The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said that if not building new power plants or speeding up the construction of the Long Phu I and Duyen Hai III plants before 2018, the South Vietnam will face power shortages.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese cyclists, Tran Van Cuong and Le Anh Dung, will be sent to train in South Korea in one month and a half in preparation for international tournaments.

 Drinking alcohol before first pregnancy is likely to boost a woman's risk of breast cancer later in life, U.S. researchers said Wednesday.

A rugby tournament with a rather long name will take place at Hang Day Stadium on Saturday September 7.

 Pune Pistons club’s Nguyen Tien Minh lost 0-2 to Ajay Jayaram from Hyderabad Hotshots at the men’s singles event in the semi-finals of the first Indian Badminton League (IBL) on August 28.

Competition on local coffee market heats up; Vietnam needs to win over European businesses; Returned scepticism of overall economic outlook; Vietnam – a new King of Coffee

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still lacks around 27,500 pre-school teachers, said Deputy Minister of Education and Training, Nguyen Thi Nghia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese billionaires, who have incurred big losses due to their too ambitious investment plans, have decided to “sell everything they can” to undergo a severe restructuring to change their look.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While people in the North and Central Vietnam fear floods for the havoc they bring, people who live in the Mekong Delta count the days until the next flood season to make lucrative earnings during that time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Receiving wrong HIV test results from a public hospital, Ms. Le Thi Oanh in Thanh Hoa City was unbearable with the shocking news and committed suicide after giving birth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Postal Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications on Wednesday, August 28, protested the China Post Agency’s issuance of stamps violating Vietnam's sovereignty.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen The Dung, chairman and CEO of the State-owned Dong Thap Oil and Gas Trading Company (Petimex) was arrested on August 27 for investigation of smuggling.

Chairman of the Government Office said at the government’s regular press conference yesterday that the huge wages for officials of the four public utility enterprises in HCM City is contrary to the current regulations and should be handled.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least two per cent of the State Budget is set to be spent on boosting the nation's IT sector each year, according to a draft resolution compiled by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new photo exhibition honouring the beauty of provinces and cities in the Red River Delta opens in coastal Hai Phong City today.

 VietNamNet Bridge - UNESCO Asia-Pacific has just announced the Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, with Vietnam singled out for excellence for two conservation and restoration projects.

The taboo surrounding chemical weapons, which the Syrian regime stands accused of using on its people, began with the horrors of the First World War and intensified with subsequent conflicts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Underground” foreign exchanges have been mushrooming, operating under the cover of “investment consultancy firms.” The foreign exchanges have been “living well” on the investors’ greed.

 Viet Nam expands relations with Republic of Seychelles; VN talks defence at ASEAN retreat; Vietnam appreciates WB assistance; Angola, Viet Nam increase multi-faceted ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Danish Embassy in Hanoi will open a Vietnamese art exhibition featuring 26 works by both established and emerging painters on August 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cabinet members have suggested priority to sustaining macro-economic stability and reining in inflation in tandem with accelerating economic growth at an appropriate rate.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After the World Chess Cup, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem will move from Norway to the U.S. to study at the Webster University and he will not compete at the SEA Games later this year.

 Four teams of US navy medical personnel aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy worked with Vietnamese doctors to enhance rehabilitation for patients at the National Institute of Burns in Hanoi between August 15 and 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Municipal officials are calling for punishment for those running illegal wharves that have been operating along rivers and canals in the city for a long time despite orders to shut down.

The Vietnam’s mobile market has been existing and developing for 20 years. But the market boom occurred 10 years ago and it took Vietnam 10 years only to list itself among the countries with the high percentage mobile phone users.