VietNamNet Bridge – The manager of Tram Gian Buddhist temple in Chuong My district, Hanoi, nun Thich Dam Khoa, admitted responsibility for “renewing” the 1,000-year-old temple at a meeting on September 4. 

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed that the temporary import for re-export of oil and petrol transported by sea be banned in an effort to tighten management and prevent enterprises from seeking illegal profits.

Scandals continue to depress shares;  Government bond sales total $3.8 billion year to date; Nation sees decline in global competitiveness; Tighter rules on performance of securities companies; Vinacomin unlikely to divest from insurance holdings

 The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has asked the Ministry of Finance for an increase in the State budget to meet increased demand for tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists in the north-eastern province of Ha Giang stopped by on some very old relatives recently, when they stumbled across caves thought to have housed humans 20,000 years ago.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN), investor of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in Bac Tra My District in the central province of Quang Nam, on Tuesday stated that leaks at the dam in the plant have almost been fully repaired,

 Nine professors from UK research-led universities of the Sterling Group from Friday until next Thursday will lecture students and citizens in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC on engineering.

 Almost 150 scholars, researchers and diplomats from 20 countries, including Vietnam, gathered at the second international conference on the East Sea held by the Maritime Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on September 4-5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese team is still placed second in the Southeast Asia region on 146 points, 61 points less than Thailand, according to the latest FIFA rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a framework to implement a Government resolution on sustainable poverty reduction for the 2011-2020 period.

At around 9pm of September 3, hundreds of people in coastal communes of the central province of Quang Ngai hurriedly fled away to nearby mountains and Quang Ngai city to avoid a tsunami. They returned home at around 1am because there was no tsunami.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with Speaker of Indonesia’s House of Representatives Marzuki Alie in Hanoi on September 5.

A lot of listed companies have lowered the business targets set up at the shareholders’ meeting earlier this year, though the decisions would erode the shareholders’ confidence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City and Ha Noi are the two cities with the most fatal work accidents over the first half of the year with 40 and 17 cases respectively,

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked police to clarify who shielded and lent a hand to former Vietnam Maritime Administration chief Duong Chi Dung’s fleeing, said Chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam at a press conference on September 5.

Despite the strict regulations, minerals still have been illegally exploited and exported every day. The natural resources and minerals have been bleeding every day in the southern province of Binh Duong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite a series of drastic measures taken to stop spam SMS, local authorities remain powerless in settling the problem.

It’s really difficult to demand payment of debts now, when debtors cannot sell products for money and the overly high bank loan interest rates prompt them to try to appropriate capital of others.

The 2012 report about the national economy just released by the National Assembly’s Economics Committee, has pointed out that Vietnamese people have been burdened with taxes and fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A concert to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will be held at the HCMC Opera House on September 9.

One hundred and twenty one students from the families with difficult conditions--would be supported up 100 percent of the tuitions and meals when studying at the Bo De Phuong Duy private school in the southern province of Long An.

Vietnamese travel firms have been working hard, but they cannot earn much money, because they have to offer the “tidbit” to foreign partners.

 Staple food prices may double within the next two decades due to climate change and an increase in extreme weather including droughts and hurricanes, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will take part in Karaoke World Championships 2012 for the first time, which is scheduled for December in Finland.