VietNamNet Bridge - National Assembly (NA) deputies on November 2 discussed the bill on higher education and the law and ordinance building program of the new congress.

VietNamNet Bridge – Buses follow one another, making ‘chains’ of hundreds of meters long on the street.

Smoking causes 40,000 deaths, costs $1 bln; Hanoi reviews five years of corruption prevention and control; USAID to help Vietnam respond to HIV/AIDS epidemic; HCM City truck ban eases traffic; Company ordered to treat exhaust fumes

A number of unique rituals and customs are still practiced at a traditional Cham ethnic wedding ceremony as seen in the following photographs.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the West Coast city of Oakland and forced its port to shut down Wednesday in a general strike called by the Occupy Oakland group.

Local people have been considered as criminals who destroy forests and ravage the environment. But, a question should be raised that why they have to do that.

There exists a school, where there is only one student. Another school only gathers women of ethnic minorities. Especially, a school has been opened where people learn the sense of shame. These are the strangest schools in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Chess Federation has signed a 4-year sponsor contract for Vietnam’s two top chess great masters – Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

The HCMC Tourism Association has continued to petition Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the central bank to allow travel agencies to enjoy commercial term interest rates from deposits instead of the low rate for call deposits.

Amazon on Thursday launched an e-book lending service for owners of its Kindle devices, letting them borrow one digital book per month with no due date.

The State Bank of Vietnam has continuously raised the interbank dollar price, making the dong lose 0.85 percent of its value in October alone.

Iran's state-run satellite Press TV reported Thursday that Iran will reveal some documents about the " U.S. anti-Tehran terror plots."

VietNamNet Bridge – Top models moved flexibly in iron-made costumes and winter outfits in the ‘GF Night’ fashion show in HCM City on the evening of November 3.

VietNamNet Bridge – The South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs have agreed to organize a Korean language test for Vietnamese workers this month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 175 football fans will arrive in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 19, on a hired aircraft of Vietnam Airlines, to cheer up the Vietnamese U-23 football team at the SEA Games 2011.

Viet Nam needs to provide greater incentives and legal protection for whistleblowers, experts said at an international workshop yesterday organised by the Office of the Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption.

One third of the polled businesses in the survey conducted by Vietnam Report on the business environment prospect in 2012-2013, said they believed the situation would be better than in 2011.

President Sang welcomes Cambodian Deputy PM; Germany is Vietnam’s biggest EU trade partner; President receives Russian top judge; Grand Duke of Luxembourg to visit Vietnam; VN, Laos rekindle the spirit of solidarity, friendship  

HCMC hosts screening of American Documentary Films; US embassy helps establish drama project in Hanoi; Slang picture book banned; Gallimard exhibition in Hanoi; Largest mass wedding for 80 couples; Hanoi int'l women to host charity event