VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese parents, who want to give the best education opportunities to their children, are willing to pay the “underground fee” of up to thousands of dollars to obtain a seat at “star schools.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Companies and workers violating employment regulations while undertaking work overseas will be subject to much stricter punishment and fines as of next week when a new decree takes effect.

Ignoring suggestions by relevant ministries and domestic sugar manufacturers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade sticks to its opinion that it is necessary to maintain the activities of temporary import for re-export.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located at the foot of the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range in Lao Cai Province is Cat Cat Village, an age-old H’mong community, has become a well-known travel destination replete with poetic and pristine beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Pride of place in foreign media was given to General Vo Nguyen Giap who passed away in Hanoi on October 4 at the age of 103.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi seems to be gentler in the afternoon breezes, besides a hot cup of coffee. Thus, only the words coffee - Hanoi – autumn make many people flutter.

 Two traditional Vietnamese musicians will join the Drums and Voices musical performance by artists from ASEAN countries and Japan held in the capital this month.

 The flyover at the Nguyen Chi Thanh-Kim Ma intersection, one of the most crowded streets in Hanoi, was open to traffic on October 5, helping reduce traffic jams in the route from the inner city to the west.

 Imported pesticides saturate VN market; HCM City property market sees revival; Exports of rice to decrease sharply; Mobile phones press towards top of export list for first time

 National goalkeeper Duong Hong Son yesterday was sent to hospital due to sudden hearing loss.

 Upon hearing the death of Vo Nguyen Giap, foreign newswires had a series of articles about the life and career of one of the most prominent military leaders of Viet Nam.

 Russia’s energy company Gazprom should work closely with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to speed up joint projects, says President Truong Tan Sang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Oil is leaking from the stranded cargo vessel Brigh Troyol, Quang Ngai Port Authority reported yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Director of the Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Ha Quang Long, said seaplanes will be a new tourism product in Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cross ownerships among banks are still beyond control and complicate the process of tacking bad debts, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in a report sent to the Government’s monthly meeting three days ago.

 I was in the US National Archives, examining a file about the "Deer Team", which the OSS dropped by parachute into Viet Bac in northern Viet Nam at the end of World War II [on July 16, 1945].

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella at the Opera House next week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 2.30pm, the first people were invited into the house at No. 30 Hoang Dieu Street, Hanoi to pay tribute to the legendary general.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Telecom Services Company (Vinaphone) has announced new rates for international roaming services as of October with big reductions in voice call and data transmission charges.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new draft law hopes to stringently control state-funded projects through stiff regulations, in an effort to battle corruption and waste.