VietNamNet Bridge – There are plans to set up an official National Reading Day in Viet Nam to encourage the once strong Vietnamese fondness for reading.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police Department has started to crack down on taxis that illegally park outside crowded places, such as schools, hospitals, restaurants and hotels, causing traffic jams.

 South develops support industry; Quang Ngai lures investment; Massive Chinese steel imports cause more pressure for domestic firms; Construction ministry bans export of eight minerals; Japan manufacturers say unable to find local suppliers

  VietNamNet Bridge - More than 4.5 tons of gold and 1.6 tons of silver have been exploited from two gold mines in the central province of Quang Nam - Bong Mieu in Phu Ninh district and Dak Sa in Phuoc Son district.

 VN’s first online financial library launched; Over VND27.5 trillion for sustainable poverty reduction; Int’l seminar discusses maritime and island issues; Vietnam hosts int’l conference on estuaries, coasts

VietNamNet Bridge – The brick-making machine was stuck, Mr. Hung poked it with a stick. A big explosion occurred, killing Hung and injuring two others. The authorities said that the explosion might have been caused by a shrapnel bomb.

  Exhibition of Mexican, Vietnamese children’s paintings; Exhibition celebrates women's strength; Ha Noi marks battle's 40th anniversary; Vietnamese enters song festival for Asia-Pacific

The Ministry of Finance MOF is considering raising the import tariffs on some steel products, following the repeated complaints from domestic steel manufacturers about the massive low quality imports.

 A 28-year-old man on a plane from Japan was arrested in Los Angeles after he was found wearing body armor and flame-proof pants, and transporting a small arsenal of weapons, officials said Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 singers and musicians will perform eight songs on a new album to highlight the service of Vietnamese soldiers stationed on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the southern province of Dong Nai yesterday, Oct 9, arrested Phan Van Thuan Anh and Huynh Van Cu for illegally hunting langurs in Cat Tien National Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four national records were set at the 2012 Vietnam National Athletics Championships which closed on October 9 at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi.

The Symphony No.7 by famous Austrian composer Gustav Mahler will be played by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tesuji on October 12-13.

One would easily make a profit of billions of dong if he obtains the license from the State Bank of Vietnam to convert non-SJC into SJC gold. The monopoly in bullion gold production would bring fat profits to some “insiders.”

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa Province's Quach Thi Lan on Monday stepped to the podium for the second time at the National Athletics Championships in Ha Noi.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Draft Law on Public Investment and Public Spending will not be up for discussion at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly, scheduled to begin later this month.

  VietNamNet Bridge - The name of Nguyen Ngoc Ky has become a typical example of overcoming difficulties in Vietnam in the 60-70s. Ky can be compared to the world well-known British physicist Stephan Hawking.

Researchers from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new way to fight against chikungunya virus, which once broke out to a record cases of 1,000 during 2008-2010 here,

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent storm and floods in the central region have destroyed more than 550 houses, 260 hectares of rice and 2,300 hectares of subsidiary crops, resulting in total damages of around VND34 billion.

Local authorities, though believing that craft villages could be the gold mines for exploitation to develop tourism, have not done anything to take full advantage of the great potentials.

 Riding a polling surge, Republican Mitt Romney set course for Ohio Tuesday for an intensive campaign swing as the fabled state again loomed as possible kingmaker in a US election.

Party leader pushes for stronger Vietnam-Cuba ties; PM welcomes new German ambassador; RoK science & technology model praised; Vietnam, Saudi Arabia vow to boost cooperation

Vietnamese titanium exploiters have shouted for help, asking the Prime Minister to allow to continue exporting titanium ore to clear the big stocks, or they would go bankrupt.

On October 9, at Melbourne, Australia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held the draw for the 2015 Asian Championship qualifiers. Vietnam will be in Group E with Uzbekistan, the UAE, and Hong Kong (China).

France's Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland from the United States on Tuesday won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on interaction between light and matter.