Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than 2.2 billion U.S. dollars to resolve criminal and civil investigations for misbranding antipsychotic drugs and paying kickbacks to pharmacists,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Thailand agreed to strive for two-way trade turnover of US$15 billion by 2020 at the first session of the Viet Nam-Thailand Joint Commission on Bilateral Co-operation in Bangkok yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the world blitz chess ranking in November, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem keeps his second position after Hikaru Nakamura of the USA.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant and other candidates performed in swimwear and evening gowns in the semi-finals, which took place last night in Moscow, Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen steel toilets will be arranged in the public areas and densely populated areas in Hanoi.

An explosion broke out at the office of the authorities of Nghi Long commune, Nghi Loc district of the central province of Nghe An at about 2.30am on November 4, destroying the room of the commune’s Party Secretary.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most lawmakers agreed with the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution at a discussion yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, where information cannot be checked immediately--businesses may fall down just because of rumors. It is estimated rumors cause the damage of hundreds of billions of dong.

 A four-day festival displaying foods and specialities from 20 countries and territories worldwide will be held beginning on December 5 at the September 23 Park in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A council will be set up to assess the total damage to the Muong Cultural Space Museum in Hoa Binh Province, after a fire started by a group of tourists engulfed the hundred-year old property.

VietNamNet Bridge – A report by the World Bank on October 31, revealed some of the sectors with highest corruption problems in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Postgraduates complain that it is getting more and more costly to study for master degrees. It is not because of the high tuitions, but of the under-the-table money they have to pay to lecturers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Choosing painting over more lucrative careers seems to have paid off for a Hanoian artist who uses images of lotuses to create intricate commentary on the human condition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh slid one place to 7th position in the latest men’s singles world ranking, published recently by the Badminton World Federation.

VietNamNet Bridge – My Tam has won the title of Best Southeast Asia Act in the first round of the Best Worldwide Act category of the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2013 being held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on November 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of big debtors have issued shares recently to specific partners as a method to pay debts.

According to the latest report of the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecast, a tropical depression will get stronger to become the 13th storm, which will be only about 100 km off  Vietnam coast at 1pm today, November 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of advanced technologies have been invented to help sterilize polluted water. However, Vietnamese farmers in the flood stricken areas still cannot approach the technologies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Drugs trafficked by air have recently become more complicated in the country as smugglers use many tricks to deal with local customs control.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese fashion designer Nguyen Cong Tri hosted his seventh solo fashion show “No. 7 – Thank you Saigon” at the Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel on November 1.