VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of northern Quang Ninh Province unveiled a monument to cosmonaut hero Gherman Titov on an island in Ha Long Bay on September 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The construction of a Vietnam Buddhist Academy commenced with a ceremony in Ngu Tay Hamlet, An Tay Ward, Hue City of central Thua Thien-Hue Province.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – A hoard of 1,100 antiques salvaged from shipwrecks off the coast of central Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces are on display in Tan Hiep island commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese primary teacher, Tran Thi Thuy Dung, 38, had been selected as a recipient of the Princess Maha Chakri Awards, according to Thailand media.

Cutting the poverty rate among ethnic minority groups by 3-4 percent annually is among the specific targets for 2025 set recently by the Government in its efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in connection with ethnic minorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mid-Autumn Festival 2015 is underway in Hanoi’s Old Quarter with numerous activities organised to serve people and especially children.

Vietnamese Banh Mi is regarded as the world’s best delicious sandwich by foreign diners. New Yorkers are charmed by soft and crunchy French baguettes filled with an ever-varying combination of deli-style pork, pate and veggies.

 A 3D moving image of the late singer Whitney Houston is being developed by a US entertainment firm.

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 The Brazilian government has announced a $7bn (£4.5bn) package of spending cuts aimed at plugging a huge black hole in the country's 2016 budget.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some private economic groups have shown their intention to join the bank restructuring process by injecting money into banks which are undergoing restructuring. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors can depart from Hanoi at 6am to travel to Ninh Binh province to visit Trang An tourist site and Bai Dinh pagoda, a world heritage site recognized by UNESCO.

A project entitled ‘Creating Authentic Vietnamese Masks’ took place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum on September 13, where children had an opportunity to try their hand at making traditional masks for the Mid-autumn festival.

 The Water Investment and Business JSC (VIWACO), which supplies water to 100,000 households in Thanh Xuan district and Dong Da district in Hanoi, has announced that water prices will increase from October 1.

 Phu Quoc Island has been named among the Top 10 most stunning Asian islands by Top Inspired magazine.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has issued Dispatch No. 5010/CHK-TC adjusting the price ceiling on flight tickets due to falls in the fuel price over recent times.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued Decision No. 1844/QD-NHNN on September 9 officially accepting the merger between Southern Bank and Sacombank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The grounds of the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum on Sunday (Sept 13) were full of children and their parents displaying masks they had made.

 The Vietnam Boxing Federation was officially established at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi on September 13 with a new 27-member executive committee for 2015-2019 headed by Tran Minh Tien, General Director of Lastasa Multimedia JSC.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao met with Alderman Alan Yarrow, Lord Mayor of the City of London in the UK, on September 11 as part of his working visit to the UK.

Vietnam defines Japan as the leading important and long-term development partner, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in his interview granted to major Japanese news agencies and newspapers on the threshold of his official visit to Japan.

 Senior Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich, Chief of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army, held a talk with visiting Cambodian Minister of State General Nieng Phat in Hanoi on September 14.

 The 41st session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on September 14, during which legislators are scheduled to debate several bills and laws.

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Buonchanh Sinthavong signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on transport cooperation from 2016-2025 in Vientiane on September 14.

 Governor Nguyen Van Binh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) met with the newly-appointed Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director in Vietnam, Eric Sidgwick, in Hanoi on September 14.