VietNamNet Bridge - "It is unable to announce the specific reasons causing the "death pit" on Bac Ha Dong Road because some matters must be considered," said Dr. Pham Khang, representative of the independent assessment unit.

 NA Vice Chairwoman praises UNDP assistance; ASEAN starts talking energy; Vietnam-Japan Meeting 2012 to take place in Tokyo, Fukuoka; Vietnam, DPRK strengthen front work

VietNamNet Bridge – The 30th ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Energy got underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 12.  

A big budget has been allocated every year to fix the environmental problems. However, observers say if the huge sums of money cannot be spent in a reasonable way, the current situation would never be improved.

Experts have anticipated that the traditional SMS service would be eliminated one day, since the apps for free message sending or phone calls have been integrated into popular mobile phones.

Vietnam proves to be an ideal labor market for foreigners, which needs foreign management technology and ready to pay high to foreign qualified personnel.

  VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of September 11, 100 police officers of the central province of Nghe An joined farmers of Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province to save rice in flood.

Despite the high risks and weak demand in the low tourism season, travel firms still have been trying to sell domestic tours with low airfares under the cooperation program with airlines to stimulate the demand.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A prisoner at Dai Binh prison in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong used a knife to control a female official, asked for a car to go home and said he would return to the prison after that.

State owned economic groups and general corporations, finance companies to small enterprises have all poured capital into commercial banks. This has made it difficult to track down who owns what banks. 

VietNamNet Bridge - At the age 23, Phuc married a Chinese man as the way to show gratitude to her parents. The Can Tho girl was unexpected to fall into painful days in a foreign land. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police in HCM City will fine motorbike drivers carrying children without helmets today. They will be particularly in force in districts 1, 9, 12, Binh Thanh and Binh Tan.

  VietNamNet Bridge - The family was happy to tear when their daughter had a foreign husband. However, on her first night, the bride was harassed by her Chinese husband.

Fifteen literary works including five novels, five poems, four short stories and a note from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam were awarded the Mekong River Literary Prize at the fourth Indochina Writers Conference on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Just a few months before the July university entrance exam, 19-year-old Tran Thu Huong (not her real name) thought that she was a genius with an exciting future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration will appropriate VND50-70 billion (US$2.3-3.3 million) a year for the Poverty Reduction Fund for business loans to poor families.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Vietnamese puppet plays attract large audience and won many prizes from the third International Puppetry Festival, artists are still worried about the future of the marionettes.

 At least 116 people were killed in two separate factory fire incidents that occurred on Tuesday in Pakistan's two largest cities of Lahore and Karachi, said local authorities and media reports on Wednesday.

 The stage is set for Apple to unveil a new-generation iPhone on Wednesday as the culture-changing company once again lays claim to the heart of the Internet age lifestyle.

 A fire swept through a garment factory outside Moscow on Tuesday, killing at least 14 Vietnamese migrant workers, Russian emergency officials said.

 Vietnam attends ASEAN air chiefs conference; Laos Defence Ministry delegation visits Vietnam; Vietnam, India strengthen defence cooperation; Quang Tri, Laos’ Savanakhet review border work

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang and his delegation left the capital city of Astana on September 11, concluding their official state visit to Kazakhstan.

  VietNamNet Bridge - After a week of flooding, the Tay Nguyen dam in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An Province) was broken yesterday, September 11. Hundreds of people had to evacuate.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Singapore from September 12-14 aims to promote relations between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP)

VietNamNet Bridge – Champions SHB Da Nang won most individual and team titles during the 2011-12 V-League season.