Players train for World Cup qualifier

 Coach Toshyia Miura has called 27 players to train for two matches during the 2018 World Cup qualifier.

Pictures: Vietnam Fashion Week opens in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - The four days of catwalk shows and presentations on September 25 featuring the glamour of beautiful models strutting the catwalk in the collections of 17 designers from Vietnam, Malaysia and Italy.

Four killed as bus carrying VN students collides in Seattle

 The Vietnam Consulate General in San Francisco has reported a ‘duck boat’ tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying students, 29 of which are Vietnamese, to a college orientation event collided on a busy Seattle bridge.

Sang, Solberg meet on sidelines of UN Summit

 Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg met on the sidelines of the United Nations Summit in New York on September 25 to discuss matters related to economic cooperation and trade.

More print newspapers to shift to e-versions: proposal

 Vietnam will have fewer print and more electronic newspapers, according to a proposal on national press management and planning towards 2025, introduced by the Ministry of Information and Communications on September 25. 

NA Vice Chairwoman addresses Asian-European Women’s Forum

 All nations should step up the implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on gender equality and improvement of female social scale, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said at the first Asian-European Women’s Forum. 

Government commits to backing oil and gas ties with Russia

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has committed all possible support to oil and gas cooperation between Vietnam and Russia as well as between their national oil and gas companies – PetroVietnam and Zarubezneft. 

Vietnam to end use of bear bile

 VietNamNet Bridge – Animals Asia Foundation and the Viet Nam Oriental Traditional Medicine Association signed an agreement to end the use of bear bile in oriental medicine in Viet Nam by 2020 early this week.

The $6 million ornamental garden in Tay Ninh

VietNamNet Bridge – A gardener in the southern province of Tay Ninh is offering his ornamental garden for VND170 billion (over $6 million).

Traditional toys make a comeback

Mid-Autumn traditional toys are considered to be special as they not only bring joy to children but are also a cultural treasure imbued with national identity, furthermore they are associated with the stories of childhood of many generations

Foreigners still hesitant about buying property in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - A provision contained in the Housing Law two months ago allowed foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam, but most real estate developers still have few foreign clients.

Vietnamese farmers suffer from price fall

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are "crying" because of the drop in prices for agricultural products such as rice, pitaya, and sweet potatoes. At the same time, shrimp breeders are suffering because of crop disease and the sharp fall of prices.

Vietnam's IT incomes ranked second lowest

  Survey reveals IT workers in Vietnam near the bottom in terms of average annual salaries around the world.

The longest path through the melaleuca forest of Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – This 5km concrete paved road runs through the Melaleuca forest of the Tan Lap floating village in Tan Lap Commune, Moc Hoa District, Long An Province.

OVs voice concerns over ownership rules

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese who want to buy a home in Vietnam are concerned regarding the sheer volume of evidence they must furnish to prove that they are in fact of Vietnamese heritage.

Social News 26/9

 Chemical storage site threatens people's lives, Five persons convicted in drug trafficking case, National goods stockpile filled in case of emergency, Foreign experience needed to set up national human rights body

Flooding, traffic accident remain major challenges in HCMC

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many economic norms exceeded plan while social issues such as flooding, traffic accidents and diseases still challenged Ho Chi Minh City’s socioeconomic development in the first nine months this year,

UN Watercourses Convention: Opportunity to reinvigorate the Mekong Spirit

 In 1995, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam signed the Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin. After decades, it was celebrated as a triumph of the Mekong Spirit.

Tax firms worried about competition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional taxi companies are raising concern over unfair competition by Grab Taxi.

Drink coffee and reflect on horrors of war opens coffee shop to protest war

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young Vietnamese painter can never forget the war that ravaged his home town in central Viet Nam and the way it affected his family. Thanh Ha reports.

Image: A new vision for Vietnam-Japan relationships

The recent visit to Japan by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong created a new vision for the strategic partnership between the two countries for peace and prosperity in Asia.

Agriculture: It’s not just rice anymore

 Leading economists have forecasted that Vietnam’s economic growth will reach an annual rate of 6.2% this year with an average annual core inflation rate of 3% in line with the declining inflation over recent years.

‘Education Knight' helps others turn pages

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 40-year-old Ha Tinh man has devoted his life to providing books - and bookcases - to rural families throughout the nation. Trung Hieu reports.

Ministry of Justice to tighten regulations on served convictions

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Justice is gathering opinions on the draft amended Criminal Code after two high school students were rejected for applications to study because of the previous convictions of their parents.

Rare frog dishes of Tay people in Lao Cai

VietNamNet Bridge – Hiu hiu, Johns’ groove-toed frog or Johns’ frog in English, is a rare frog species in Vietnam which can be found at streams in mountainous areas in the northwestern region.