‘Amateur music' clubs boom in Dong Thap; Writing contest praises quiet achievements; Festival turns tea into art and industry; Long Bien exhibition shows for one night only

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in HCM City.

Conference to examine issues in mixed marriages; Finland funds water supply project in Nghe An; Contracts signed at Int’l Agriculture Fair total VND550 bil; Initiative aims to reduce blindness

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey carried out by the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, the biggest threats ethnic women faced were verbal and physical abuse.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has asked non-State companies to submit reports on staff salaries to their respective labour departments to ensure that the new minimum wage is implemented by January 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of essential goods such as rice, sugar, meat and cooking oil are predicted to increase in the weeks running up to the Tet (lunar New Year) holiday.

U.S. researchers have identified components in pomegranate juice that could stop cancer from spreading.

It is a new chapter for the Paralympics movement in Asia, as the inaugural Asian Para Games opened its arms to around 2500 disabled athletes from all around the continent here on Sunday.

Kosovo completed Sunday general elections process, the first major test for the territory that declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

A winter storm brought snow and bone-chilling wind to Chicago Sunday morning, causing more than 1, 000 flights to be canceled, according to local media.

With a French-made Allegro train arriving at Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg from Finnish capital Helsinki, Russia launched a speed train with Finland on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese bodybuilders grabbed three silvers and one bronze from the second Asian Beach Games which is ongoing in Muscat, Oman.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first Northern Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships kicked off last Friday with the participation of nearly 270 athletes from 23 delegations at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The semi-finals of the region's biggest football championship will be especially significant this year, as foreign-born players are competing on several teams.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Geminid, one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year, can be visible from Vietnam on December 14, according to Nguyen Duc Phuong of the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmography Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – A South Korea fishing boat carrying 42 sailors was sunken at 4:30 am, December 13 in the Antarctic Ocrean. There were 11 Vietnamese sailors on the ship.

Hundreds of people jostled at the yard of the Vietnam Football Federation’s office in Hanoi to register for the tickets for the second semi-final match between Vietnam and Malaysia at the ASEAN Football Cup (AFF) 2010 on December 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taiwan-based Wintek Corp will build a $100 million plant in the northern Bac Giang Province to manufacture touch screens for Apple Corp’s products.

Fifteen large scale commercial banks are onboard with three switching companies Banknetvn, Smartlink and VNBC to offer card holders in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with more points of acceptance (POS) from December 9.