VietNamNet Bridge - General Secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation Tran Quoc Tuan was nominated to represent Southeast Asia at the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Standing Committee for the 2011-15 period on October 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 9th Dep Fashion Show, the largest annual fashion show in Vietnam, named “Dreaming” will take place on October 31 at The Garden trading centre in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - So far this year the mosquito – borne disease has sickened 80,000 people across the country, 59 of whom have died, said the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Health.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign visitors who go to Vietnam under the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s (VNAT) promotional program from now to the end of the year will be exempted from visa fee.

VietNamNet Bridge - A spotted seal has died of brain tumor at the Nha Trang Oceanography Institute.

The first ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus opened on October 12, in Hanoi with the attendance of the Defence Ministers of ten ASEAN countries and eight partners - China, Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Australia, Russia and the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 59-second video clip showing a girl bathing in the Hoan Kiem Lake which was uploaded to the Internet on October 8 has stirred up outrage? among the online community.

Traffic jams after the closing ceremony of Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary:

VietNamNet Bridge – Roads, pavements, flower gardens, squares, etc. are full of waste left by visitors. Below are pictures taken at the My Dinh square and Nguyen Thai Hoc street on October 10.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce more photos about Hanoi’s custom and folk festivals in the past. These photos come from the collection of Doan Thinh and Doan Bac.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100,000 students in Quang Binh and over 30,000 others in Huong Khe district, Ha Tinh province have returned to school after a week off due to flood.

A gemstone-made painting about Hanoi’s old street brought to Shanghai by Kieu Khanh, the Vietnamese representative at the Miss World 2010 pageant in China, was sold at the highest price at a charity auction on October 9 in Shanghai.

No metallic or organic contaminants have entered the Danube from the red sludge spill in western Hungary due to decontamination efforts made along the Marcal, its tributary, the National Disaster Management said Sunday.

Sleeping driver blamed for accident; Japan finalises port city strategy research; Bird flu returns to Dak Lak ducks; Paper manufacturer caught polluting land

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation on October 9 paid a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood.

A seminar entitled “Vietnam Global Environment Fund (GEF) National Dialogue” was held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on October 14 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lee Kirby, the British man who is known for his sweet voice in late composer Trinh Cong Son’s songs, will perform at the ATB club on October 16-17 with Vietnamese famous singer Anh Tuyet.

Thua Thien-Hue completes border demarcation with Laos; France fosters friendship with Vietnam; Condolences over traffic accident in Ukraine

VietNamNet Bridge – On October 2 afternoon, “King Ly Cong Uan” arrived in Hanoi after a long trip from the former capital Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh province). Hundreds of people stood on the Red Riverside to welcome the “king”.

On October 13, the Chairman of the First ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus issued a statement "ADMM-Plus: Strategic Cooperation for Peace, Stability, and Development in the Region".

After more than 50 years preserved at the Museum of Vietnam History, treasures that symbolize the power of feudal dynasties like emperor’s seals, emperor’s swords, etc. are exhibited the first time.

The last of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, 54-year-old Luis Urzua, the shift foreman, was rescued on Wednesday after having stayed underground for some 70 days.

Commercial banks have reported that the demand for foreign currency loans keeps increasing because of the depreciation of the dong against the dollar.

Students are returning to school, but with empty hands, because their schoolbags, textbooks have all gone with the flood.

Schools complain that there is a serious shortage of teaching aids