VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 100 mobile operators, service providers and handset suppliers will have a chance to market their products to potential customers at an event in Ha Noi tomorrow, Oct 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A cold spell has taken hold in Viet Nam's northern region, causing heavy rain and flooding in many areas, the Central Hydrometeorological Forecasting Centre announced today.

  Campaign to help the poor launched in Central Highlands; Officials hold online discussion on food safety; Meeting reviews safety measures in Ha Long Bay

As many as 70 painters and sculptors from Vietnam and 15 countries and territories worldwide will gather to showcase their art at a creative camp set to kick off on October 18 in Hoa Binh, about 70km south-west of Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the Fields Medal winner, has been honoured at an ongoing symposium held by the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto, Canada.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province, has reported that quakes occurred in the communes located around the Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant in the morning yesterday, October 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Truong Nam Thanh has received an invitation from Mister World 2012 to represent Vietnam in this year’s beauty pageant, said Thuy Nga, director of Elite Vietnam company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 circus artists will perform original gravity-defying acrobatic feats at the National Circus Gala 2012 which will take place at the 23/9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City from October 19-21.

An alarming 50 percent of the world's wetlands have been destroyed in the last 100 years, threatening human welfare at a time of increasing water scarcity, a new report said. 

Tran Thang, President of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE) in the US has 80 ancient Chinese maps confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelagos.

 The first ever Project Happy Feet Slipper Race, which will aim to raise funds for the education and training of underprivileged children, in HCMC has been rescheduled from October 21 until early next year due to red tape. 

  Vietnam is well-known for its glorious thousand-year history of national construction and defence, and also for its attractive, friendly, and safe tourist sites.

 National Wrestling Championships wrapped up; That seals gold for An Giang women's team; Two silvers for Vietnam at regional table tennis event; Three local athletes to compete in Asian aerobic championships

Borrowers have never been so solicitously welcomed by commercial banks before. Since the demand increases dramatically, banks have to lure borrowers with generous offers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champion Le Quang Liem experienced his fifth draw yesterday, Oct 16, at the ongoing Spice Cup Chess Festival in the US.

A collection of more than 3,000 antiques belonging to the parents of Dr Duong Quynh Hoa, former health minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet Nam, was donated to the Ho Chi Minh City History Museum

 VietNamNet Bridge - While the authorities are urgently hunting the remaining of the over 100 crocodiles that escaped from a farm in Ca Mau city, a crocodile appeared on National Highway 1A and was beaten to death by local people.

 US President Barack Obama came out fighting on Tuesday in his second debate against Mitt Romney, branding the Republican challenger a tool of the rich and the oil industry.

The leaving of the giant Shell group from Vietnam has been attributed to the mismanagement of the gas market, where there is no room for authentic investors.

  Party chief praises voters’ constructive opinions; Vietnam, Mongolia hold fourth political consultation; Vietnam concerned about funding for UN development operations