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.

VietNamNet Bridge – Next week VinaPhone will import an additional 450 Apple’s iPhone 4 smart phones. As thousands of people want to buy the phone, the firm may have to hold a draw to select lucky customers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Hanoi has not calculated the total spending of its 1000th anniversary (October 1-10), the city didn’t spend dozens of trillion dong (hundreds of million US dollars) in the event, senior officials have confirmed.

Chile says it will prosecute those responsible for the mine collapse that trapped 33 miners for more than two months before being freed Wednesday.

The overly high powder milk prices in Vietnam have been blamed on unhealthy competition behaviours by producers and suppliers, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).

SCIC, which specializes in making investment with state capital, has revealed the plan to hire people to represent state capital in enterprises.

A lot of young people eagerly return to their home villages after graduating from universities, hoping to devote themselves to the native land.

Vietnamese companies penetrate Cambodian market; Tra export forecasts lowered; Visiting Indian pharmaceutical firms seek local partners

Ford’s ASEAN President Peter Fleet said Vietnam has great potentials to develop automobile industry

People are hurrying to book tickets for the flights on Tet holiday, though Tet will come only in four months.

The volume of kieu hoi (overseas remittance) sent to Vietnam through commercial banks and economic institutions in HCM City so far has increased rapidly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gamers are using creative measures to dodge an online games curfew such as switching to offline games or playing in secret behind closed doors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport's Registration Department will launch the nation's first vehicle emission testing centre later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – A project to restore a 17th century temple on the outskirts of Ha Noi, which was carried out by architect Le Thanh Vinh, won the highest prize in the heritage preservation category . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – A new regulation being drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment would impose stricter financial capacity requirements on foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Does every actor dreams of becoming a movie star? . . . "Being a movie actor is not my dream. I dream of becoming a doctor who takes care of poor women and children."

Supermodel contest to crown winner in HCM City on Saturday; Luxury yoga, fitness centre opens in Ha Noi; Paris exhibition presents Ha Noi through photographer's eyes; Apollo students earn Cambridge English certificates

VietNamNet Bridge – Competition among the cement, steel, chemical fertiliser, animal feed, dairy and service sectors, such as aviation, banking, insurance, petroleum distribution and telecommunications is relatively fair and . . .