VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Huong pulled off a season's best performance in the women's 100m sprint yesterday, Nov 22, but it was not enough to satisfy Viet Nam's desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou.

VietNamNet Bridge - A 38-question barrage greeted Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang as the first member of Cabinet to go before deputies in the National Assembly yesterday morning.

The second Long Bien Bridge Festival, which took place on November 20-21, didn’t attract many visitors and didn’t have notable activities like the first one in 2009. Some photos feature the festival.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Chair Nguyen Trong Hy confirmed that the federation will reconsider recruitment of foreign players who are naturalized Vietnamese citizens for the national squad.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has requested local authorities to check the resort real estate development projects in their localities and report back to the ministry.

Apple Inc. on Monday released iOS 4.2, the latest version of its mobile operating system, in an effort to boost the sales of the company's mobile devices in the upcoming holiday shopping season.

High blood levels of the antioxidant alpha-carotene appear to be associated with a reduced risk of dying over a 14-year period, according to a report posted Monday in the online edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.

At least 347 people were killed and 394 others injured in a stampede on Monday night as millions of Cambodians celebrated the last day of the three-day annual Water Festival in the capital Phnom Penh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 22 signed a decision on the establishment of the Agency for Control of Administrative Procedures.

VietNamNet Bridge – The flow of the river will be weakened seriously or it can dry out completely if its waters is transferred to other rivers, like a man who loses his blood, wrote Prof., Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tran.

“With only seven minutes, I don’t have time to mention good things but only the problems that the people want to raise before the government,” said deputy Duong Trung Quoc before the National Assembly’s question and answer session.

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Sunday said she has no plan to run for president or any other elective office.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town was bustling in the morning of November 22 due to  the appearance of Miss Earth contestants.

Hundreds of local people and visitors saw the ancient turtle floating on the surface of the Hoan Kiem Lake in the afternoon of November 22. However, he held a rubber band in his mouth.

At least three bodies have been found in an apartment building that caught fire in Tampere city, southern Finland, early Monday, police said.

US Army General visits Vietnam; Ha Giang urged to care for human resources; Meeting marks 70th anniversary of Nam Ky Uprising

Catholic congress attracts 334 delegates nation-wide; University receives achievement award; Vietnamese expatriates build pagoda in Laos; Hanoi has first ice-skating rink; Vinashin’s subsidiary builds cargo ships

Though commercial banks have continuously raised deposit interest rates, the banking system cannot mobilize more capital from the public. The money just transfers from one bank to another.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2010 Vietnam Land Talent Awards Ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 21 to honour nine information technology products, a series of medical research, and two scientists.

State owned economic groups and general corporations are now considered the “motivating force” of the national economy. However, the national economy cannot continue based only on set rails.

The fact that Professor Ngo Bao Chau has received the gift from the Government – an apartment worth $600,000 – has immediately become a matter of controversy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre has forecast more rain in the central region under the influence of a new cold spell moving south.

The successive information about the new moves of casino projects recently has raised the question if there are any changes in the policies relating to the sensitive business field.

VietNamNet Bridge – Almost 100 children delivered an emphatic plea for inclusion in society's decision making in Ha Noi during the weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of industrial parks have sprung up around the country but most of them lack facilities for environmental protection and workers' housing.