The ao dai and night gown competitions of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant took place on November 18 evening in Nha Trang city.

The stock market has become unprecedentedly gloomy. Securities investors say the stocks are now as “cheap as vegetables”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s streets got chaotic last evening due to a cab robbery, which caused several accidents.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tijana Rakic from Serbia won the title Best in ao dai at the competition last night, November 17, in Nha Trang city. The Ecuadorian representative took the title Best in night gown.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou stepped into the emotional fracas of a disqualified Asian Games athlete on Thursday, demanding that the event organizers re-examine her case and offer a better explanation.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the latest in our “Discover our Vietnamese Congressmen” series, VietNamNet talked with congress deputy Duong Trung Quoc, who is also a historian.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday he is confident that Europe can tackle the debt crisis which threatening the future of its single currency.

VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s Get Loud 2010, the English singing contest for Hanoian students, has been launched at selected high schools in the capital city.

Before the 8th dialogue on anti-corruption, the Swedish Embassy, the Transparency International, Denmark, UNDP and the World Bank organized a talk on strengthening transparency in land management in Vietnam on November 18.

VietNamNet Bridge - Cultural and music shows from European countries like Germany, France and Russia will grace stages in Vietnam this month.

National Assembly deputy Tran Hong Viet says frankly that he’s “always on the side of the weak.” This is another interview in VietNamNet’s “Know Your Deputies” series.

Though the capital city authorities have instructed relevant agencies to collect and destroy red-eared turtles, the number of the world’s most dangerous exotic species is growing at the Hoan Kiem Lake.

Vo Tri Thanh, Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM), in an interview with VietNamNet, said that if Vietnam is too busy dealing with gold and dollar prices, the national economy will suffer.

VietNamNet Bridge - The first round of talks between the EU and Vietnam for a bilateral FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement is scheduled to take place in Hanoi laler November, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Beauties of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant relaxed at the swimming pool of Diamond Bay resort in Nha Trang on November 16 afternoon.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday retained her leadership in the House Democratic Caucus and will fill the post of House Minority Leader when the new Congress gathers in January.

The growing popularity of social network website Facebook has sparked equally large concerns over privacy, especially on its new messaging system.

A Chinese supercomputer was ranked the world's fastest machine in the TOP500 list officially issued Tuesday by U.S. and European researchers, highlighting China's rapid progress in the field.

The 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition opened Tuesday in Zhuhai city in south China's Guangdong Province, with a record 600 exhibitors in attendance.

Laos provides Vietnam with US$100,000 in support of flood-hit people; PM attends 4th ACMECS in Laos; Vietnam, Cuba enhance financial cooperation; Promoting CLMV cooperation