VietNamNet Bridge – Before the full moon festival, the street for lanterns near Cho Lon Market welcomes thousands of visitors every night.

 Indonesia seen as Vietnam’s important partner; Vietnam, DPRK boost trade union cooperation; PM urges Laos to improve legal framework for projects

VietNamNet Bridge – 30 models are competing in the final round of Vietnam Supermodel 2011, in the resort city of Da Lat and HCM City on September 10-20.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen Vietnamese workers will compete with over 1,000 contestants from over 50 countries at the world technical skill contest in London from October 5 to 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – Retired policeman Le Minh Thuong, 74, from central Nghe An Province, has on several occasions refused to sell off his five ancient golden apple trees (diospyros decandrs Lour) for over VND7 billion (US$340,000).

VietNamNet Bridge – The new academic year has just begun, but in Vietnam’s southwestern region, many schools are on the verge of collapse.

VietNamNet Bridge - Leaders of the Party and State, diplomatic corps, international organizations and people in and outside the country paid tribute to former President Vo Chi Cong in Hanoi, HCM City and Quang Ngai (his hometown).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Hoang Pham Tra Mi has won the first and second prizes at two international piano contests in France and Austria. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The festival for beer lovers, called Oktoberfest, the 19th event of its kind, will take place at the Winsor Plaza hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7-8 and October 11-15.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rumor was spread on the evening of September 10, on Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai, urging thousands of locals to run away helter-shelter.

VietNamNet Bridge – Winning works of Dogma Prize, the first competition for self-portraits in Viet Nam will be on a display at the National Fine Arts Museum.

 Fourth-seeded American team of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond won the women's doubles final at the U.S. Open on Sunday by outlasting defening champions Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova.

Commercial banks all have stopped the programs on mobilizing capital from the public at negotiable interest rates, after the SBV late last week threatened to dismiss managers of the banks which offer the interest rates higher than 14 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – The English National Ballet will perform at the Ha Noi Opera House on Wednesday and at the Opera House in HCM City two days later, according to the British Council.

VietNamNet Bridge – The H're ethnic minority has planted sua in Ca Ray Village, the central province of Quang Ngai's Ba To District to preserve the rare and valuable timber of the country.

The search and rescue workers have retrieved 197 bodies of the victims in the ferry accident in the wee hours of Saturday, Mohammed Aboud, the Minister of State of the Second Vice-President's Office said here on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Uruguay has decided to open its embassy in Hanoi in order to promote its relationship with Vietnam, especially in economics and trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – As it is getting more and more costly to lease retail premises in Hanoi, small merchants have “invented” a new mode of shops – hanging shops.

The Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the department has suggested many detailed solutions for the draft decree on performing arts, which will be submitted to the government in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – If well-known painters could come back to life by a miracle, they would have wanted to die again when they see their artworks being imitated and sold at dirt cheap prices in Vietnam.