VietNamNet Bridge – Shares finished up last week on both national stock exchanges thanks to net buying by foreign investors, with speculative stocks proving particularly attractive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The internationally renowned French university Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan) presented Professor Nguyen Van Hieu with an honourable doctorate degree in a ceremony on October 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A flood-tide rising to 1.59m, exceeded the level three warning, flooded a number of roads in HCM City on Saturday afternoon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pair of lions with brown fur at the Cu Chi Water Park in Ho Chi Minh City delivered five baby lions, including two with white fur, which is a very rare phenomenon.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been chosen as the first country hosting the "Boîte" contemporary art project outside French territory.

Vietnamese people look forward to the National Assembly and the Government to promote inspection, investigation, prosecution and trial of big corruption cases, according to the report on voter opinions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to the latest rankings of FIFA, Vietnam’s national football team earned 15 points and 2 spots up on the rankings thanks to a surprise 2-1 victory over Qatar.

Three ships belonging to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Training Squadron, with 750 crew members docked at Da Nang's Tien Sa port on September 19 for a four-day visit and a joint training course with the Vietnamese navy.

 People with extra abdominal fat are three times more likely than lean individuals to develop memory loss and dementia later in life, according to a new study published in the current edition of the journal Cell Reports.

 Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City operated on a 25-year-old man who was hospitalized with chopsticks penetrating through his skull.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While users are venting their anger at the 3G fee hikes by MobiFone, Viettel and VinaPhone, the three major mobile carriers are suspected of having committed anti-competitive practices.

The Ministry of Transport insists on the development of Long Thanh airport in Dong Nai province to ease the burden on Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City. However, the project has not been applauded.

 Prehistoric relics found in mountains; Film festival makes science fun; Ha Noi children learn about archaeology; Japan’s Kuricorder quartet to perform in Hanoi; Spanish artists offer taste of flamenco

Vietnam chess prodigy Le Quang Liem finished third overall at the 2013 SPICE Cup chess tournament, with a total of six points earned following a nine-game unbeaten run.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Images of old Ha Noi have drawn the old Dao Hung in. The hustle and bustle outside the Exhibition Hall on Hang Bai Street now seem a world away.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists who have a chance to visit the northern province of Ha Nam should discover the ancient Nha Xa Silk Village in Moc Nam Commune of Duy Tien District.

 Tumultuous weeks of government shutdown and default risks proved to be costly to the U.S. economy, but the country will be resilient enough to withstand the blow, said U.S. Treasury Secretary on Sunday.

Despite the development of industrial zones, there is still a shortage of housing for workers in these areas, which is mostly due to limited local budgets and lack of preferential policies to attract private investment in such projects.

It is estimated that the outstanding loans provided by “underground lending system,” or “black credit” accounts for 30 percent of the outstanding loans provided by the banking system, or roughly $50 billion.

 Japan's trade deficit in the first half of fiscal 2013, namely April to September logged a record high of 4,989.2 billion yen (50.98 billion U.S. dollars), local media reported Monday.