Trading firm Itochu will invest in the Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), ahead of a potential free-trade agreement that could boost Vietnamese exports, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

 Several international and private schools in Hanoi charge very high tuition fees, sometimes reaching the hundreds of millions of VND per year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Feeling Japan" is the theme of a festival that opened in HCM City yesterday, Oct 26, giving thousands of visitors, mostly young folks, a taste of Japanese culture.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal logging and gold mining are threatening to destroy Kim Hy Nature Reserve in this northern province in spite of local authorities' prevention efforts. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A screening of work by young Vietnamese filmmakers spotlights new trends in creative documentary production.

 The arrest of a senior banking official late last week, the second in as many years, dragged down shares on both stock exchanges yesterday as investors tried to avert downward risks by selling more shares.

  A man died on Sunday after falling from a cable he made himself to cross Krong Ana River in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak's Hoa Le commune.

Just days after news about a VND33 billion (US$1.55 million) sale of the popular website haivl.com emerged, authorities decided last Friday to shut the site down over serious violations of electronic information regulations.

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam to reconsider the evaluation criteria used to determine the quality of services at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) is seeking partners to sell a number of expressways such as Cau Gie - Ninh Binh and Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh.

 National Assembly deputies yesterday agreed that the Civil Code should be revised to better regulate changes that have taken place in the society since it was introduced nine years ago.

Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjihi pushed for stronger co-operation with Vietnam in farming, fisheries, food processing, education and tourism at a meeting with visiting Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday.

 Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnam’s recognition of high importance to developing a comprehensive strategic partnership with China.

Viet Nam has always treasured its broad co-operative relations with Tanzania, President Truong Tan Sang told his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in Ha Noi yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Founded in 2006 with the slogans ‘No tips, no charge’ and ‘Be more than a tourist’, members of English club Hanoikids have provided more than 7,000 tours for over 15,000 international visitors looking to discover the capital city

HCM City authorities are considering the preservation of parts of the more than 100 year old Saigon Tax Trade Center, including the bottom of the stairs, the mosaic floor, and the handrails or carved balustrades.

 DNA-programmed blotting paper could soon be giving doctors a simple disease test that will reveal an infection in 30 minutes for just a few pence.

In Dong Thap Province, 60 children were mistakenly injected with distilled water instead of rubella vaccine.

 Top brands and Qmix 100 award winners announced; Russian energy corporation seeks cooperation opportunities; Vietnam attracts US$13.7 bil in FDI in ten months; First oil flows from Su Tu Nau oil field

 The Government has issued a new decree detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality, creating more favourable conditions for Vietnamese residing abroad to retain their Vietnamese nationality.