Facebook on Thursday celebrated eclipsing the billion-member mark, touting its mission to make the world more social while investors wondered how the service would cash in on its popularity. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Five cement companies have reported big losses, including the four belonging to state owned economic groups or general corporations – Dong Banh, Cam Pha, Thai Nguyen and Ha Long.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quach Thi Lan broke a 10-year-old record for the women's 400m hurdle at the National Track-and Field Championships in Ha Noi's My Dinh Stadium yesterday, Oct 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seeing motorcycles carrying “Buddhist monks” passing by, a woman who ran a pavement tea shop pouted and said: "They are not monks at all. They are just cheaters."

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese-American photographer An My Le has been awarded a ‘Genius Grant' from the MacArthur Fellowship for her collection of photographs inspired by the war in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There were more than 103,000 cases of hand-foot-mouth infection over the first nine months of the year, nearly equal to the number in 2011 (110,000).

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport has appointed Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh as the Head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV). Previously, the position was assumed by Deputy Minister of Transport Pham Quy Tieu.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday, Oct 4, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Yonex Taipei Open badminton tournament, beating Malaysian Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 21-17, 21-17. 

  VietNamNet Bridge - On October 4, the police agency of Quang Ninh province issued a decision to prosecute the serious shipwreck in Ha Long Bay, which killed five people.

Vietnam now witnesses the rise of a new generation of businessmen – the young 7X and 8X ones (who were born in 1970s and 1980s), who, backed by the powerful families, are managing the enterprises capitalized at trillions of dong.

 US President Barack Obama woke up to stinking reviews of his debate performance Thursday, then set out to stamp on Republican Mitt Romney's sudden momentum 33 days before the election.

 2012 National track-and-field championships begin; Trang progresses to second round of Kalamata tourney; Ninh Thuan to play Nghe An in U21 football final; Ha wins gold at Asian junior fencing championships

 Prime Minister welcomes new ambassadors; NA Chairman wraps up visit to Laos; Saudi Arabian Finance Minister to visit

 The number of U.S. people initially applying for unemployment aid last week moved higher after hitting a 9-week low in a week earlier, indicating that hiring is still modest, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of Mozart’s best loved operas Cosi fan Tutte will be performed by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) at the Hanoi Opera House on Friday and Saturday (Oct 5 and 6).

The invented automated teller machine (ATM), nano technology which helps eliminate toxicity from water or fuel saver for motorbikes have all brought high income and helped humans save energy.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has drawn up a plan to recompile textbooks for general school students, estimating that the work would cost 70 trillion dong. Meanwhile, educators believe the program is too costly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s island ecosystem has been degrading because of the spontaneous development of tourism with more and more accommodations rising which discharge untreated waste water into the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Her one-year term as the Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam has ended but actress Ly Nha Ky still has to finish the remaining tasks because relevant bodies did not find a substitute yet.

Chinese goods have been flowing to Vietnam in masses, thus worsening Vietnam’s trade deficit and putting big difficulties for domestic production.