the Cap D'Agde Rapid Chess Tournament in France after beating former world champion Russian Anatoly Karpov in his fifth match

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in coordination with the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation, organised a seminar in Hanoi on October 27 on regenerating national forests.

The European Commission adopted on Wednesday its strategic priorities for 2011, with a special focus on sustainable recovery.

A new study has found that regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) died on Wednesday of heart attack, local media reported.

Volcano eruption in Central Java of Indonesia on Tuesday has killed 29 people and forced 40,475 others flee homes, officials said on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Transparency International (TI) on October 26 released its 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Vietnam ranks 116th out of 178 countries and territories, with 2.7/10 points.

Rescuers have recovered 272 bodies as of Wednesday afternoon after a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's West Sumatra province Monday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – A watercolor and ink exhibition featuring 55 paintings by artist Tran Van Hai is now on at the City Exhibition House in HCMC’s District 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have thrown support behind a forthcoming central bank circular that restricts banks from borrowing and lending gold and bans them from converting gold savings deposits into the Vietnamese dong to make loans.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ratio of boys to girls in Viet Nam has increased rapidly over the past five years and is well above the standard biological level, a UN report stated.

Vietnam, Indonesia enhance comprehensive cooperation; Deputy PM receives Japanese ambassador; State Vice President visits France; Vietnam-Laos special relationship continues to flourish

Administrative reforms boost City's growth rate; President congratulates winner of letter writing competition; World church delegation visits Vietnam; Vietnam-Germany cooperate in managing water resources

The Ministry of Construction issued Circular No 18/2010/TT-BXD on October 15,regulating the application of national technical rules, national standards, basic standards and foreign construction standards for construction work in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The promotion of organic agriculture and strictly limiting the use of fertilisers and pesticides are among important measures needed to protect the Dong Nai River, adding these should be taken by all riparian provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's IT market remains attractive to prominent investors such as Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, said Pham Tan Cong, deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Software Association (Vinasa).

VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic electronic products and electrical appliances market has seen fierce competition recently with retailers reducing prices from 30 to 50 per cent.

VietNamNet Bridge – The online community is once again shocked by a 4-minute clip featuring six girls beating, taking off the shirt and cutting the hair of another girl.