PM Dung welcomes Thai Defence Chief; Defense, security group marks 20 years; New Zealand Ambassador honoured for friendship contributions; New Delhi hosts Vietnam-India strategic defence dialogue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starting from next month, Russian tourists who visit the central coastal cities will be able to take chartered flights to HCMC and travel on to the Mekong Delta, said the local tour operator serving Russian guests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A total of nine hydro power plants planned for the provincial centre of Thua Thien Hue have been scrapped after experts deemed them unfeasible.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of premature babies being born in the Cuu Long Delta is putting pressure on the Can Tho Pediatrics Hospital, which lacks the facilities and human resources needed for the purpose.

VietNamNet Bridge – The third round quantitative easing (QE3) just launched by the US FED is believed to create a harder pressure on Vietnam’s inflation.

The first nuclear power plant in Vietnam is scheduled to be constructed in Ninh Thuan, central Vietnam, in 2014. However, technology selection, the location of the plant and human resources remain challenges for Vietnam at this moment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists have found a stone tool assumed to be an early calendar dating back 4,000 years in a cave in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

VietNamNet Bridge – A dossier gathering scientific research on chau van, a traditional singing style of Vietnamese people in the northern province of Nam Dinh, will be recognised as a national intangible heritage. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 7,000 people have been killed and more than 25,000 others injured in 23,619 traffic accidents since early this year.

  VietNamNet Bridge - On September 12-17, the Danang Police discovered two cases, with 10 Chinese who performed illegal business in the city.

  VietNamNet Bridge - On September 24, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed decisions to appoint assistants to the Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers.

The figures about bad debts have repeatedly appeared on mass media. However, no one can say for sure what figures are the most reliable since the statistics are quite different.

 Hoang Pham Tra Mi receives certificate; Philharmonic to perform in Japan; Hanoi to host German Oktoberfest; Asian Fund donates books to national library; Photographer shoots for top prize

 ILO helps Vietnam create steady jobs; HCM City's labour needs decline; Vietnamese, Korean dioxin victims on epic bike trip; Province tackles child malnutrition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Nguyen Huu Muoi’s 'Scent of Burnt Grass' has been selected to compete for the 85th Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category.

 Maps proving Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) islands have been added into new volumes of a local famous comic named Vietnamese Child Prodigy or Than Dong Dat Viet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former world champion Nguyen Hoang Ngan has returned in glory after two-year treatment of her injury, winning a gold medal at the Karate 1-Germany 2012 in Frankfurt/Main on September 22-23.

  VietNamNet Bridge - From now to 2014, the authorities will perform site clearance and prepare technical infrastructure in West West Lake and Me Tri areas to build new headquarters of ministries and state agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang yesterday conferred the Ho Chi Minh Order to Raymond Aubrac, a French resistance leader during the Second World War, for his support to Viet Nam during past wars.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many bridges in Ho Chi Minh City are now quite old with low clearance space under them to allow maneuverability for increasing waterway traffic that worsens during high tide with many boats getting stuck

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adoption links between Ireland and Vietnam will officially reopen today, Sept 26, after a new deal was struck between the nations, according to the Herald newspaper in Ireland.

 After three years of research, a team led by an Italian medical researcher has made a promising development that could bring a new perspective to find a cure for autism, local media on Tuesday.

 Five years after the eruption of the financial crisis, a safer global financial system has not been fully established despite some reform progress, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

More and more children fashion shops, breakfast food shops, small cafes have been opened. However, unlike other familiar shops – the street facing ones – the new shops are not located on high floors.