Pham Sanh Chau, chief of the Foreign Cultural Exchange Department of the Foreign Ministry and the “idea manager” of the Vietnam Fashion Institute Dang Minh Hanh will represent Vietnam in the jury of the Mrs. World 2009 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Sanh Chau, chief of the Foreign Cultural Exchange Department of the Foreign Ministry and the “idea manager” of the Vietnam Fashion Institute Dang Minh Hanh will represent Vietnam in the jury of the Mrs. World 2009 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Time has run out for organizers of Miss World Vietnamese – a beauty pageant for Vietnamese women living, working or studying overseas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite two modest declining sessions at mid-week which were regarded as a necessary correction, the VN-Index managed a gain of 3.53 per cent on the week to close at 531.51 points.

VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese-invested Guang Lian Steel Viet Nam Co Ltd will resume construction this month on a multi-billion-dollar steel plant in the central province of Quang Ngai, the company's general director, Hsueh Hung Yi, said in a recent meeting with provincial authorities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of stars and fans of national cinema joined the 8th Golden Kite awards at the Friendship Palace in Ha Noi last night, March 14, to celebrate the victory of Dung Dot (Don't Burn); which won six Golden Kite Awards last night.

VietNamNet Bridge - The former Chairman of the British Arts Festivals Association, Nick Dodds, is coming to Hanoi for the first time to hold lectures on hosting art festivals from Mar 17-20.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese fashion houses and their young designers were more professional than ever and scored high points for quality and creativity.

Writer Nguyen Nhat Anh.

VietNamNet Bridge - The third edition of the HCM City-The Hidden Charms photography contest encourages professionals and amateurs to capture beautiful images of daily life in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Xam music, usually performed by groups of blind people wandering along the streets of Hanoi, is being revived, performed and introduced to the public by the Vietnam Music Art Development Centre (VMADC).

VietNamNet Bridge - As spring comes to town, many young couples are preparing to make their dream day come true. They are not willing cut corners to get the wedding day exactly the way the pictured it. And they pictured it as a gala event admired and envied by all the guests.

Laos to vote for Ha Long Bay A musical performance programme was held in Vientiane on March 12 to encourage people in Laos to vote for Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Francophone Film Festival will kick off tonight, March 12, in Ha Noi as part of a national celebration of International Francophone Day in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apart from translators of literature such as Thuy Toan, Duong Tuong, Tran Dinh Hien, Nguyen Ngoc and Trinh Lu, a new generation of young translators has come to the fore in Viet Nam in recent years, bringing local readers the latest best-sellers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A British non-governmental organisation operating in medicine will begin to stage a skit in HCM City this month to educate children in the prevention of bacterial infections and raise their awareness of resistance to antibiotics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Global economic recovery led to a slight increase in export earnings for the first two months of the year, Nguyen Thanh Bien, deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, said at a meeting in HCM City on Thursday.

Pepper exports to hit 100,000 tonnes

2010 Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival to kick off The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has agreed to a plan to organise the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in 2010 in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak.

VietNamNet Bridge - Real estate developers have launched a number of new projects, signalling the return from a two-month hibernation of the city's real estate market.

A worker transports clothing on a dolly at a market in Hanoi in December 2009

Economic recovery is set to spark demand, competition and reasonable fares on Vietnam’s air travel market, industry insiders say.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced preliminary results from the fourth administrative review on Vietnamese warmwater shrimp imported to the country from February 1, 2008 through January 31, 2010, says the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).