A five member Vietnam tennis team left Hanoi on September 8 for the 2013 Davis Cup tournament, the premier international team event in

Yesterday, September 9, the Saigon railway station put into use a free wifi system, which help passengers easily access to the Internet, search for information while waiting for the train and their relatives.

The export prices have been unstable. The main export items such as rice, coffee and rubber have seen the export volumes drop sharply. As for seafood exports, shrimp are the only products seeing growth, while tuna and catfish exports have gone down.

 The new head of World Trade Organization (WTO) Monday stressed in his inaugural speech the vital role of WTO in a global economy that "is in a state of flux" and pledged to boost the multilateral negotiations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies will review Government and ministry activities at the 21st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, which began yesterday, Sept 9.

President Truong Tan Sang will visit Hungary from September 15-17 and then head to Denmark from September 18-20, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time after 40 years, the father and son who are called “forest men” – Ho Van Thanh and Ho Van Lang – went to the field with local people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Presidents of Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) agreed to further strengthen mutual trust and understanding between the two countries during talks in Ha Noi yesterday, Sept 9.

 A bus carrying scores of passengers plunged off a steep cliff in western Guatemala, leaving at least 43 people dead -- including newborn babies -- and injuring 40 others, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of cultural activities, festivals, art performances and investment promotion conferences will be held this month at the ‘Vietnam Days in Japan 2013’ in Japan’s Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and Fukuoka cities.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The American billionaire has just posted on his facebook a picture of an electric pole in Vietnam and his comment showing the worry about the increasing energy demand in developing countries, particularly Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Yesterday morning an American man was struck and killed by a truck on the spot when he was riding at the bend from Huynh Tan Phat Road to the Ben Nghe port in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has introduced its postal and telecommunication development planning to 2020, in which the city aims to bury 80-90 percent of the cables in the inlying area and 50-60 percent in the suburban area by 2020.

Some international nursery schools charge nearly VND10 million a month. At other schools, parents only have to pay VND30,000 per day, including the expenses for the meals. However, the parents all feel anxious about the quality of nursery schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction’s idea of allowing foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam may not help warm up the frozen real estate market, because foreigners may not intend to buy houses once they are too expensive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will complete its asset valuations this month, said Deputy General Director Duong Tri Thanh on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Ea K’tour hydropower project is feared to damage Chu Yang Sin National Park, the projected Drang Phok hydropower plant threatens Yok Don National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long Boulevard in Ha Noi, which was declared the most modern highway in the country when it opened in 2010, has been found to be quickly deteriorating. Many sections are also said to have been left unfinished.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Tra On District in Vinh Long Province in the Mekong Delta have begun legal proceedings against a well-known Vietnamese ‘Cai Luong’ singer Kim Tu Long for illegal gambling.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Public Security to set up police patrol teams in urban centres and tourism destinations around the country to protect tourists from robbers and hawkers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A few weeks ago, two doctors at the National Hospital of Endocrinology in Ha Noi fought violently after one interrupted the other at a seminar, according to the Nguoi dua tin (The Herald) e-newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge – All 600 seats in Ha Noi's Youth Theatre are filled and the attentive audience is silently following the dialogue, gestures and dancing in a newly staged version of a popular drama by late noted playwright Luu Quang Vu.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Co To Island, described as a green pearl with smooth white sand and wild beaches, clear blue water and primeval forest, has become a popular tourist destination in recent years.

There are three ways for mobile network operators to go to increase their turnover amid the appearance of OTT apps, according to Le Thi Ngoc Mo, Deputy Head of the Telecom Agency of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Con Dao Museum was inaugurated in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on Friday and will feature 2,000 images, artifacts and documents on the history of Con Dao District.