VietNamNet Bridge – With $1 billion, Vietnam can change its system of bureaucratic civil servants into a contingent of enthusiastic and qualified people, said a senior expert from the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fans of Japanese anime and manga art will have a chance to enjoy an exhibition entitled Japan: Kingdom of Characters.

Four people, including the pilot, were pulled from the New York City's East River in the crash of a helicopter off the 34th Street Helipad on Tuesday in a dramatic, televised rescue operation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Switzerland will celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations on October 11. To mark the occasion, Swiss President and foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey spoke to VNA correspondent Le Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two more people were killed yesterday in the wake of ongoing storms and flooding, raising the recent death toll due to weather to 13,

Bao Viet Bank and PG Bank still cannot increase their chartered capital to 3000 billion dong as stipulated in the Decree 141, because the two big shareholders of the banks are not allowed to contribute more capital.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan yesterday, Oct 4, discussed with HCM City leaders, education officials, and academics strategies for education reform in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Viet Nam Food Administration Nguyen Cong Khan said yesterday there were no killer cantaloupes in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee suggested an increase in the country's public holidays at a committee meeting held this morning to discuss the draft amended Labour Code.

VietNamNet Bridge – Asian Games silver medalist Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu will return to the national team to take part in the 26th Southeast Asian Games taekwondo event in Indonesia in November.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American football player Lee Nguyen, 25, has been granted the Vietnamese nationality after ten months.

High tuitions, high room rents and the long time of hunting for accommodations have made a lot of new university students exhausted.

Vietnamese anti-virus software designed for mobile phones have appeared on the domestic market, which has been flooded with foreign products.

VietNamNet Bridge – All title contenders proved their strength yesterday at the national beach volleyball championships as they stormed into the semi-finals.

The developed caged fish farming once helped 100 households in Nghi Son Island in Tinh Gia district of Thanh Hoa province live well for about 20 years. However, the farming village now lives under the threat of the operating cement plant.

Overweight or obesity may put children at three times greater risk for high blood pressure than those of normal weight, according to researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 12-member HCM City men's basketball team will compete in the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia next month, the city's basketball federation's general secretary Nguyen Thi Nga said yesterday, Oct 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central Da Nang City is likely to be selected as one of three low-carbon model towns in Asia by the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), according to Asia Development Consulting Group.

Many friends and colleagues of Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman reacted with shock when they learned on Monday that Steinman won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology three days after he died.

On the way to Bac Ninh Province, we were told that Phat Tich is an ancient pagoda at the foot of Phat Tich Mountain. But upon arrival, we were surprised at what was seen there. Almost everything, especially wooden structures, is new.