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.

The death toll from a coal mine gas leak in central China's Henan Province has risen to 26 as of Sunday morning as five more bodies were found, rescue headquarters said.

The casualties of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is on rise as over 45 service members have been killed since the beginning of this month in militancy-ridden Afghanistan.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam remains an attractive destination for information technology and telecom investment, heard the 4th Technology Business Conference organized in HCMC on Wednesday by Strategic Alliance Vietnamese Venture International.

VietNamNet Bridge – Drought and salt water intrusions are expected to affect the upcoming winter-autumn crop in the Mekong Delta and the country's southern region as the rainy season comes to an end.

VietNamNet Bridge – Last month, the total number of Vietnamese workers sent abroad 7,135, bringing the total since the total since the beginning of this year to 58,710 and fulfilling 70 percent of the annual target.

Vietnam’s efforts to ensure social welfare and gender equality praised; Party leader calls for strong and modern public security force; 17th ASEAN Summit to take place this month

Ha Tinh evacuates flooded areas; Australian broadcaster to help boost media links; Police bust 3 illegal pig fat-processors; Rock slide kills 2 men, injures one

The recent red-mud spill in western Hungary has raised the concerns about bauxite mining projects in Vietnam, said Duong Van Hoa, Deputy General Director of Vietnam National Coal Mineral Group, who oversees Vinacomin’s bauxite projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phillip Noyce, the Hollywood director of famous movies like Salt, The Bone Collector and The Quiet American will be the lecturer of a two-day course at the Vietnam Cinema Association on October 22-23.

K+, a digital television channel, has obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for seven major world football tournaments. Vietnam’s football fans are upset that they’ll have to pay a lot to watch top European matches. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han couldn’t join the closing ceremony of Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary at the My Dinh National Stadium on October 10 owing to traffic jams.

VietNamNet Bridge – AVG company has expressed its wish to exclusively hold the broadcast right of many sport events in Vietnam for 20 years. The firm’s proposal has provoked controversies about its legal aspects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Model Chung Thuc Quyen will go to China on October 21 for the Miss International 2010 pageant. She is the first Vietnamese girl who attends two of the five major beauty contests in the world.