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.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on November 4 approved the list of Vietnamese delegation to attend the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar this December.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spread across the northern province of Ninh Binh, the stunning Trang An scenic landscape complex is often called Vietnam's Ha Long Bay On Land. Paddle the Trang An trail with Ninh Binh Online newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nuclear power experts believe that Vietnam still cannot build a nuclear power plant now. The Japanese side has slowed down the process of giving support to Vietnam in nuclear technology.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Every October-November, tourists flock to the Tra Su indigo forest in Tinh Bien district of the southern province of An Giang to see the green and peaceful indigo forest in the flooding season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of regulations in the education and training sector have been found as unfeasible and contradictory. As a result, schools and students can only ignore the regulations and get fined.

 Hanoi police confiscate smuggled animal organs; Man accused of stealing from poor; Operations of leather tannery suspended for environment pollution; Excessive pressure on children to study

A contest looking for architectural ideas for the Old Quarter in Hanoi concluded on November 4 with the first prize going to Italian architect Masimo Alvisi and his Vietnamese colleague Nguyen Dinh Thanh.

 Bailout disbursed in dribs and drabs into real estate; SBV puts forward plan to increase lending given low credit growth; Vietnam Airlines to sell 2.7pct stake in Techcombank; Gov’t asked to contain inflation to attract more investors

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Dong Nai has approved a 74 billion VND (3.52 million USD) for emergency conservation of wild elephant project in the period of 2014-2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Center, many new storms are starting to brew in the East Sea even while Storm ‘Krosa’ continues to move rapidly towards the waters of Paracel Islands in the East Sea.

 A giant extinct species of the platypus with powerful teeth has been discovered in Australia, with a scientist on Tuesday describing the duck-billed water animal as a "Godzilla" like monster.