VietNamNet Bridge – Dance and music collective Jari&Taika from Finland will make their first ever performances in Viet Nam next week.

 Three banks to get bonds for bad-debt swap; HCM City firms in line for short-term SBV loans; Security application reaches 1m mobiles; Long An tops Delta investment; Vietnam-Russia trade to hit US$4 billion in 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – A healthy, fat dairy cow of Mr. Duong Van Noi has won the prize worth VND55 million ($2,500) for the title of Miss Cow Moc Chau 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Minh Tuan from the Advisory Council to the National Assembly Committee for Economic Affairs tells Countryside Today newspaper that banking sector reform remains a crucial priority.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Larry Berman, an American historian, will return to Viet Nam next month to begin interviews and research for a new book on Vietnamese agent Nguyen Van Tau, alias Tu Cang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists can now return to the ancient town of Hoi An, Danang and Thua Thien-Hue after a typhoon earlier whipped the central region and ground travel services to a halt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bearing inside them a lively and thrilling beauty, a solemn philosophy, these stones have long been endowed with the spirit of heaven and earth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Selling ships is a solution that helps shipping firms survive the current difficulties, but it is not the way they can follow to earn their living.

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean company, Hyupjin Vina, has refused to pay debts totalling VND44 billion to 39 Vietnamese sub-contractors of the five-star Mariott Hotel project, instead shifting responsibility to the project’s main contractor,

 The Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel), one of the biggest mobile network operators in Vietnam, will remain a wholly State-owned enterprise, according to the Prime Minister's direction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five-time national tennis champion Tran Duc Quynh and his coaching staff are beginning to reap the benefits of seven years of hard work, at the Binh Duong-sponsored tennis academy.

VietNamNet Bridge – A famous master of Vietnamese martial arts, living in the central coastal province of Phu Yen, has dedicated his life to discovering and preserving antiquities that originate from his homeland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Textbooks used in teaching and learning at general schools are believed to provide standard knowledge. However, educators have found a lot of mistakes in the books.

The news TV channel CNN still has been broadcasted on some Vietnamese pay-TV companies. However, the broadcasting would be stopped if the content of the TV channel cannot be edited as required by the Vietnamese laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The story about the past, present and dreams of the women who had been sexually exploited are reproduced through the photos taken by themselves, with the support of photographers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though recognizing the efforts by the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC), experts have pointed out that VAMC is not experienced enough to deal with bad debts.

 Scientists said Thursday they have found what could be sleep's basic purpose: it clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts.

About 20 colour portraits of Vietnamese women by French photographer Rehahn Croquevielle will be on display at the Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School in Ha Noi on Sunday.

 VN30 shares rise above domestic market growth; FDI wood exporters outstrip lagging domestic companies; Import tariff lines enjoy duty cuts; HCM City banks' bad debts still high

A former insurance advisor at Prudential branch in Quang Ninh Province was sentenced to life in prison yesterday along with 16 accomplices for operating a $10m fraud operation.