Vietnam has been officially added into the list of the nationals that face the water shortage.

Coffee industry to spend $600m in bid to regain trademark; Exporters told EU trade still lucrative; SBV may adjust forex rate by early 2012; Stock market slump causes misery for brokerages; Garment exports reach $11.7 billion

Hanoi police have arrested a taxi driver a week after he overcharged by 40 times two Singaporean delegates to the 80th Interpol General Assembly meeting in Hanoi. He also took away their Iphone.

VietNamNet Bridge - The national track and field team expects to win at least eight gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games 2011 in Indonesia later this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – A month-long anti-smoking campaign was launched in HCM City last week, aiming to raise awareness of the harmful effects of both active and passive smoking.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee will launch a week-long promotional campaign from November 7-11, to urge people to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world.

VietNamNet Bridge - A petition to amend 16 laws relating to local business environment improvement is set to go before the National Assembly, the Government and central ministries and agencies at the year’s end.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam dominated the 15th Asian Xiangqi Chinese Chess Individual Championship that closed in Macau on November 4, after its players topped both the men's and women's categories.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City Department of Information and Communications has suspended a short story collection by young writer Nguyen Vinh Nguyen for its obscene content.

VietNamNet Bridge – A dozen traditional houses in Giao Hai Commune, Nam Dinh Province, currently stand in a ruined state, but the local administration has been struggling to find sufficient funds to restore them.

Ha Noi Telecom Corp, which owns Vietnammobile, has again submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister to purchase 3G broadband and network infrastructure from faltering EVN Telecom.

Shares tumbled last week on both national stock exchanges, with negative news causing the situation to become worse towards the end of the week.

A huge landslide on Sunday along the Huong River forced several households to flee from the landslide prone area in Huong Ho Commune of Huong Tra District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

At least 10 people were killed and 25 injured when a container truck collided with a long-haul bus causing flames on the latter in the central province of Binh Thuan on Monday, according to initial reports.

Hoang Su Phi terraced fields recognised as national heritage; 26 northern beauties Miss Ethnic Vietnam enter finale; Comic books on Hanoi’s youth to be published; Documentary recalls Vietnam War; Japanese film festival in Binh Thuan

The bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and Chile will be officially signed on November 11 after three years of negotiation, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The World Bank has so far provided Vietnam with non-refundable aid, preferential credits and loans worth $13.5 billion to help the country in its national development.

Citing the current laws of China and the World Trade Organization (WTO), lawyers believe that Vietnam can gain the upper hand over the Chinese defendant who has been accused of stealing Buon Ma Thuot geographical indication.

VietNamNet Bridge – Following the killing of the last rare rhinoceros in Viet Nam by poachers, scientists are calling for better management at Cat Tien National Park to ensure that habitats for rare species remain protected.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of local and foreign revellers attended the German Festival held at the Vietnamese-German Centre at the Ha Noi University of Science and Technology yesterday, Nov 6.