Five years ago, people believed that 99 percent of the ideas to sell Vietnamese mobile phone brands would fail completely. However, the success of many Vietnamese brands recently has made people change their minds.

In order to bring new blood into the workforce of professors and associate professors, the requirements for professorship will be amended and will include some exceptional provisions for young teachers and scientists.

VietNamNet Bridge – British photographer Phillip Jones Griffiths's photos of the consequences of the use of dioxin (Agent Orange) during the war in Viet Nam are being shown at HCM City's War Remnants Museum.

New film in Ha Noi promises to be one of nation's most modern; Sales of novel ‘Floating Lives' take off after movie adaptation; Long Bien Bridge writing contest ends without top prize winner; Women's club set to host annual charity bazaar on Sunday

VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition in Ha Noi is celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Romania.

VietNamNet Bridge – Private museums in Viet Nam still operate without supporting policies although their operations were legalised under the Heritage Law in 2001.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city's Department of Health has issued guidelines on implementing the pilot English teaching programme for third graders and intensive English teaching for the first graders in the coming 2010-2011 school year.

VietNamNet Bridge – It was a usual Thursday afternoon when Pham Thi Hoa took her four-year-old son, Tran Thanh Tung, to his "classroom" at the Physiotherapy Department in the Ha Noi-based National Hospital of Paediatrics.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time guitarists of all ages will perform together in a special show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of HCM City-based Phu Nhuan Classic Guitar Club this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Huong pulled off a season's best performance in the women's 100m sprint yesterday, Nov 22, but it was not enough to satisfy Viet Nam's desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 38-question barrage greeted Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang as the first member of Cabinet to go before deputies in the National Assembly yesterday morning.

The second Long Bien Bridge Festival, which took place on November 20-21, didn’t attract many visitors and didn’t have notable activities like the first one in 2009. Some photos feature the festival.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Chair Nguyen Trong Hy confirmed that the federation will reconsider recruitment of foreign players who are naturalized Vietnamese citizens for the national squad.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has requested local authorities to check the resort real estate development projects in their localities and report back to the ministry.

Apple Inc. on Monday released iOS 4.2, the latest version of its mobile operating system, in an effort to boost the sales of the company's mobile devices in the upcoming holiday shopping season.

High blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene appear to be associated with a reduced risk of dying over a 14-year period, according to a report posted Monday in the online edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.

At least 347 people were killed and 394 others injured in a stampede on Monday night as millions of Cambodians celebrated the last day of the three-day annual Water Festival in the capital Phnom Penh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 22 signed a decision on the establishment of the Agency for Control of Administrative Procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The flow of the river will be weakened seriously or it can dry out completely if its waters is transferred to other rivers, like a man who loses his blood, wrote Prof., Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tran.

“With only seven minutes, I don’t have time to mention good things but only the problems that the people want to raise before the government,” said deputy Duong Trung Quoc before the National Assembly’s question and answer session.

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Sunday said she has no plan to run for president or any other elective office.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town was bustling in the morning of November 22 due to  the appearance of Miss Earth contestants.

Hundreds of local people and visitors saw the ancient turtle floating on the surface of the Hoan Kiem Lake in the afternoon of November 22. However, he held a rubber band in his mouth.

At least three bodies have been found in an apartment building that caught fire in Tampere city, southern Finland, early Monday, police said.

US Army General visits Vietnam; Ha Giang urged to care for human resources; Meeting marks 70th anniversary of Nam Ky Uprising