A seminar entitled “Vietnam Global Environment Fund (GEF) National Dialogue” was held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on October 14 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lee Kirby, the British man who is known for his sweet voice in late composer Trinh Cong Son’s songs, will perform at the ATB club on October 16-17 with Vietnamese famous singer Anh Tuyet.

Thua Thien-Hue completes border demarcation with Laos; France fosters friendship with Vietnam; Condolences over traffic accident in Ukraine

VietNamNet Bridge – On October 2 afternoon, “King Ly Cong Uan” arrived in Hanoi after a long trip from the former capital Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh province). Hundreds of people stood on the Red Riverside to welcome the “king”.

On October 13, the Chairman of the First ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus issued a statement "ADMM-Plus: Strategic Cooperation for Peace, Stability, and Development in the Region".

After more than 50 years preserved at the Museum of Vietnam History, treasures that symbolize the power of feudal dynasties like emperor’s seals, emperor’s swords, etc. are exhibited the first time.

The last of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, 54-year-old Luis Urzua, the shift foreman, was rescued on Wednesday after having stayed underground for some 70 days.

Commercial banks have reported that the demand for foreign currency loans keeps increasing because of the depreciation of the dong against the dollar.

Students are returning to school, but with empty hands, because their schoolbags, textbooks have all gone with the flood.

Schools complain that there is a serious shortage of teaching aids

The profit gained by private businesses is still much lower than that of state owned and foreign invested enterprises (SOEs and FIEs).

General Director of Indochina Airlines Ha Hung Dung, who is also well known in Vietnam as a musician, may have to appear in court

Educators have rung the alarm bell over the decreases in the quality of the teams of excellent students to attend the national and international competitions.

VietNamNet Bridge – For a taste of central highlands history, tourists to Daklak Province should  visit the tomb of the king of elephant hunters in Buon Don Village.

VietNamNet Bridge – Portfolio investors and experts differ in their expectations of results of listed firms for the third quarter, but whether good or bad, experts say the results won’t make an impact on the market

Seafood processing workshops in Mekong Delta complain that the workshops cannot run at full capacity because they cannot collect enough materials for processing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has just approved a plan to build six solid-waste treatment facilities for the Mekong Delta in an ambitious target to collect and treat 90% of wastes in the region by 2015

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) Management Board on Tuesday awarded two investment certificates for building Research and Development (R&D) facilities to two local firms in the park in District 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will likely invest US$50 million in the local lender An Binh Commercial Bank (ABBank).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has recently lowered the tra fish export target this year to US$1.35 billion after the U.S. imposed anti-dumping tariffs up to 130% on fish products shipped stateside.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s civil aviation market registered strong growth in the first nine months of the year, with both passenger and cargo segments picking up over 20% year-on-year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents must co-operate with schools to strictly monitor their children and make sure that they are abiding by traffic laws.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fighting corruption in education was a significant task, the Vice Inspector of the Ministry of Education and Training, Pham Van Tai, said yesterday, Oct 13.

VietNamNet Bridge – The business confidence index (BCI) rebounded in the third quarter this year after it increased three points over the second quarter and 37 points against the same period in 2008.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of central Ninh Thuan Province recently asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade to help it find investors for a US$9.8 billion steel complex in Ninh Phuoc District.