VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health has issued a circular on charity health care activities to replace the one enacted in 2002.

VietNamNet Bridge – Toilet-themed café has been popular in a number of Asian countries, but quite new in Vietnam as a toilet café was inaugurated in Hanoi several months ago and in HCMC last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,000 hectares of forest in the Ban Don Eco-tourism site has been destroyed in the last year by illegal loggers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The healthcare sector has not been an attractive investment channel for investors, with many hospitals left idle, while others have been incurring losses.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City is seeking final approval to develop what would be the largest square and riverside park in Vietnam, spanning an area of 30ha with an estimated cost of VND1.97 trillion (nearly US$93 million).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Cong Khanh, colloquially known as “Sau Khanh’ from the southern province of Ben Tre, has spent dozens of years and a lot of money on collecting antiques.

Vietnam, Laos strive for stronger cooperation on religion; Hanoi meeting marks 66th DPRK;  National Day; Vietnam’s National Day celebrated abroad; Leaders attend school ceremonies to mark beginning of academic year

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received the Special Ambassador between Vietnam and Japan, Sugi Ryotaro, in Hanoi on September 4.

A delegation from the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam is on a four-day visit to Singapore to share experiences in directing and managing anti-corruption efforts with Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed the Vietnamese Government’s support for cooperation projects between the two countries while receiving Minister of Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz in Hanoi on September 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge - VietJet has linked up with global payments technology company Visa to launch a promotion in Vietnam called ‘Enjoy Flying with Visa’ with a discount of 30 percent.

 The Department of Network Security was officially opened in Ha Noi on Thursday to keep an eye on Viet Nam's internet traffic.

Vo Van Huy, a cowboy in Tay Hoa District of Phu Yen province, is leaving his home village in mid-September for Paris, where he will study at the Polytechnic University of Paris with an Eiffel scholarship granted by the French government.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of casino tycoons have visited Vietnam in recent years, promising  to develop multi-billion dollar casino projects in the country, but then they left. Will they return once their demands are satisfied?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phones and phone parts continued to be the biggest export earner in the first eight months this year, with total revenue expanding 13.7% year-on-year to US$15.22 billion, according to the General Statistics Office.

First Monsoon Music Festival attracts foreign artists; Berlin DJ debuts in HCM City; FVH guides visitors to temple, village; VN break dancers head overseas; Vietnam to host UK Film Week 2014

Army chopper crash death toll rises to 20; Another capsized raft victim found; Authorities step in to save old trees; Two Chinese nationals arrested for illegal money transport; Landslide bulldozes riverbank; Railway fares discounted up to 50%

 Amata to pour US$530 mil into Vietnam; Ministry of Finance clamps down on beer consumption; Stock market yet to function as major fund raising channel; Vietnam-China trade surges in Jan-Aug;
August sees more business suspensions than start-ups

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s agriculture sector management officials are claiming that the production of genetically-modified crops should be banned in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is crowded, bustling and noisy during the day, but at night, it becomes peaceful and quiet.

 Philips, Samsung and Infineon have been fined 138m euros (£110m; $182m) by the European Commission (EC) for fixing prices of chips in used in smartphones.

 Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has recommended the Prime Minister consider visa exemptions for travellers from France, Germany, the UK, Australia and India.

Western leaders have criticised Russia for its "destabilising" influence on the crisis in Ukraine, at the start of a Nato summit in Wales.

VietJet Air and Vietnam Airlines have joined forces to test a new flight path over parts of Laos and Cambodia that would greatly reduce flight time between Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport and Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A string of fresh policies on foreign-related elements were introduced in the first eight months including foreign strategic investors, sub-lease of job, preferential corporate tax,