Canh Dong Bat Tan (The Floating Lives) was screened at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 11, within the framework of the ASEAN Film Festival.

 The U16 Australian football team have arrived in Hanoi to prepare well for the AFC U16 Championship 2016 qualifiers, although they start only on September 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – With their pristine seas, the Con Dao Islands are home to a large number of sea turtles. Every year, between April and November, their breeding season, thousands of turtles crawl ashore to lay eggs in the sand,

 The 2015 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship opened in the northern province of Ha Nam on September 12.

Vietnam won a number of high prizes at the third Hanoi International Piano Competition, which wrapped up in Hanoi on September 11.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have showed their interests in joining the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), which currently consists of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

 A delegation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Japan’s Ehime prefecture will tour Vietnam in early November to scope out the local market and seek investment opportunities in the country. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh reiterated education is Vietnam’s top national policy while attending the Vietnam-UK Education Forum held in London, the UK, on September 11.

 A two-day photo exhibition capturing China’s reclamation activities in the East Sea is running at Gwangju city’s Chosun University in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The National Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control issued a dispatch on September 13 directing localities and ministries to deploy plans in response to a tropical low pressure.

 The eleventh Vietnam Motor Show 2015 will be held from October 28 to November 1 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hanoi and Amsterdam city of the Netherlands have agreed to foster collaboration in various fields such as water supply and drainage, waste treatment, urban planning, smart city development, cultural exchanges, tourism, health.

A delegation from the Government Inspectorate led by Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh is on a working visit to Italy to share state inspection experience with the host.

 The visit to Japan by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from September 15-19 will aim to deepen the two countries’ exclusive strategic partnership and bring it to a new level, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese aviation market is witnessing stiff competition between Vietnam Airlines, the national flag air carrier, and Vietjet Air, the emerging player. Jetstar Pacific is also a formidable rival.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City’s students will follow the lessons in textbooks to be published by the HCM City education and training department, instead of those compiled by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) for all schools in Vietnam.

 About 95 per cent of Vietnamese labourers are worried about poverty and having insufficient funds once retired, according to a recent survey by the Global Aging Institute (GAI) in collaboration with Prudential Corporation Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - The technologies utilized by Vietnamese enterprises are 30 years behind the world and years behind other regional countries, according to Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan.

VietNamNet Bridge - The protective forests in the southern province of Tra Vinh which died because of insects’ attack, sea wave hit and deforestation have been revived. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The audience are invited to Ensemble Concert with soloists from Orchestra National de France Nguyen Huu Nguyen (violin) and Sarah Jacob-Franck (cello) and HBSO Chamber Orchestra.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The draft Law on Fees and Charges may not be able to make it to the National Assembly (NA) for approval next month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of real estate projects in the Long Thanh Airport area were drawn up right after the international airport project development got the go-ahead from the National Assembly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art critics, sculptors and officials from HCM City and neighbouring areas attending a recent seminar said the city should erect more sculptural works in public areas for landscaping purpose.

 Trolleys full of drinks and fast food are becoming an increasingly common sight on the streets of Vietnam’s major cities, bringing their “shop” to customers rather than the other way around.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not  far from Cua Dai and the ancient town of Hoi An, An Bang attracts tourists with its pristine scenery and idyllic life of a fishing village.