VietNamNet Bridge – Russian violinist Sergei Sivolgin swept the audiences into the melody of a Vietnamese-characteristic symphony in the first gala of the “Autumn Melody” concert on August 17 in HCM City, entitled “Symphony Concert”.

The sell-off in Wall Street continued on Friday, with major indexes suffering losses for the fourth straight week, as concerns over European debt problems and U.S. economic strength haunted the market.

As the British Council came under militants' multiple attacks Friday morning, seven people including two foreigners have been killed and five others sustained injuries, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Contrary to what businesses have earlier predicted, the first seven months of this year witnessed a multicolored movement of the tourism industry, which has fared quite well.

VietNamNet Bridge – The public debt crisis in the US or Europe should be seen as the “bad examples” to Vietnam, and that Vietnam needs to try to soon settle the sovereign debts, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese beauties, top models and singers joined a fashion and music show, named “Night of Beauties” to raise fund for charity in Quang Binh province on August 14.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam recorded a $1.1 billion trade surplus in July, the first surplus in the latest 28 months, according to the General Customs Department of Vietnam.

A British police officer suspected of leaking information about the police's phone-hacking investigation to a newspaper had been arrested, the Metropolitan Police announced on Friday.

The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment is now adjusting the action plan for climate change adaptation in 2011-2015, whose budget is also revised up to VND16 trillion from the previous estimate of VND12 trillion.

VietNamNet Bridge – “I should have given birth to duck eggs to sell for money rather than delivered of the one like you, who is not male or female”. Huy burst in tears when his mother said these words at the time she knew that her son is a gay.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday decried increased number of confirmed cholera cases in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, and growing reports of acute watery diarrhea in Kismayo and other crowded urban centers,

VietNamNet Bridge - Mobile service providers in Vietnam said they are not prepared to offer 4G services as they are more concerned with 3G services.

VietNamNet Bridge – The four jurymen worked very hard to choose 100 from 1,000 contestants.

VietNamNet Bridge – Something took place right in Hanoi--some parents blocked the way to prevent HIV infected children from entering schools and forced them to come back to their center.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade just announced it honoured export licences to 40 local firms and four joint ventures, while the Vietnam Food Association expected around 80 firms would receive the licences as of October 1, 2011.

Russian tourist commits suicide in Nha Trang; Urgent measures taken to combat hand-foot-mouth disease; ChildFund Australian builds a kindergarten for Bac Kan; Highway blocked for landslide, rolling stones

VietNamNet Bridge - Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, on August 18 began an official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of the Cambodian Defence Ministry.

Recently crowning Vietnam’s scandalous bikini model Ngoc Trinh as its winner, Miss Vietnam Continents, a beauty pageant for Vietnamese nationalities across the world, has raised strong criticism of its credibility.

Future Shorts One August Screening; Music Space No 5 with Thu Phuong and Ha Anh Tuan; Apsara Dance Studio Opening Ceremony; Hue Printmaking Workshop; Screening of “Four Minutes"; Môtô Head Night

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese economists have expressed their concern about the investors’ and people’s confidence decline, stressing that the problem “is even more serious that any serious problem of the national economy.”