VietNamNet Bridge – Luu Thi Diem Huong is waiting for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s licence to become Vietnam’s contestant at the Miss Earth pageant, which will take place in Nha Trang this November.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese representative at Miss World 2010 pageant, Kieu Khanh, was one of the ten contestants selected for the charity trip to Hainan island, China.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Supermodel 2010 competition closed in HCM City on October 16. The winners are female model Pham Thi Ngoc Thach, 19, and male model Truong Ngoc Tinh, 20. They also won the Most Favourite Model title.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 100 cows selected from nearly 7,000 cows in Moc Chau plateau in the northern mountainous province of Son La participated in a contest for dairy cows last weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge – Gays who are living in HCM City became models and showed their knowledge about safe sex at a competition held by an online forum for homosexuals in the evening ofOctober 16 evening.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control has reported that floods has left 20 deaths and four missing in the central provinces by October 18 morning. 

Enterprises’ increasing environmental pollution is leaving southern Binh Duong province authorities in a bind.

As anticipated, the dollar has become scarcer towards the end of the year.

The banking and telecommunications sectors are leading business fields in terms of the capability to create profit – this is the conclusion drawn from the V1000 ranking

2010 is a truly bustling year for the anti-virus software market in Vietnam.

There are a lot of Vietnamese talents, but they do not live in Vietnam. Half of the good Vietnamese mathematicians are settling in foreign countries, especially in the US.

It is now the high production season and businesses hurry to run their production lines to make products for Tet sale.

VietNamNet Bridge – Environmentally friendly battery-powered cars have begun offering tourists a new way to take in the sights in Ha Noi’s Old Quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge – The management of the exploration and exploitation of natural resources should be strengthened to preserve valuable assets for younger generations.

VietNamNet Bridge – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines signed last week a contract with the Viet Flight Training JSC (VFT) to train 60 pilots between 2010 and 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has set up a plan to develop its personnel resources for the 2011-15 period with a vision to 2020, at a total cost of VND10.6 trillion (US$550 million).

City hospital offers free lung testing; Hunger and poverty programme launched; Chinese national held for drug trafficking; Dengue fever spreads in central provinces

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decision to upgrade Thai Nguyen City to a first-tier city, affiliated to Thai Nguyen province, a milestone in its 48-year growth and development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers in HCM City high schools are ill prepared to implement the policy of integrating life-skills teaching into school curricula, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – High-school students in HCM City remain reluctant to join vocational schools because a promised change in regulations that will allow them to continue their studies in universities has yet to be made.