VietNamNet Bridge – The plan to equitize Vietnam Mobile Telecom Service Company, the operator of MobiFone network, will proceed after a long pause, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 4am this morning, 60 border guards of Quang Ngai Province were mobilized to rescue a Panama cargo ship which was stranded at the sea of Ly Son Island, with two large holes in the body.

Vietnam’s best female gymnast, Phan Thi Ha Thanh scored the highest point ever in the women’s single vault event and got a ticket to the finals at the World Championships in Antwerp (Belgium) tomorrow night, October 5.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief warned Thursday that if U.S. Congress failed to raise the government's borrowing authority, it would seriously damage both the U.S. economy and the global economy,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Pho, bun cha and bun thang will be honored at the Tourism festival of traditional villages of Hanoi and the Red River Delta provinces in Hanoi from October 8 to 12.

Painter and curator Le Thiet Cuong, 51, assumes the role of selecting artworks by 10 young artists to introduce to the public. Cuong has selected a trade center in Hanoi to organize this exhibition.

Up to 89 officers in the mountainous district of Son Ha in the central province of Quang Ngai have been detected of committing embezzlement of over VND4.7 billion of the welfares for veterans and war invalids who are ethnic minority people.

 The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off an Italian island carrying about 500 people could well top 200, according to local media reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coffee and sugar producers have proposed to remove the VAT to help reduce troubles with enterprises and clear the tax frauds.

 Danish Ambassador to Vietnam John Nielsen and internet celebrity Arsenal fan “Running Man” Vu Xuan Tien will both compete in the 21km Vietnam Mountain Marathon through Sa Pa’s picturesque mountain landscape.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Khmer ethnic people on Oct 3 began celebrating Sene Dolta, the traditional festival held to worship ancestors, one of their most important events of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Relevant ministries have got puzzled when listing Vietnam-made information technology (IT) products that the state funded projects will prioritize to use.

Vietnam hopes that the US Government’s current shutdown is only temporary and would not affect the two countries’ relations, a Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.

 Fifteen people lost their lives on Thursday in a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, according to the latest information released by authorities in the West African country.

In early 2011, the 11th Communist Party Congress decided that Vietnam needs to obtain the average GDP growth rate of 7-7.5 percent in five years 2011-2015. However, even the modest 5.4 percent growth rate in 2013 is thought to be unattainable.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beautiful landscapes of terraced rice fields with ripened paddy grains in the northern mountainous region have attracted a large number of tourists, tour operators said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi police have dismantled an online prostitution ring and arrested “online pimp” Nguyen Huy Viet, 26, residing in Giang Van Minh Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.

 A female suspect who triggered lengthy car chase by the police from the White House to Capitol Hill on Thursday afternoon was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead, local police chief confirmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nang River, which was green, romantic and peaceful, has turned muddy because of the gold mining activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will need to develop policies for state agencies to enable the nation's shift to cloud computing,

VietNamNet Bridge – When someone mentions Quang Tri Province, people may think about war memories, remnants and scars of time. However, Quang Tri has a proud history, of which the Vinh Moc Tunnel system is a huge attraction for tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Development Bank has maintained its 5.2% GDP growth forecast for Vietnam in 2013 and said gradual progress in settling non-performing loans will prompt its economy to grow by 5.5% in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Construction plans to tear down 70 dilapidated apartment buildings over the next two years.

 Although travel firms plan to take Russian tourists in droves to Phu Quoc Island on chartered flights, the plan may not be realized as the island is lacking hotels meeting three-star standards or higher for tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has decided that from the 2013-2014 academic year, students’ English skills will be assessed in accordance with international standards.