City hospital offers free lung testing; Hunger and poverty programme launched; Chinese national held for drug trafficking; Dengue fever spreads in central provinces

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decision to upgrade Thai Nguyen City to a first-tier city, affiliated to Thai Nguyen province, a milestone in its 48-year growth and development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers in HCM City high schools are ill prepared to implement the policy of integrating life-skills teaching into school curricula, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – High-school students in HCM City remain reluctant to join vocational schools because a promised change in regulations that will allow them to continue their studies in universities has yet to be made.

VietNamNet Bridge – Seventeen Vietnamese and Singaporean students studying in Singapore’s contemporary arts school LASALLE College will display their works at the Fine Arts College in HCM City this weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam International Film Festival officially opened yesterday, Oct 17, in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Rakugo master Utazo Katsura will treat Ha Noi audiences to a traditional Japanese form of entertainment in performances on October 19-20.

Quyen signs with Song Lam Nghe An; Thien targets higher ranking; Viet Nam beat India 3-1 in friendly

Curcumin, a spice that is common in Indian curries and other Asian dishes, might extend the lifespan of humans because it is full of anti-oxidants and other good chemicals, a new study reveals.

VietNamNet Bridge - 70 films from 23 countries and territorries will be shown during the first International Film Festival opening in Hanoi on October 17 morning.

Vietnam’s Floating Lives screened at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival is described by The Hollywood Reporter as a sensuous and timeless film on love, loss and yearning.

HCM City People’s Procuracy on Saturday proposed the life sentence to Huynh Ngoc Si, former deputy director of the HCMC Transport Department.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nine Vietnamese fishermen, provided with food and drinks by China, were safe and healthy on Phu Lam (Woody) island of the Paracel archipelago in East Sea, according to Vietnamese Embassy in China Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Rain-triggered floods have killed 12 people, with three others still missing in the central provinces as of October 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thi Tuong Lagoon, which spans the two districts of Cai Nuoc and Tran Van Thoi in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, offers a slice of quiet rural life to tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta is inherently famous for immense rice fields, floating markets on alluvial rivers, colorful orchards and serpentine canals. The excellent fishing in the delta has become a tourism drawcard . . .

Miss Vietnam not selected to Beach Beauty event; Vietnam film week opens in Germany; Vietnam joins ASEAN Family Day in Japan; Ho Chi Minh City Days festival begins in Pusan

Cold spells to cast over Vietnam; Cambodia, Japan offer sympathy over VN floods; Prosecution sought for drug trafficking; Int’l organisations pledge aid to flood victims; 40th UPU letter writing contest gets underway

Vietnam attends APEC food security meeting; State to develop fertiliser plan; Unitel launches 3G services in Laos; Commercial pilots to be trained in Vietnam; Japan finances waste treatment project in VN

Vice President visits Bulgaria, attends Francophone Summit; Party General Secretary urges Police to modernise; Singapore’s naval ship visits Da Nang; German Left Party leader visits Vietnamese-run mart

VietNamNet Bridge - Intel Corporation, the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, will open its 1 billion USD chip assembly and testing facility in Vietnam by the end of this month, an executive said.

The ADB has pointed out a need for regional cooperation in monetary and financial issues, particularly to deal with the issues of multiple currencies within domestic economies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam ’s first wind power turbine production factory was inaugurated at the Nomura industrial zone in the northern port city of Hai Phong on October 15.

VietNamNet Bridge - The mainland could contact the captain and the crew on fishing boat QNg 66487 TS at 12:45hrs on Oct. 16, 2010, reported the People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Quang Ngai.

The United States registers a 1. 294 trillion-U.S.-dollar budget deficit in the just-completed fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Friday.