VietNamNet Bridge – Xin Chao Art Performance Co. Ltd. is investing heavily in the upgrade of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus Theater at September 23 Park in District 1 in preparation for the premiere of a major show about Vietnam , , ,

VietNamNet Bridge - The national Olympic football team of Vietnam will face stiff competition in group B with upper tier teams Iran, Bahrain and Turkmenistan at the 2010 Asian Games, which will be held from November 12-27 in Guangzhou, China.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vinashin is on the brink of bankruptcy is thanks to poor oversight, dereliction of duty and intentional wrongdoings, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a detailed report to the National Assembly deputies.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is planning to sharply cut the import tariffs on trucks to be imported under the mode of complete built units (CBU) as of January 1, 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, is considering buying BP’s stakes in their joint projects in the country.

The percentage of women who make scientific research is still very low in Vietnam: women only account for 11 percent of total PhDs and MAs

VietNamNet Bridge – The Russian and American Foreign Ministers will return to Hanoi next week as the “special guests” of Vietnam – ASEAN Chairman 2010 - at the fifth East Asia Summit (EAS).

Vinacoal has frankly said that it does not have enough coal to satisfy the demand of so many cement plants which have been mushrooming recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – The deputy head of the Labour Ministry's Overseas Workers Management Department, Dao Cong Hai, spoke to Dai Doan Ket (Great Solidarity) newspaper about meeting labour-export targets.

A group of young staff at the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technologies (FPT) has shown initial success in researching and manufacturing a picosatellite.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines is expecting to resume all daily flights to central Vietnam on Wednesday after it has canceled 34 flights to certain airports due to downpours over the past days in the region.

VietNamNet Bridge – The situation of online game addicts was not as serious as the mass media had warned, a recent survey purports to show.

The National Archery Championship will kick off tomorrow, Oct 22, at Ha Noi's National Sports Training Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge – Trang An Ninh Binh and the Military Signal Corps won the men's and women's titles at the National All-stars Volleyball Championship in Ninh Binh and Hai Duong provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen passengers and three crew members were injured by severe turbulence yesterday, Oct 20, while on board Vietnam Airlines Flight VN535 from Ha Noi to Paris.

VietNamNet Bridge - Flood death toll has risen to 46, with 21 people still missing and 18 injured in central Vietnam as of October 20, reported the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's first provincial socio-economic development master plan created by a world renowned consultancy firms has been approved by leaders of central Ninh Thuan Province and is awaiting the nod from the Prime Minister.

Apple Inc. on Wednesday showcased the latest version of the operating system runs on its Macintosh computers and launched new model of its ultrathin MacBook Air notebook, in moves to boost the company's Mac business.

Daily consumption of coffee or tea may reduce chances of developing brain cancer, said a new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted changes in financial regulation, staff and budget needed to launch the European External Action Service (EEAS).

Five people died in a small plane crash Wednesday, transportation authorities said.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant is currently on the 8th position on the prestigious website on international beauty pageants Missosology. Last week she was the 18th.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top striker Le Cong Vinh has joined the national team in Hanoi to prepare for the ASEAN Football Cup (AFF Cup) 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 32 poems by late poetess Xuan Quynh (1942-1988) has been published in Vietnamese and French.

French blockhouses are still located around Hanoi and they are called “French villas”. They have become historical relics. VietNamNet correspondent Kien Trung takes pictures of remaining blockhouses in the capital city.