VN asserts sovereignty over Truong Sa, Hoang Sa; Vice President attends Global Women Summit; Party leader welcomes foreign guests; ASEAN speeds up regional connectivity

Phan Thi Huong Giang, who represents Vietnam at the Miss Global Beauty Queen competition held in South Korea from May 3-10, is currently being voted as the second most beautiful girl on category “Miss Global Beauty Internet Popularity”.

Bud Tribble, Apple's vice president of software technology, will testify at the Congressional hearings on mobile privacy next week, according to the witness list released on Friday.

The 18th ASEAN Summit opened here Saturday with the theme of "ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations."

If most of people agree to choose ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long gown) as the national costume for women, it is a big controversy for choosing national costume for men.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s e-commerce is set to be booming in the next four years thanks to the surging number of Internet users. 

The appreciation of the Chinese yuan and the high inflation in China both have made Chinese goods more expensive. Therefore, Chinese goods are no longer competitive in Vietnam.

The Taliban outfit fighting Afghan and NATO forces in a statement released to media on Saturday said the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will further serve to increase morale in insurgents and encourage them in war against U. S.

VietNamNet Bridge - Several banks are still pursuing their plans for listing on bourse despite the dreary outlook for the capital market this year, saying the move is aimed to ensure liquidity for their shareholders.

Called the “culinary diplomat” and “artist of royal gastronomy”, businesswoman and food expert Ho Hoang Anh has made it her mission to bringing the best of Vietnamese cuisine to the world  

VietNamNet Bridge - Song Lam Nghe An after a string of nine unbeaten matches continue to lead the first half of the national football championship, V-League, which ended last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has collected more evidence for the victims’ lawsuit against the US, said VAVA Vice President Tran Xuan Thu.

VietNamNet Bridge – The figures released recently about Vietnam’s outward investments have raised worries about the quality of outward investments.

A multinational band featuring traditional music will give their first performance in the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on May 14.                          

All the 27 people on board were killed in a commercial plane accident in Papua of Indonesia on Saturday, a rescuer and an official said.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh did not have to go through the whole match to reach the semi-finals after Indonesia's unseeded Kuncoro Sony Dwi retired yesterday at the Yonex-Sunrise Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold.

Vietnam in Thai media spotlight; Largest filtered sea water swimming pool opens; EVN issues 75 fancy phone numbers by ‘mistake’; Six babies die from hand-foot-mouth disease

VietNamNet Bridge - Bkis Internet Security Company has warned of virus contamination to computers via spam emails that are misusing express mail service providers id’s like DHL and Post Express, since April.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has decided that from May 1, 2011, commercial banks have to stop lending in gold, including the lending to fund the jewelry manufacturing.

If nothing changes, German coach Falko Goetz will arrive in Hanoi in the next few days to sign a contract to serve as coach of Vietnam’s national football squad.