The first ever freestyle football competition has been launched in Viet Nam following the first competition organised for individual free-stylers in 2009 by Clear Men.

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to ramp up technical-military cooperation in an effort to deepen bilateral ties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft today reminded business and consumers in Vietnam with PCs still running Windows XP that it will officially retire service and support for Windows XP in six months’ time, on April 8, 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The South East Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra will hold its debut performance in Viet Nam next Monday at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 23rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings closed yesterday, Oct 10, wrapping up Brunei's term as ASEAN's Chair.

 Failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could have harsh economic consequences worldwide, Angel Gurra, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned Thursday.

Parents think that teachers deliberately ask students to solve difficult math questions to force them to go to their private tutoring classes. Meanwhile, teachers believe that it is the parents who, for their appearances, force children to work hard.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Nguyen Van Duc, 59, in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang says he felt the weight of the stone in the stomach for more than ten years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the supplement food market has become more and more attractive in the eyes of foreign manufacturers, it has been missed by domestic firms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the eco-tourism area of the Chay River and Toi Cave in central Quang Binh Province was put into operation in 2011 with a new tourist activity of kayaking on the Chay River and discovering the mysterious beauty of Toi Cave,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The B testing sample of cyclist Truong Tai was negative and the International Cycling Union (UCI) has concluded that the Vietnamese cyclist did not use stimulants.

VietNamNet Bridge – Preparations for an October 12-13 state funeral honouring General Vo Nguyen Giap have been completed. The national flag was flown at half-mast at State agencies and public works as of 12.00pm today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the last day open for memorial services at General Vo Nguyen Giap’s house, thousands of people queued from 3am in front of the house.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Quang Binh provincial Party Committee held a conference on October 9 to prepare for the memorial services of General Vo Nguyen Giap, which are to be held in the province on October 12 and 13.

 US fugitive Edward Snowden has been honored with a prize awarded annually by former CIA staff for exhibiting "integrity in intelligence," the group said.

Canadian author Alice Ann Munro has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, she is also a three-time winner of Canada’s Governor General’s Award for fiction.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After 10 years of research, artisans of Minh Long I Company have successfully made a unique product - porcelain flowers which are priced for thousands of US dollars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – TIME Magazine and countless foreign books have used portraits of General Vo Nguyen Giap as their covers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry has told provinces and cities to check food safety and hygiene at schools to prevent food poisoning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has rejected the military telecom group Viettel’s proposal to enjoy the tax incentives like those given to Samsung Vietnam.