Eleven members of a Colombian indigenous community have been killed by lightning during a religious ceremony in a remote, mountainous area in the north of the country.

 Dragon Bridge among world’s top 30 gorgeous bridges; Cua Van named a world top 10 beautiful coastline; French pop singer Maurin to perform in VN cities; Cellist star's video fetes Ha Noi Liberation Day

 An overloaded bus in western Nepal has fallen off a road and plunged into a gorge, killing 29 and injuring dozens.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whether you are a tourist who stays here for a couple of weeks, or a resident who has already settled down in Saigon, you will probably need somewhere to relax, to release all worries

Representatives from Hong Kong's Occupy Central movement have agreed to hold formal talks with the government.

VietNamNet Bridge – Smartphones, which are helping to connect retailers and consumers, play a very important role in the future development of the retail industry.

 Well-known Singaporean conductor Kah Chun Wong will perform at two concerts including the Programmes Chamber Music and "Friendship Melodies" of the “Asia-Europe” New Music Festival on Oct. 9-10.

 NA Standing Committee opens its 32nd session; MARD boosts farm ties with Japan; London shows interest in HCM City; Vietnam is always a good neighbour of Cambodia: Heng Samrin; President praises partnership with Japan’s Ibaraki

The Republic of Vanuatu is eager to bolster cooperation with Vietnam in agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, trade and tourism, Prime Minister Joe Natuman told his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung at their talks in Hanoi on October 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Strict regulations on clothing and working style for students and lecturers at Cuu Long University has faced strong opposition.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Capital shortage is no longer a problem for many technology startups as many venture funds are increasingly pouring money into them.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The rickshaw of the Queen Mother Tu Minh, mother of King Thanh Thai, will be brought from France to Hue. The rickshaw will be displayed at the Museum of the Hue Royal Citadel.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A cellar containing 159 bombs and mortar shells has been discovered by sappers at the Vietnam-Laos international border gate of Lao Bao in the central province of Quang Tri.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport has allowed the Vietnam Aviation Tourism Company to resume the sleep-box service at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes will compete in six sports at the second Asian Para Games to be held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, from October 18-24,

VietNamNet Bridge – A lingzhi mushroom (1.7m long, 1.2m wide, 60 cm high), owned by a man from Dak Lak has attracted hundreds of curious people in the past couple of days. Some people offered to buy it for VND1 billion ($50,000).

VietNamNet's Viet Lam talks with Prof. Larry Berman, author of bestseller “Perfect Spy”, about legendary Vietnamese spy Pham Xuan An.

VietNamNet Bridge – In Ban Don, visitors can learn about legends of forests, kings of elephant hunters and great epopees. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's low labour productivity reflects more the lack of proper training and professionalism than a lack of diligence, experts and entrepreneurs say.

 The deeper half of the ocean did not get measurably warmer in the last decade, but surface layers have been warming faster than we thought since the 1970s, two new studies suggest.