VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded No 8 for the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012 that will take place from November 20-25 in Kowloon.

Experts say if Vietnam has to choose one of the two – the gold price stabilization and exchange rate stabilization – it would have to sacrifice the gold price in exchange for the stabilized dong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed Resolution 20-NQ/TW which figures out key orientations, targets, tasks and solutions for science and technology development until 2020, vision to 2030.

The Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) inspectors have designed drastic measures to keep stricter control over the content service fee management in an effort to minimize spam and swindle messages.

VietNamNet Bridge – Making the corrupt use of the loopholes in the current laws relating to the temporary import for re-export later, a lot of enterprises have illegally imported hazardous industrial waste.

VietNamNet Bridge - A farmer in the northern province of Hoa Binh caught a fish with a strange shape several days ago. Leading experts on freshwater fish said it could be an Ophicephalidae snakehead.

VietNamNet Bridge – Almost no singer, even those from Quang Nam, sings modern music with the Quang accent because it is very hard to recognize specific sounds and words. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The exotic plant that is invading the field of farmers in the Central Highlands appeared in many provinces and cities in the country a few years ago. There are many fields in the region are in danger of disappearance.

 An international team of astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth in the habitable zone, where liquid water and a stable atmosphere could reside, around the nearby star HD 40307,

 Speculation surrounding the potential merger of the banks Sacombank (STB) and Eximbank (EIB) has increased in recent days after the departure of STB founder and chairman Dang Van Thanh and a big increase in share activity.

Travel firms have launched noisy promotion campaigns to lure more travelers in the low season. However, their efforts have been in vain.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health compiled to a draft plan on mitigating overcrowding of hospitals during the 2012-2020 period.  

Coffee export companies have insisted on the permission to borrow money in foreign currencies, which they say would be the effective solution to ease the capital shortage.

Rice, seafood exports not benefiting farmers; Kim Thanh international border crossing opens in Lao Cai; Goldenisation and dollarisation put under control; Smartlink, Banknetvn card unions merge; Ministry gets tough on quality of pay TV services

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has announced plans to buy back gold from the public in a bid to resolve the problem of gold hoarding by wary savers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Inspecting a coach, HCM City traffic police detected two frozen baby tigers, two frozen bears and eight bear hands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cinematography Department announced yesterday the list of 14 films to compete at the second Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff) to be held from November 25 to 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being highly appreciated, HCM City is facing many difficulties in realising its plan to hire Filipino teachers of English.  

  WB supports Vietnam’s climate change response program; Red Cross representatives receive precious insignias; RoK hands over new facilities to Vinh Phuc

The hotel sector in Asia is expected to grow strongly with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% in the 2012-2016 period, with Vietnam obtaining the highest growth of up to 15%, said an international researcher.