Music comes to life on canvas by Dao Trong Luu; Le Van Kinh honored by Vietking; Toyota drawing contest for kids; Book fair in town; International Tea Festival 2011 closes; 10,000 pirated books seized in Hanoi  

Work starts on Laos-Vietnam friendship school; British media highlights Vietnam’s public services; Bank officers sacked for violating rate cap; Forest plant, animal species to be listed

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese audiences will be reintroduced to President Ho Chi Minh and his revolutionary struggle through a new French documentary called Ho Chi Minh: Dream of Peace.

There are vulnerabilities in the financial sector, though the financial system is sound overall, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report released on Tuesday, as it called for further reforms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to half of 11 national sport delegations at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia suffered from diarrhea.

VietNamNet Bridge – More punitive measures are needed to battle drink driving, the cause of 40 per cent of traffic accidents, according to a national workshop held in Ha Noi yesterday, Nov 15.

Saigon Railways began online sale of Tet tickets at 8am Tuesday on their website www.vetau.com.vn, well in time for the coming Lunar New Year.

The Hollywood superstar and her six children left Con Dao Island this morning, November 16. After that they took a flight from HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport to South Korea.

The outbound tours would be more diversified and more convenient in the next year, when a lot of domestic and foreign airlines are planning to open new air routes from Vietnam to foreign countries, offering good airfares.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh and Do Thi Ngan Thuong won three gold medals in the women's individual events at the SEA Games yesterday, Nov 15.

The historic flood in Thailand has caused big worries to Vietnamese businesses. Travel firms and automobile manufacturers have suffered from the flood first.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people bet their lives on old trains, which runs 80 km per hour on downgraded and outdated 1m wide railways.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes won 18 gold medals on the fourth day of the Southeast Asian Games 2011, ranking third after Indonesia and Thailand. Gymnastics and track-and-field were the highlight of the day.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has instructed the Government Inspectorate to combine with relevant agencies to review the implementation of asset declaration of officials.

VietNamNet Bridge – Indonesia, with over 10,000 islands totaling 2 million square kilometers, has absorbed various civilizations and cultures. After Vietnamese ‘pho,’ Indonesian has practiced Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art).

VietNamNet Bridge – To curb traffic jams in Vietnam’s largest city, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the city authorities to submit its plan on changing working time to the government before November 20.

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, Swiss State Secretary for Economy, began an official visit to Vietnam on November 15.

The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department is providing guidelines to remove obstacles for enterprises importing cell phones for special proposes, according to Thoi Bao Kinh Te Sai Gon newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of patients with dengue fever in HCM City is still on the upward trend, according to the city's Preventive Medicine Centre.

VietNamNet Bridge - After more than 10 years of intense material and labor contribution in bringing Shiseido to women in Vietnam, the 15 investors now believe that the new owner of the trademark in Vietnam is deliberately making a loss.