Hundreds of students are sent abroad every year under the scholarship programs signed between the governments of Vietnam and other countries. Many of them, after the hard learning period, have returned to Vietnam to work as farmers.

 US President Barack Obama on Monday defended his health reform, declaring at a White House event that, despite numerous glitches, the program is already helping many uninsured Americans.

The sharp fall of the natural rubber price in the world market in the first nine months of the year has distressed Vietnamese rubber companies. However, the price decrease has brought benefits to tire manufacturers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All members of central Thanh Hoa Province's Yen Lam Commune's Farmers' Union, numbered 871, sent petitions to sue the Nicotex Thanh Thai Joint Stock Company on Thursday, according to Le Thien Nghia, the union's president.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Right after its landing at the Da Nang airport, a Vietnam Airlines ATR72 plane was detected to lose a wheel on the right.

Choking clouds of pollution blanketed a Chinese city famed for its annual ice festival Monday, slashing visibility to a few metres, shutting schools and halting transport in scenes that underscored the nation's environmental challenges.

The tide in the evening of October 21 at Phu An station on Saigon River reached 1.68 meters, exceeding last year's historic peak of 6 cm, making severe floods in HCM City. The tide is forecast to remain at 1.65 m this afternoon,.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Weightlifter Do Thi Thu Hoai, women’s 48kg category, recorded the weight that is similar to the world bronze medal but she did not win the prize because her weight is 260g more than her rival.

 A teenager opened fire at a school in the US state of Nevada Monday, killing a teacher and critically wounding two students, police and reports said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese singers may be paid half of revenues from digital music sales, according to their discussion with a host of a local online music site.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in Vietnam are discussing solutions to rice production so as to increase the incomes of farmers who have continued to complain about modest profits.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has proposed the National Assembly raise the 2013-14 budget deficits to 5.3% of GDP to meet development investment requirements and pay debts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's growing industries produce increasing amounts of waste while only around 5 per cent of waste water is treated, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "In the Midst of Life" is a solo exhibition of wood burn paintings by Hanoi-based artist Ngo Van Sac, which will open at Craig Thomas Gallery, 27i Tran Nhat Duat Street in District 1, HCM City from October 25 to November 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 3G service turns out to be a violent battlefield for telecom groups. The market has become choppy after the three biggest network operators announce the service fee hike.

 The police have arrested seven offenders who operated a large-scale online gambling website in HCM City, with accounts worth hundreds of billions of VND.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Maybank Kim Eng Viet Nam received approval from the State Securities Commission (SSC) this week to become the country's first completely foreign-owned securities company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This Temple is called Dat Set (Clay) because it has hundreds of large and small statues made from clay. This pagoda also has eight candles weighing a total of 1.4 tons.

 VietNamNet Bridge - While Mr. Pham Binh Minh inherits diplomatic experience from his father, veteran Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach, Mr. Vu Duc Dam had a long time as an assistant to late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

 Vietnam encourages investment in deprived areas; Banking sector audit shows mixed results; Exports increase in three quarters; Thanh Hoa rolls out welcome mat for Nghi Son EZ