VietNamNet Bridge - The second ASEAN-Russia Summit, chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, with the participation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and ASEAN leaders, was held in Hanoi on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday, Oct 29, praised efforts made by Intel Corporation to build an assembly and testing plant in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The competitiveness of Viet Nam's milk products remains weak because of dependence on imported materials and lack of high-tech equipment in the industry, officials have said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese films ranging from classic masterpieces to the latest releases will be screened during the Japanese Film Festival 2010 to travel to the northern cities of Hai Phong and Ha Noi and after screenings . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences can take a photographic trip to Russia at the Glimpse on Russia exhibition on show at 45 Trang Tien, Street in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Using thread and ink to create a kind of armour for her calligraphic subjects, artist Tammy Nguyen's new body of work explores three dimensions in experimental ways, stretching and twisting her characters with cement and string

VietNamNet Bridge – Modified three-wheel motor vehicles can still be seen on the streets of Ha Noi, but by December 31, all will have to go because of a State ban the authorities say.

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of environmental institutes from the German state of Saxon and the Dresden University of Technology arrived in HCM City yesterday to discuss co-operation in environmental protection, particularly waste management.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies attending the 9th session of the National Assembly yesterday, Oct 29, discussed the bill on complaints in their working groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the ASEAN countries met yesterday, Oct 29, with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ha Noi to welcome the ASEAN-UN Special Partnership.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete in next month's Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou, China deputy head of the National Sports Administration Le Quy Phuong said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Nguyen Thi Nguyet scored a hattrick to help Viet Nam's U-19 women's football team beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Women's Championship qualifiers.

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided on Friday to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery until Tuesday because of a leak in a pressurization system.

The world's largest cruise ship "Allure of the Seas," built in Finnish Turku Shipyard, left Turku on Friday and proceeded directly to Florida Fort Lauderdale of the United States.

The death toll of a suicide bombing in Iraq's Diyala province late Friday has risen to 25, while 70 others were wounded, an interior ministry source told Xinhua.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that initial tests on two packages found on U.S.- bound cargo planes confirmed they "apparently contain explosive material," and that investigators had discovered a "credible terrorist threat"

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java erupted again on Saturday, spewing hot ashes as high as 2 kilometers, covering up the radius of 10 kilometers around the mountain, official said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Ministry of Transport to set up a steering board to receive Japanese technical assistance for the Hanoi-Vinh and HCM City-Phan Thiet express railway projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many bloggers have post others’ personal information on their blogs. They may not be doing this conciously but in fact, they violate the law, warned a reputed lawyer.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are many problems? with virtual values in Vietnam football industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Damaging cold temperatures has hit Sapa town, a famous tourist destination in northern Vietnam earlier than usual, killing many cattle.

Rescuers and survivors are searching the rubble of collapsed houses on Indonesia's tsunami-hit islands in West Sumatra. The death toll has reached 370, while more than 400 people are missing.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies spent one day, October 28, to contribute their opinions to the draft documents of the upcoming 11th National Party Congress.

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Indonesia hails Vietnam’s initiatives; Vietnam affirms the importance of strengthening ties with Japan; Nation backs UN on Cuba; Deputy PM Khiem meets Myanmar's foreign minister