A 24-year-old woman from South Africa was killed when she was hit and swept into the chassis of a tipper truck carrying sand at the intersection of Nguyen Hue and Ton Duc Thang in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday morning, September 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Numerous flights to and from France and Vietnam in September were canceled because of an Air France pilot strike.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While parents and educators both agree that it is necessary to teach sex education in primary school, they cannot agree on the way to do it.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has limited mobile network operators’ profits from working with information content-service providers must to a maximum of 70 percent of the revenue, putting an end to a long dispute about profit sharing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite economists’ opposition to the 1,000-supermarket plan proposed by the Hanoi Industry and Trade Department, officials are still determined to go ahead with it.

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Lam Ancient Village is an ideal place where visitors can get an insight into a typical countryside lifestyle of the northern delta region in Vietnam with a banyan tree, water well and communal house,

 An array of popular tour operators and hospitality providers have won the 2013 Vietnam tourism awards, mostly from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung allowed the use of an official development assistance (ODA) package worth 3 trillion VND (135 million USD) to carry out climate change adaptation projects during 2015.

Audience to have their say as local DJs hit the decks; VN model takes career to new heights; Rapping the News wins creativity prize; Workshop promotes musical game; Competition for DJs begins; HCM City hosts Japanese culture show

 U23 players join national team training in Japan; Gymnasts to participate in Nanning world champs; Viet Nam place third in ASEAN futsal contest; Tien Minh bids adieu to ASIAD 17; Viet Nam takes home three medals

 Runner Quach Thi Lan yesterday won her first silver medal for Viet Nam at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea.

Vietnam will have to scale a huge mountain in its semi-final match in the women's football competition at the Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea today.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has choosen September 3 as Viet Nam's annual Music Day, in celebration of an event associated with the late President Ho Chi Minh.

 More than 250 players from eight countries and territories will compete in the Kawasaki-Biere Larue Vietnam International Series at the Tuyen Son Sport Centre in the central city of Da Nang.

 Viet Nam's Hanel DTT Technology Joint Stock Company signed a cooperation agreement with Sundrew Myanmar Company to build an open e-government platform (OEP) based on open source technologies in Myanmar.

 Indonesian handed 4 month sentence for drug trafficking; Materials prove Vietnam’s island ownership in East Sea; Vietnam-UK agree to cooperate in vocational training; RoK-Vietnam cooperation in publishing children’s books

 The third season of Vietnam 's Got Talent is scheduled to begin on VTV3 on September 28 night.

 Tens of thousands of books can be viewed by readers at the Hanoi Book Fair which opened at the Royal Citadel Heritage site on September 26.

 The HCM City People's Committee has directed concerned municipal departments to survey the city's drainage network and come up with solutions to deal with record high tidal rises expected this November.

 Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani is set to be inaugurated in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul.

 Vietnam attends ASEAN Family Day in Czech Republic; Vietnam attends UN human rights session for first time; Vietnam, Ukraine foster friendship ties; Ministry to clarify law on sea, islands; More Finns likely to invest in VN

The People's Court of HCM City on September 26 sentenced three men to death in a corruption case involving the Agribank Financial Leasing Company No 2 (ALCII) after 10 days of trial.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has confirmed that Vietnam welcomes and supports the effectiveness of the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh attended three important meetings of ASEAN and held bilateral meetings with foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26-27.

Nguyen Thien Nhan will stay on as president of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) for the next five years.