VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth national then singing festival is being held in Lang Son Province as part of the country's efforts to honour and preserve the traditional art of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in north-western Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has 1,309 wholly state owned enterprises (SOEs) and they are managed by up to 101 stage bodies.

Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers, according to a new study by scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Liverpool. 

 Gov’t debates crack down on smuggled poultry; EC President calls on structural reforms; Domestic businesses at a disadvantage; Bat Trang pottery traders upset about market management; Property firms caught in dilemma

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has undertaken several measures in recent years to improve its environment.

 Researchers said Tuesday they had seen the earliest-ever warning signs of Alzheimer's Disease -- among a high-risk group of 20-somethings -- in the ongoing quest for early detection and prevention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The livestock industry is in a critical situation with many farms facing bankruptcy but unable to get access to the Government's financial support package.

 Hanoi hosts exhibition on French press media; Aspiring Einsteins learn science is no fiction; Student dancing to bring focus on AIDS; Exhibition to tell Vietnamese history in Japan

 Americans Tuesday decide whether to re-elect President Barack Obama despite a plodding economy or to trust Mitt Romney to restore prosperity, in a close fought vote unlikely to heal a polarized nation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The owners of these ships cannot lease or sell them. The million-USD ships are becoming piles of scraps at private wharves across northern provinces.

  Poor-quality bottled water sold to HCM City schools; World Harmony Run-Vietnam 2012 launched; ADB to fund HIV fight in Laos, VN; Man receives death sentence for murder

VietNamNet Bridge – Using many tricks, a match-making group lured hundreds of poor girls in a coastal town of Soc Trang province to marry foreign men. Ten women returned home because they could not stand the wretched life abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge – With three months to go for Tet (Lunar New Year), the most important festival of the year in Viet Nam, all domestic carriers are getting ready for the peak travel season.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In September, the total assets of state-owned banks fell from VND2,075 trillion ($103.75 billion) at the end of August to VND2,069 trillion ($103.45 billion).

 Apple said Monday it sold three million iPads in the first three days of its launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation model of its original format iPad.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Manh Tuan, a popular saxophonist among jazz fans, has released two albums that blend jazz, pop, folk and new-age music.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Food Safety Agency has decided to withdraw two Korean instant noodle products, which contain benzopyrene, the toxic causing skin and lung cancers, from the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies yesterday, Nov 5, agreed that the promulgation of a law covering the development of greater Ha Noi, known as the Capital Law, would create a solid legal foundation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national television broadcaster VTV has purchased the broadcasting right of the AFF Cup, two weeks before the tournament.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three pop divas – Hong Nhung, Thanh Lam, My Linh - and two sopranos Ha Pham Thang Long and Hong Vy will take turns performing on the street in the next 5 weeks.