VietNamNet Bridge – Singer My Tam received the Asian Music Legend Award in Malaysia as part of the 2nd Top Asia Corporate Ball, which attracted  900 contestants from throughout Asia, last Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Loan left Hanoi for the UK on November 20 to represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2014 pageant to be held in London from November 22 to December 14.

The incident at the HCM City Area Control Centre at Tan Son Nhat Airport on Nov. 20 was an extremely serious technical failure that has never occurred in the history of the Vietnamese aviation history, an official said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Environment Police Agency and Khanh Hoa Province’s police have found thousands of dead highly endangered sea turtles in two warehouses of a fine-art enterprise in the village of Phuoc Loi of Nha Trang City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most of the teachers conferred the title of “merit teacher” or “people’s teacher” are managerial staff, while very few teachers who give lectures at school receive the honorable titles.

Rear Admiral and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Nguyen Van Kiem, who led a Vietnam Navy delegation aboard two naval ships to Brunei, was warmly welcomed by Major General Dato Tawih, Commander of Brunei’s Armed Forces, on November 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The stock market has been stirred up with the news that credit institutions’ loans to investors to fund their stock investment must not be higher than 5 percent of the institutions’ chartered capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike busy lifestyles in urban Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, and unlike bustling activities seen in the modern city with crowded beaches

Vietnam's dynamic economy needs foreign companies, including Germans, to utilise a growing opportunity to invest in infrastructure, renewable energy, transportation, seaport development and other areas, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s participation in the forthcoming eighth Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle summit aims to foster the coordination in the implementation of joint programmes in defence, security and socio-economic development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Climate change, which has led to habitat destruction, has prompted red-tailed vipers (Trimeresurus albolabris) to enter residential quarters in the central region and attack people.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc have agreed on a proposal to facilitate visits at all levels and establish effective cooperation mechanisms with Panama in a recent political consultation with his Panamanian counterpart Luis Miguel Hincapie.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his senior delegation arrived in Moscow on November 23 for their official visit to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

 The Government has approved a number of partnership agreements and draft deals with foreign partners in various fields, including science and technology, sea transport and education.

 The National Agro-Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance (Nafiqad) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked Russia to ease restrictions on Vietnamese seafood exports to the Eurasian Economic Community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is highly possible that breweries would be listed as a conditional business field, which means that it will pay high taxes and be put under strict control of state management agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes to lead ASEAN in satellite development in the coming decades, Dr Pham Anh Tuan, director of the Viet Nam Satellite Centre, told the Ha Noi Moi newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central coastal city of Nha Trang has long been well known as a top tourist destination, thanks to its deep blue sea, untouched islands and unique gastronomy.

TPP predicted to hit small farms; Farmers concerned over domination by FDI companies; Cocoa sector in search of fresh way forward; New land price framework issued; Rising demand for electricity to leave power plants short of coal

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more foreign investors are keen to enter the power sector, but licensing remains tardy due to challenges related to build-operate-transfer contracts, selling prices, and foreign currency guarantees.