Binh Thuan delays yacht festival; Viet Nam tops travel polls; Food festival month arrives; Air link from Da Nang to Japan; Viet Nam promo in Egypt

Class strives to preserve central region folk melodies; Spanish musician El Guincho to open music festival in HCM City; Publishing house obtains rights to publish Fidel Castro's memoirs

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine-year-old Dinh Anh Hoang has spent two months training at the Ha Noi T&T table tennis centre.

The 84th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday attracted thousands of people lining the streets of Manhattan and millions more watching from televisions at home.

Susan Boyle's second album "The Gift" topped the Billboard 200 album charts for a second week despite challenges from nine new competitors including R. Rihanna, according to media reports Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – On behalf of the Hanoi people, Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has offered a letter of condolence to the Phnom Penh city for the stampede disaster that killed and injured hundreds of people on November 22.

The consumer price index (CPI) in the last three months saw the sharpest increases in comparison with the same periods of the past 20 years.

According to Swedish Ambassador, to achieve the goal in fighting corruption, especially in land management, Vietnam needs to ensure the transparency of public documents, transparency at courts and transparency in the decision-making process.

VietNamNet Bridge introduces some photos featuring funny and cute moments of contestants at the Miss Earth 2010 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – They took pictures on the beach of Vinpearl Resort & Spa in Nha Trang on November 24 to prepare for the final night on December 4.

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that has illuminated new details about a celestial "sandbar" connecting two massive islands of galaxies, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported

VietNamNet Bridge – 200 senior officials of Vietnam’s ministries and agencies and representatives of international organizations attended the ASEAN-OECD seminar on administrative reforms on November 25.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak accepted defense minister's resignation on Thursday, according to the presidential office.

State President receives Yunnan province’s Secretary of the Party Committee; President Triet praises VNA-Kyodo relations; UAE, Vietnam boost comprehensive cooperation; Vietnam learns from German reform experience

Ministry puts $35bil price tag on transport needs; Australia finances poverty reduction projects in Vietnam; Hundreds of snakes freed into forest; Boat owner to pay for bridge damage; Blackmailer seized after death threats

VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th ASEAN Post and ASEAN Post +4 summits is being held in the Furama Resort in the central city Da Nang from November 25-27.

Massive amounts of carbon are being released into the atmosphere as swathes of forests growing on peat swamps in Southeast Asia are being converted to palm oil plantations

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese karateka Le Bich Phuong won the gold medal for women’s under 55kg category this afternoon, November 25.

Chief finance officers share information; Foreigner buys buoy VN-Index; Latin America potential market for export firms

The national average consumer price index in 11 months has exceeded the annual forecast with a year-on-year increase of 8.96 per cent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced.

Vietnam’s telecom has made a great leap over the last 15 years: at first, it simply imported technologies and provided services domestically, but now it makes outward investment, exports services.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities in Vietnam do not have libraries. Others have libraries, but there, 21 students have to share one seat.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies “graded” four ministers and the Prime Minister for their performance at the question and answer session that closed yesterday, November 24, in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town of Hoi An shut off their electric lights for one hour on the evening of November 22. The light from lanterns inspired Miss Earth contestants and local people on the street.

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom cables and electric wires hang down on HCM City’s streets, which looks ugly and is dangerous for passers-by.