Suffering from huge losses from flood caused by water discharged by reservoirs, the Farmers’ Association of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on November 4 met to discuss how to claim compensation from the power sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – Myong Cha-hyon and Al Il-bom both scored to help North Korea to victory over Viet Nam and the VFF SONHA Cup at My Dinh National Stadium on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government's newly-announced measures to calm the monetary market helped lift shares on Friday, allowing the VN-Index to end the session at 457.27 points, an overall gain of 1.03 over the previous week's close.

VietNamNet Bridge – An opera arranged by German and Austrian and performed by Vietnamese artists will debut at the Hanoi Opera House on November 14.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday drove a Formula 1 racing car for several hours on a special track at a speed of 240 km per hour in Russia's northeast region of St. Petersburg, showing again his tough image.

National Assembly deputies are continuing to frown upon the country’s power sector.

Vietnam’s information technology (IT) industry still lags behind progressive countries in the region as it has yet to satisfy regional advanced standards. 

Chairing a cabinet meeting Saturday to discuss socio-economic developments in Hanoi, PM Nguyen Tan Dung asked ministries to focus on price control, especially keeping close eye on prices of daily life necessities, medicines and milks.

Because of high flood tide on the Saigon River, hundreds of barges couldn’t go through Binh Trieu bridge on November 7. Hundreds of barges had to queue for nearly ten kilometers  waiting until water went down.

Two days after the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced it will keep the foreign exchange rate unchanged, gold prices continued to increase to over VND 35 million per tael this morning.

PetroVietnam and India Oil and Nature Gas Corporation still have opportunity to buy BP’s assets in  BP joint ventures operating in Vietnam, after BP announced it had reached agreement with Russia TNK-BP.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism last week reported that Vietnam in 2010 would receive more than five million foreign tourists and the number of local travellers would reach over 28 million.

VietNamNet Bridge – For Vietnamese, the wedding is the most important event in their lives. As their income is improved, many people are ready to pay thousands of US dollars to hire luxurious cars for their weddings.

Taiwan’s Formosa is seeking Vietnamese authorities’ support to mobilise foreign currency to run its giant steel complex in central Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Agency Friday arrested Cu Huy Ha Vu under the approval of the Supreme People’s Court to investigate his activities related to spreading anti-state propaganda.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tree (diospyros decandra lour), which is located in the central province of Thua Thien Hue, was accredited as “Tree of Heritage” by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment on November 5.

Experts said that Vietnam’s mega-city is flooded because its canals have been filled up. The city plans to spend over $500 million on flood-prevention plan but local residents will remain vulnerable to floods for at least another eight years.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Talent Prize 2010 sponsored by the Denmark-Vietnam Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) was presented to Pham Tuan Tu, 29, with four paintings which show people with unclear sexual orientation.

China Unicom today officially opened its Vietnam representative office in Hanoi, its first local office set up in Southeast Asia region following the presence of its affiliated company in Singapore.

Not only have they been exposing some skin on stage, pop singers in Vietnam have also been making steamy video clips, appealing to the audience’s appreciation of music by eyes rather than by ears.

Xuan La craft village in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen district has been producing traditional toys for kids for generations, but is this old trade about to bite the dust?

Ministry of Public Security’s police have dropped “lack of responsibilities” charges against Luong Hoai Nam, former director of budget domestic carrier Jetstar Pacific Airlines.

VietNamNet Bridge – The romantic name attracts a lot of visitors to Tien Sa (The Fairy Descends) Lake, located about 60km from Ha Noi at the base of Tan Vien Mountain in Ba Vi District. It's an ideal destination for a relaxing day or weekend

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Nhat Anh, who is known for long stories for teenagers, has left Vietnam for Thailand to receive the ASEAN Literature Award 2010 for his book “Give me a ticket back to childhood”.

A working group of National Assembly and government representatives Friday arrived in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on their field trip to the construction sites of two bauxite mining projects in Lam Dong and Dak Nong.