The national air carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced it plans to launch tens of thousands air tickets into the market. However, booking agents say they still have not seen the tickets.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Bi, Don’t Be Afraid” by Phan Dang Di, the only Asian film at the Stockholm International Film Festival, won two prizes, Outstanding First Film and Best Cameraman, on November 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four days before the ASEAN Football Cup (AFF) 2010, coach Henrique Calisto asked his players to not leave La Thanh Hotel in Hanoi, where the team is located.

VietNamNet Bridge – The investor of a shopping mall project in the corner of Hang Bai – Hai Ba Trung streets has offered the highest ever compensation in Vietnam: VND500 million ($25,000) per a square meter of land.

VietNamNet Bridge – A troupe of 50 Chinese disabled artists will have a special performance at the Hanoi Opera House on December 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Dung, chairman and general director of Duoc Vien Dong Pharmaceutical Company, has been detained by police for alleged securities price manipulation.

VietNamNet Bridge – High tides and floods have led to the collapse of more than 10 houses in Quang Binh Province's Bo Trach District. Hundreds of households have also been evacuated.

Three provinces in central Vietnam – Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai – have prepared equipment and personnel to cope with an oil spill after a Chinese oil tanker was sunken near Vietnam’s Ly Son Island in early November.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People's Procuracy is prosecuting nine people for embezzling more than VND3.4 billion (US$173,400) in a bridge project in Quang Ninh Province funded with Japanese Official Development Assistance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses in the capital have been pushing up salaries to attract employees in the final months of this year, labour management agencies report.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan agreed to organize the National Tourism Year in some locations from 2012 to 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trung Dung has a great passion for old clocks and watches. He has collected hundreds of clocks and watches in the last 20 years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Phung, who was caught abusing a three-year-old girl in a video clip disseminated online, was prosecuted and held in custody at the order of the People's Procuracy in Binh Duong Province's Thuan An District.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Nguyen Minh Triet hailed the role of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in promoting chess in developing countries upon receiving its President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on his official visit yesterday, Nov 28.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last Thursday approved the establishment of Tan Tao University (TTU) in Long An Province, which is expected to begin enroling students in the 2011-12 academic year.

Whole Foods Market of Austin, Texas joined a cheese recall on Saturday, pulling seven types of cheddar cheese over the risk of E. coli or listeria.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 320 youngsters from Southeast Asia and Japan will arrive in HCM City early next month for an annual cultural exchange.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, 250-300 contestants will represent all 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam to perform their traditional clothing in Hanoi next February.

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 1,000 young people gathered here on Saturday night to dance as part of a worldwide event aimed at drawing the attention of world leaders to the issue of HIV/AIDS.

Real estate experts believe that the western area of the city will still be the most profitable area for investors in the time to come. However, the eastern area is also believed to bring good profit.