Traditional ao dai and khan dong designed by Cong Tri helped male model Ngoc Tinh win the “Best Evening Suit” title at the “Best Model of the World 2011” contest which closed in Bulgaria on July 30. Female model Huyen Trang won the Best Asia title.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Photography Association has launched the 41st photo contest on Hanoi, entitled “Hanoi feeling”.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman from Tam Phuoc commune, Phu Ninh district in the central province of Quang Nam has caught a butterfly with wing span of up to 50cm.

The NA Economic Committee has completed a report with 10 proposals for ensuring macro stability of Vietnam in the medium and long terms, under which the committee suggests restructuring the roles of State-owned enterprises (SOEs).

VietNamNet Bridge – Mining is tending to exacerbate poverty rather than alleviate it, according to the results of an 18-month study on the impacts of mining in the provinces of Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Lam Dong and Dak Lak Province

Tran Thi Thu Binh not only spends all her time manipulating puppets at the Rong Vang (Golden Dragon) Puppetry Theatre in HCM City's Workers Cultural Palace, but she also takes care of her little charges - and often talks to them

U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he had reached a last-minute debt ceiling deal with Republican and Democratic leaders to stave off a looming debt default crisis.

Youth to submit ideas on ways to save costs; Local officials skeptical as storm fizzles out; US$10 million to resettle ethnic people; Poisoned kids discharged from hospital

The HCM City People's Committee has approved a pilot project to move the HCM City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology and the International University AIT campuses to the Tay Bac Urban Area

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ready to hold six-party talks without preconditions, the official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Around one-fifth of enterprises in the country’s steel industry will likely go bust soon due to the very sluggish consumption of construction steel in the past two months, the Vietnam Steel Association warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Newly-elected National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung Monday morning nominated a candidate from Ninh Binh province as the new Chief State Auditor.

VietNamNet Bridge –International Grand Master Le Quang Liem ranked second after a draw with Netherlands's Anish Giri at the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Germany yesterday, July 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a decision to conduct a national survey on business, administrative, non-profit and religious establishments next year that would facilitate the country's assessment

VietNamNet Bridge – Businessmen and women working as National Assembly deputies should do their best to express the voice of business people to the parliament, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said

VietNamNet Bridge – One third of the total 600 foreign workers in Da Nang City had no work permit and poses difficulties for local authorities to ensure social order, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won the World Vovinam Federation (WVVF)'s second World Vovinam Championships after bagging 20 gold, four silver and two bronze medals on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Sea Village Festival opens today, Aug 1, in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan with participation of troupes from the south-central coastal provinces.

The project to build an access road from Nhat Tan bridge north of Hanoi to Noi Bai International Airport has been finalised to begin construction this month, according to Project Management Unit 85 (PMU85), the project developer’s representative.

The price escalations have forced state employees to fasten their belt and seek additional incomes from extra jobs. However, they now tend to become self-employed to evade tax instead of acting as hired workers for other agencies or companies.