VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of many districts in Hanoi are criticized for neglecting nearly 100 parking lots that violate the law, while the governments of some wards lend a hand to illegal parking lots.

Juventus routed Palermo 3-0 on Sunday to stay at the top of Serie A with one game in hand.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked local authorities throughout the nation to expand information dissemination activities that focus on methods to prevent the hand-foot-mouth disease in order to reduce the number of cases.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has admitted that 105 securities companies are too much for a fledgling stock market like Vietnam. Experts believe that it is now the right time to re-organize the market.

VietNamNet Bridge – President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres will pay an official visit to Vietnam from Nov. 22-26 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

The gloomy Vietnamese stock market and the global economic crisis are the two large rocks that hinder investment funds to call for capital. However, more and more new funds still appear every day on the market.

Real Madrid remain three points clear of FC Barcelona at the top of the La Liga following a weekend in which the case for those complaining the Spanish league is a two horse race became even stronger.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teacher Le Viet Minh has been teaching ethnic minorities in the mountains of the north-central province of Quang Binh for so long that there is a little of the ethnic Vietnamese in him.

Mariano Rajoy has been elected as the next prime minister of Spain with a landslide victory in the general election on Sunday.

The situation of vocational schools, which have been dragging out a miserable existence for the last many years, has got even worse due to the lack of students.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has made important contributions to implementing ASEAN priorities, including building the ASEAN Community, strengthening ASEAN connectivity and expanding the association’s foreign relations.

HCMC has mapped out a major plan to build a waste-to-energy plant and two other facilities to treat toxic waste and wastewater to cope with rising volumes of solid waste and wastewater in the city.

The 2012 budget plan is currently a hot topic at the National Assembly agenda. Its Finance and Budget Committee senior expert Bui Duc Thu sheds some light on the issue.

The 2011 Vietnamese Talent Awards ceremony was held on November 20 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi to honour the best products and initiatives in the fields of information technology (IT), natural sciences and physiology.

Vietnam-RoK idol music gala organized; Photo book salutes General Giap; 6,000-year-old bone needles found in Tuyen Quang cave; Hanoi to host Vietnam-Korea cultural, culinary festival; Dance contest for Wondergirls song seeks entrants

Four more gold medals were obtained at the ongoing 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia on November 20.

Pop star Phuong Thanh will organise a solo concert in HCM City this week to introduce her latest rock music album.

The planned green-bus system in HCM City has met roadblocks in recent weeks because of a scarcity of biogas and the effect of a policy that discourages private companies to participate in the programme.

The 3G and 4G brands are here to stay in the market.

At least 14 persons died and over 50 others suffered injuries when a major fire engulfed a congregation of eunuchs or trans-sexuals at a community center in an east Delhi locality Sunday, said local media reports.