Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh on September 16 held talks with Swiss Vice President and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann.

Vietnam demands Thailand to promptly investigate and handle individuals involving in a Thai boat’s chasing and attack of some Vietnamese fishing boats that killed one fisherman and injured two others.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesses are holding their breath waiting for the US FED’s decision to raise the prime interest rate increase, slated for September.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, HCM City, Da Lat and Da Nang are all believed to have natural and human conditions to become the Silicon Valleys of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - With a higher frequency of big rains, thunderstorms and whirlwinds, the southern region in Vietnam this year has seen the most extreme weather patterns of the last 40 years.

Truck blazes inside Hai Van tunnel, 38 cluster bombs found in Quảng Binh, 15 seamen missing after fishing ship sinks, USAID provides $2 million to battle animal diseases, Popular mooncake shop temporarily closed

 VietNamNet Bridge – In keeping with the ancient Vietnamese adage - Best is to live near a market, next best is a life near a river - Vu Thi Hai, a food seller in Ha Noi, recently went about an exploring tour along the Hong (Red) River

 Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Ha Noi next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese universities will be classified into three groups based on the training they offer under a decree issued by the government, which will assess them on research, application and practice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The semi-annual financial statements of the Minh Phu Seafood Corporation show that the largest shrimp exporter in Vietnam is now an unprofitable business, causing concern in the fisheries sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Avian influenza and cattle foot-and-mouth diseases are returning and spreading across the country, a ministerial official has warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue is known as a city of gardens and garden houses which harmoniously blend the calculation of human architecture with the randomness of nature.

 VN earns 425 mln USD from wood exports to China in 6 months, Vietnam's economy likely to lag behind neighbors in 20 years, Electronics importers mull price hikes, Vietnam to set up export channel to Italy

 The HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital today announced the first two successful surrogacy cases at the hospital.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting with Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Chairman Kazuo Shii in Tokyo on September 17, during which he highlighted the solidarity and traditional friendship between the two parties.

 Japan’s relationship with Vietnam is now in its prime, Speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima said while meeting with visiting Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Tokyo on September 17.

 American reporter hails Vietnamese food, Singapore comedians coming to town, Saigon Reggae Festival opens next weekend, Concert in the Dark at Goethe-Institut, Norwegian DJ at electronic-music night

The General Department of Vietnam Customs has released export and import figures for August and the first eight months of the year.

The Ministry of Health has asked the Department of Health of Thai Nguyen Province to urgently verify information about a local woman who is treating all kinds of diseases by treading on the naked bodies of patients.

Vietnam’s real estate market has been heating up with a rapidly increasing number of purchases made by not only locals but also foreigners and overseas Vietnamese keen to get on the property ladder.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam continues to open thermal power plants despite a warning about pollution and the lack of coal in the future. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than three quarters of the population are expected to be covered by health insurance by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Van Mon resident have become increasingly worried as more and more neighbors have died of cancer recently. However, they don’t know where to go to get away from the pollution.

 A powerful earthquake has hit central Chile, causing buildings to sway in the capital Santiago, officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Stunning architecture, and diverse and special food are the reason the cities of Hoi An, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Vung Tau and Da Nang are the top destinations.