VietNamNet Bridge – The Government and lawmakers at the National Assembly's meeting on Friday, Nov 5, agreed that although the incidence of juvenile crimes has dropped, the severity of the offences has risen.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s relics like Khue Van Cac, Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature), One Pillar Pagoda and many world cultural heritages which are sculptured in huge blocks of ice are now displayed at HCM City’s Dam Sen Park.

VietNamNet Bridge – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday presented Vietnamese writer and translator Hoang Thuy Toan with a Friendship Medal at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local filmmakers and their American counterparts met at a cultural exchange programme yesterday held by the US Consulate General in HCM City to share experiences about documentary film-making.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many low-budget films, several of them made by HCM City students and shown on YouTube, are garnering praise from young audiences around the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese filmmakers have been invited to participate in a short ecological film competition.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese karate team are still coming to grips with the fact that they will be going into the Asian Games (ASIAD) without Nguyen Hoang Ngan, who damaged her knee in Serbia last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese chess team has a good chance to win a medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China next week, thanks to Le Quang Liem's impressive performance.

A car bomb went off in the holy Shiite city of Karbala in central Iraq on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 38 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

The United States and India Monday apparently showed differences over Pakistan and Kashmir, with U.S. President Barack Obama calling on India and Pakistan to set up a mechanism to solve their disputes through talks.

A little girl from Quang Ngai province won the Best contestant and the Most favourite singer titles in the final night of Do Re Mi, a singing contest for children held by the national Vietnam Television Station, on November 7.

At least seven worshippers were killed in a bomb attack in a mosque near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday night, police said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Contestants of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant on November 7 raised fund for flood victims in central Vietnam in HCM City.

The death toll of a shopping mall fire in northeast China's Jilin City has risen to 19, as the rescue headquarters declared the end of rescue efforts Saturday morning.

Qantas plane QF6 experienced engine problems shortly after takeoff from Singapore Friday evening, local media reported.

The investor and contractor of Tan Rai bauxite project on November 6 told the National Assembly’s working group that they had agreed to adjust the design of the red mud reservoir to heighten its safety after the incident in Hungary.

In principle, it is now the high car sale season. However, analysts do not think that the demand would be high, because the dollar is still very expensive.

South Korea's most prestigious university wants to make Vietnam the location of its first overseas campus, part of an internationalisation strategy billed as putting "obligation and responsibility" above revenue streams.

Payment balance signals resilience; Cashew industry to assist farmers; City targets 11% rise in foreign tourists

Party leader says unity to help nation forge ahead; Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association celebrates October Revolution; Long-term strategy to cope with climate change

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s vegetable-fruit-flower markets often open from 2 to 6am. From the markets, fresh vegetable, fruits and flowers are delivered to the rest of the capital.

Vietnam aims to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015; 12 more border gates to drop immigration declaration; Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks; Joining efforts to help people in central Vietnam

According to the website of Singapore-based Larasati auctioneer, paintings by famous Vietnamese artists like Vu Cao Dam, Hong Viet Dung and Bui Xuan Phai will be auctioned in Hong Kong on November 27.

The more profuse supply and the lack of investment capital both have forced real estate developers to ease sale prices to attract more buyers.

VietNamNet Bridge - A red mud flood suddenly appeared and inundated homes and crops in Duyet Trung Commune, Cao Bang town on November 5.