VietNamNet Bridge – Ten days after its inauguration, the Hoa Binh (Peace) Park has been downgraded.

Though the prices in dollars remain stable, the prices in Vietnam dong increase by several million to tens million dong just overnight.

VietNamNet Bridge – Of 392 members of the Vietnamese sport delegation to the Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China, there are 260 athletes and the remaining members are officials, doctors, experts and coaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a 2009 report published by Business Monitoring International Ltd, there are about 57,000 pharmacies in Viet Nam, or 6.6 outlets per 1,000 people – a high figure for a developing country.

VietNamNet Bridge - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on October 19 called on the international community to urgently assist flood victims in central Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Hung Vo spoke to Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper about the issue of land aggregation.

VietNamNet Bridge – A survey released yesterday, Oct 19, showed that a large number of people still believed administrative procedures required too much paperwork and that personal connections played a large part in completing procedures.

Supertyphoon Megi, which ripped through northern Philippines Monday, is heading to the East Sea, leaving 10 people dead and thousands of homes, crops and properties damaged.

British oil giant BP has told a court it was committed to waiving the legal cap on its liability from the Gulf oil spill that could have limited the company's liability cost to 75 million U.S. dollars.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen singers have made it to the first final of the Sao Mai-Diem Hen 2010 (Morning Star-Rendezvous 2010), Viet Nam Television's biennial contest to discover future pop stars.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 150m section of the Hong (Red) River embankment in Phu Thinh Ward in Son Tay Town collapsed on Monday, dumping three workshops and two diggers into the water.

Co Chien Islet's Ngang Beach in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Tra Vinh has been recognised for its successes in restoring local biodiversity and ecosystems.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang said relevant ministries and agencies had failed to adopt their own measures to help manage drug prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is quickly recovering from the financial crisis and can easily attain its targeted growth rate for this year, although inflation remains a huge challenge, said the World Bank . . .

The State Bank of Viet Nam is not planning any adjustments to foreign exchange rates, State Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau said yesterday in Ha Noi.

Badminton player Minh trains with cream of the crop in Indonesia; Viet Nam welcome Asian aerobic athletes for championships; Viet Nam to play football friendlies ahead of Asian Games in China

VietNamNet Bridge – While Hoang Anh Tuan won the silver medal for weightlifting in the men's 56kg class at the last Asian Games, his chances of holding onto a place on the podium at the coming games next month are unclear

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies to the 12th National Assembly will discuss draft documents to be presented to the Party’s XIth National Congress and hear the Government’s report on Vinashin’s post-debt crisis management

During the sixth national strike after the summer vacation protesting the French pension reform, sporadic violence erupted Tuesday between young demonstrators and riot police in Paris' suburb.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Org-anisation (NEDO) will help fund and build an industrial waste treatment system in Ha Noi that will also be used to generate electricity.