Timor-Leste PM visit to promote relations; Prime Minister holds talks with Chinese, Cambodian counterparts; Viet Nam, Nicaragua enhance friendship

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has forced HCM City authorities to stop running its business registration system via Internet to use the system developed by MPI.

 One of Japan's two remaining working nuclear reactors was taken offline Tuesday, with the other to be shut down later this month and no restarts in sight amid public hostility to nuclear power.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World leaders have sent congratulations to Viet Nam to mark the 68th National Day yesterday, September 2.

 The White House battled Monday for congressional authorization to bomb Syria, as two top Republicans warned that a "no" vote after President Barack Obama had threatened action would be catastrophic.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since the eco-tourism area of the Chay River and Toi Cave was put into operation in 2011 with a new tourist activity of kayaking on the Chay River and discovering the mysterious beauty of Toi Cave,

 The NATO commander in Afghanistan has warned that the current casualty rates suffered by the Afghan army and police force are "unsustainable", in an interview published in Tuesday's Guardian.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Retailers have expected the computer market to recover in the third quarter of this year as demand has increased in the back-to-school season.

The Ministry of Finance has collected ideas from ministries and businesses on reducing the export tax for natural rubber products to make life easier for enterprises currently faced with high inventories and decreasing selling prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The high income earners, who spend billions of dong to buy high end apartments in big cities, also complain the pollution has badly affected their quality of life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The actual tuitions students have to pay are much higher than the tuitions advertised by universities on mass media or quoted on official documents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign invested associations have warned they are considering leaving Vietnam for the more attractive markets, like Cambodia or Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The German Business Association (GBA) co-hosts and celebrates Germany’s largest cultural event in the two cities of HCMC and Hanoi in October - Oktoberfest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based Noi Bai International Airport has imposed ceiling prices on certain food and beverage products at its terminal as part of measures to prevent unreasonable price hikes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of banks have unveiled real-estate loan packages targeting feasible property projects and mortgages to intensify credit growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local aviation companies are expected to save a total of US$60 million on aircraft purchases from now to 2015 given participation in the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent artist Phan Y Ly will bring a stage production titled Nguoi La (Stranger) to the World Stage Design Festival (WSD) 2013 in Cardiff, Wales from September 5-15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has asked its departments; universities and colleges to step up on campaigns to raise awareness of traffic safety at the very beginning of the next academic year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Ho, co-founder of triip.me, is the brain behind the Vietnamese start-up that allows anybody with a tour idea to create their own package and sell it to interested tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 400 households with 1,900 people in Dien Ngoc Commune in Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province, have lived for five years surrounded by pollution from seafood processing enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is recruiting skilled professionals in the nuclear power sector as it prepares to start construction of the country's first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province at the beginning of next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singaporean researcher Zhuang Wubin is a well-known critic on photography in Southeast Asia who has curated various photography exhibitions in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s policy to purchase power at low prices and hold a controlling stake in state-owned power projects has discouraged many foreign investors in the power sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host a festival at Van Thanh tourist resort on September 10-12, targeted at the city’s foreign communities, diplomatic corps, and expatriate students.

VietNamNet Bridge – The entire audience at the fashion show, Silk Heritage, on August 2 at the Grand-Ho Tram Strip, were deeply impressed by the unique combination of pearls and traditional materials used in the collection "Hue khoi xu Nam Ky"