Safe pork approved in disease struck areas; Four runaway orphans find new home; Garment workers return to job after strike; Mine explosion kills one, injures two; Water resources management conference in Ninh Thuan

The fairy-tale royal wedding seems to reappear in the United Kingdom as Prince William and his commoner girlfriend Kate Middleton finally got engaged after years of dating,  according to reports of AP.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Sa Pa terraced fields in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are expected to attract more tourists since a local tour company designed a new itinerary.

Indian rock band performs to students; Concert raises funds for flood victims; Ha Noi-themed songs published; Portraits to be shown in Tokyo

VietNamNet Bridge – The festival was scheduled in October but it was postponed until November 20-12.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic returned to normal yesterday morning after crews worked late into Sunday night to fix two dangerous potholes on Hoang Van Thu Road, Ward 9.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has handed over 16 alleged hi-tech male criminals to mainland Chinese and Taiwanese authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Parents made the defeat of corruption in schools very difficult because often they were accomplices, the Education and Training Ministry's Deputy Inspector Pham Van Tai told a workshop in Ha Noi yesterday, Nov 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of women diagnosed with secondary infertility has risen by 15-20 per cent, according to the director of the National Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nguyen Viet Tien.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Saint Giong Festival of the Phu Dong and Soc temples has been recognised as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Russia need to implement practical measures and create more favourable conditions for ministries, agencies and businesses to boost exchanges and co-operation

The water level in the Mekong River, the longest river in Southeast Asia, has dropped to the lowest level in the last five decades, causing worries among the affected countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Thap Province plans to organise the biggest ever festival in the Mekong Delta region to mark the 30th anniversary of the Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) sub-region.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies discussed the draft Law on the Capital City in Ha Noi yesterday, Nov 16, with most deputies agreeing that the city needed a unique regime as the nation's capital.

VTV wins rights to cover AFF Cup; Calisto calls up Olympic players for AFF Cup; Vietnamese referee-of-year to officiate at ASEAN Cup; Athletics federation offers cash award to gold winners

VietNamNet Bridge – International grand master Le Quang Liem won a silver medal of the Asian Games' men's individual yesterday, Nov 16, in Guangzhou.

Tiger trafficker busted by police in Hanoi; Tobacco and ethanol petrol spared from new environment taxes; Delta to face long period of flooding

Stocks sag despite heavier trades; Aquaculture plants struggle with lack of raw material; Latin America trade to total $1.8 billion this year

VietNamNet Bridge – Fishermen in the southern province of Kien Giang on November 12 caught a big fish in a net.

It was not by chance that Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, when visiting Vietnam last May, decided to cooperate with FPT to develop cloud computing services in Vietnam.