Security software applicable to mobile equipments like smart-phones and tablet computers have yet to win the hearts of local customers even though such software products have been available in the country for over one year.

 Financial planners told to lift standards; Agricultural investment slows in Vietnam; Challenges for Vietnam’s agricultural development; Half of all outstanding debts are in real estate; HN receives over 1.6 mln foreign tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese Film Festival titled “Comedy 2012” will take place in Hanoi, Phan Thiet and Ho Chi Minh City from October 25-December 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Bank for Social Policy has said that it had sufficient funds to provide credit for poor students to pursue their studies this academic year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sexual abuse of children has been increasing in Viet Nam, especially in tourist destinations, but the country's Penal Code lacks a clause directly governing child sex tourism crimes,

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more Vietnamese are doing business overseas and many of them have become US dollar multi-millionaires.

VietNamNet Bridge – At around 10 am on October 2, a very rare incident happened at a wedding in Thanh My 2 Hamlet, Thanh Duc commune, Long Ho District, Vinh Long Province.

Binh Duong has spent over VND60 billion acquiring surveillance cameras to install at 26 industrial parks and 26 large-scale industrial manufacturing companies in the province to monitor wastewater treatment activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam was placed at 10th position in the world for luring foreign workers, according to the HSBC Expat Explorer Economic league table.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Finding a job remains a big challenge for people with disabilities.

State owned schools all want to develop high-quality classes, where students can learn in better conditions.

Experts believe that the bad debts would not be entirely settled until 2015, and that the national debt trade company would need 30 trillion dong a year to clear the debts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the last four months, the Government Inspectorate has reviewed 486 out of a total of 528 complicated petitions and denunciations made nationwide since 2009.

MobiFone, one of the three biggest mobile networks in Vietnam, has lost 1/3 of its market share over the last year, from 29.11 percent to 17.9 percent.

AAF, the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) has transmitted SOS signals, entreating help to protect a bear rescue project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A documentary on the life of a Greek who fought with the Vietnamese resistance in the first Indochina war against the French has won first prize at the sixth Greek Documentary Festival held in Chalkida, Greece.

VietNamNet Bridge – In daily life, a lot of phenomena take place every day that make some people laugh, but others are completely indifferent. What do you think when you see the pictures below?

Vietnamese businesses now try to penetrate foreign market with the support of the Viet Kieu in the host countries, who are described as the “natural link” which bridges Vietnamese products and overseas markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Land is scarce in Vietnam. It is a valuable asset and a fundamental part of the national wealth. The market value of land increased rapidly in recent decades.

Soil has been excavated everywhere in Phu Tho province, causing serious environment pollution, deforming hills and mountains, and causing landslide, thus harming local people’s lives.

 New decree looks to protect whistleblowers; Importers, exporters require certification; ‘Special control' rules eased for brokers; Nidec invests in Ben Tre Province; Brewery to increase production; VN, Russia pledge to accelerate signing of FTA

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is considering providing the once- seniority allowance to retired workers. However, teachers say they feel “self-pity” with the new policy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A conference entitled “Green Housing in Vietnam: between Tradition and Modernity” opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on October 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a tour to Hoi An Ancient Town in Quang Nam Province, after walking around old streets and craft villages, tourists should take a short tour to tramp around villages, cycle on winding trails, ride buffaloes

 EU leaders vowed Friday to set up a banking union during the course of 2013 after a Franco-German spat held up agreement on exactly when this vital crisis-fighting tool might come into force.