VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s midfielder Pham Thanh Luong, 23, is ranked in the top five football players of the Southeast Asian Games 2011 on Goal.com, a prestigious website on football.

With three out of five gaining sessions last week on the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index concluded last week up 0.97 per cent over the previous Friday's close, reaching 383.35 points.

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Viet Nam 2010 Ngoc Han will make her debut as a fashion designer at Spring and Summer Viet Nam Fashion 2012 in Ha Noi.

Four HCM City-based commercial banks borrowed 1475 billion dong from another bank, but they have been repeatedly asking for the delay of debt payment.

Hoi An ancient houses host art exhibitions; Second street art festival in Hanoi, HCMC; “Twilight” star addresses Vietnamese fans; International artists present black humor in Hanoi; Everyday art goes on show at the Emergency Room   

Lam Dong Province’s Madagui Forest City, about 150 kilometers from HCMC, is renowned for its natural beauty, intricate forests, caves, springs and streams.

VietNamNet Bridge – The operators of HCM City ports are unhappy with the city's ban on heavy vehicles during certain times of the day, and warn the severe losses this is causing could force some of them to close down.

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Ninh Hai District, Ninh Thuan province on November 25 tried two defendants who shot 15 Black-shanked langurs (Pygathrix nigripes) at the Nui Chua National Park.

A group of scientists at the Central Highlands Biological Institute has claimed that some bone parts of the last Javan rhino in Vietnam have disappeared during the process of restoring the animal’s whole skeleton.

Provinces to be joined in economic zone; Foreman suspended for gluing worker’s hands; Localities respond to National Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Huynh Chau and Chu Hoang Dieu Linh have won the right to participate in the Olympics 2012 after taking medals at the Olympic qualifier round in Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the exhibition named “Contemporary Scenarios,” which opened at the Vietnam Fine Art Museum, Hanoi on November 27, Pham Khac Quang added ‘chu Teu,’ a famous folk character into contemporary stories.

VietNamNet Bridge – Facing controversy, Thanh Hoa province’s traffic police department has halted using fishing nets to catch traffic law violators, said Tran Van Thuc, chief of the provincial police agency’s office.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Customs Department has collected arrears of over VND28.3 billion (US$1.3 million) for the State Budget in the first 11 months this year, 2.8 times year-on-year higher than 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 700 of the latest designs by 25 designers from across the country will be introduced at the Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2012, to be held at the Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi from November 28-30.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 15th Terry Fox charitable run was held at the Phu My Hung urban area in Ho Chi Minh City on November 27, attracting nearly 10,000 people.

As part of his graduation project, a student has made a special dress with 700 condoms, grabbing the public attention and many media headlines.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday accepted the nomination by the ruling United Russia party to run for president in next March's election.

VietNamNet Bridge - Photos featuring lives of drug addicts are now on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City, which opened on November 26.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will be the first Mekong River Commission's (MRC) member country to receive a hydrological observation system next January under the Hydrological Cycle Observing System project (HYCOS).