At the time traffic jams and traffic accidents are getting serious in Hanoi and HCM City, the public is surprised when the transport sector announces to building golf courses in HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport and in Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport.

The 17th Vietnam Film Festival is expected to attract about 1,000 delegates and 108 films, said Ngo Phuong Lan, vice chief of the Vietnam Cinema Agency and vice chief organizer of the festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – Downpours and water discharged by hydro-power plants in the central region has submerged hundreds of thousands of families in the lowlands, 22 people died.

VietNamNet Bridge - A ceremony was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 9, to hoist the national flags of participating countries, including Vietnam, in the Southeast Asian Games 2011 (SEA Games).

A Russian Mars probe launched early Wednesday has failed to reach its intended orbit, Russia's space agency told reporters in Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The decision to increase the minimum wage two months earlier than initially planned has raised big worries to businesses, especially the labor intensive industries such as garment and footwear.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exciting boat race kicked off the Khmer community's Ooc Om Bok religious ceremony yesterday in Soc Trang Province to worship the Moon God who brought them a good crop and abundant fish this year.

All my life people have told me that art is only for the rich who decorate their homes with expensive paintings, while my love of art is dismissed due to my lack of wealth.

The number of jobless workers requiring unemployment subsidies in Hanoi has surged drastically in recent months as production firms scaled down or even shut down their business due to economic downturn.

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have issued a joint statement on the state-level visit to the RoK by State President Truong Tan Sang, affirming their determination to boost multifaceted cooperation.

History Channel follows up its Emmy-winning "WWII in HD" miniseries Tuesday night with the premiere of "Vietnam in HD," a three-night, six-hour documentary in which real Vietnam War veterans share their memories of Vietnam combat.

President Truong Tan Sang separately met with the Prime Minister and the National Assembly Speaker of the Republic of Korea on Nov. 9 - the second day of his visit to the country.

At least 18 buildings, including two hotels, collapsed in the province of Van in eastern Turkey after a 5.6-magnitude quake struck Van on Wednesday night, Turkish private NTV news channel reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top fencer Nguyen Thi Le Dung will face rivals from Indonesia and Thailand at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 hard, harmful and dangerous jobs may be added to the current list of about 2,000.

Together with the dollar price increasing on both, the official and black markets, the foreign currency conversion fees have also escalated.

VietNamNet Bridge – The plan to cut off the 90kg tumor in the right leg for 31-year-old Nguyen Duy Hai from Da Lat city on November 16, has been canceled because the patient now suffers from pleural effusion.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,000 monkeys, snakes and birds were released in U Minh Ha National Park in southern Ca Mau Province on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities are required to publish information regarding the quality of training in the 2011-12 school year on their official websites, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

A concert featuring former students of the Vietnam National Academy of Music will be held in Hanoi and Hai Phong by the Goethe Institute on November 11 and 12.