VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will perform on the prestigious stages of Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Centre in New York City from January 8 – 11.

Unlike previously, when banks restricted loans to meet requirements on their capital adequacy ratio, they now have profuse capital and rush to find borrowers.

Educators all agree that students should not be allowed to use cell phones during lessons.

Many parents complain that their children are overloaded by regular school hours and they do not want them to attend extra classes, but they must.

After Vinashin Motor launched Diamond Blue, a new scooter, Piaggio and Honda Vietnam implied that the model ‘has problems.’

HCM City companies are on an intense search for workers to expand their production scale. Many workers remain indifferent to the varied offerings by employers.

Garment and footwear exports are promising to bring tens of billions of dollars in export revenue this year. However, the actual profit they pocket is really modest.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rate of forged transactions by cards in Vietnam was sometimes three times more than the world average and ten times over the regional average, reported the Vietnam Banking Association on September 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eight years since it was excavated, the royal citadel opened to the public the first time on October 2 at 18 Hoang Dieu, Hanoi.

The rapid appreciation of the yen recently has made Vietnam’s actual ODA (official development assistance loans) debt increase by 50 trillion dong, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VietNamNet Bridge – Norwegian orchestra Bodo Sinfonietta will join students and professors from the HCM City Conservatory for a concert at the conservatory.

VietNamNet Bridge – The organizing board of the Thang Long-Hanoi Great Anniversary has announced detailed activities for the ten-day anniversary (October 1-10).

VietNamNet Bridge – A top rice producer like Vietnam also produces lots of rice husks. In the Mekong Delta, entrepreneurs are learning how to turn this ‘waste’ into electricity

he annual general debate in the 192-member General Assembly concluded on Wednesday after six days of discourse on topics ranging from the global economy to UN reform, from peacekeeping to nuclear non-proliferation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champion and No 1 seed Namchok Tantipokhakul of Thailand will face Viet Nam’s Nguyen Thai Duong in the first round of this week’s Mercedes-Benz Masters Vietnam Tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge – Grand Master Le Sang, the second successor of Viet Vo Dao (Vovinam) martial arts passed away on September 27, 2010 at the age of 91.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many giant corporations like Intel of the US, Nidec of Japan and Robert Bosch of Germany are pouring more money into the high-tech field in HCM City.

More than 200 photos of Hanoi taken by foreign diplomats and photographers were displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi last week. Below are some of them.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hon Khoi salt field, around 45km from Nha Trang city, is the largest salt field in central Vietnam.

Located on Ngo Si Lien, an old street in Hanoi, the three-star Ngo Si Lien Hotel converges both unique Oriental features and professional and modern style.

VietNamNet Bridge – From the central coast city of Quy Nhon, the towering cliffs of Yen Island look like a giant dinosaur defending the city from storms and heavy seas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer My Tam is named in the list of 11 “Global Pop Sensations You’ve Never Heard Of" on ABC News.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 6 meter x 1 meter picture made from 1.5 million pieces of colored paper featuring two dragons of the Ly dynasty will be showcased at a handicraft exhibition at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on September 15

 VietNamNet Bridge – American journalist Stanley Karnow recalled his memories of General Vo Nguyen Giap on Tuoi Tre Daily on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the legendary general (25-8-1911-25-8-2010).

VietNamNet Bridge – They accuse Megastar of using its position in the market to raise film hiring prices and impose film distributing conditions.