Analysts’ prediction about the dong/dollar exchange rate stabilization has come true. However, businesses do not want to see the exchange rate stay put.

At 2pm of the National Day (September 2), the fourth VietNamNet concert “Things Everlasting” began at the Hanoi Opera House, by the national anthem as usual, played by the National Symphony Orchestra.

 Shares continued to lose value last week as investors remained cautious and moved to cut losses prior to the National Day holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Jason Viet Tien, 18, a Vietnamese student in the UK, became a “phenomenon” of the X Factor UK music competition.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign visitors say that traffic is the most impressive thing in Vietnam because whenever they cross the road they experience the sense of adventure.

 Digital entertainment explodes; New auto import rules aid dealers; Coffee exports hit $2.66 billion; Assortment of moon-cakes flood markets; Purchase power increases during National Day holidays

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blue-ear disease in pigs and bird flu have increased significantly in several cities and provinces over the past three weeks,

 Untitled by Tran The Vinh which has opened at Tu Do Gallery in District 1, displays 21 oil pieces made of acrylic on canvas in abstract style.

 Many tourist destinations have not faced any overload or sharp price hikes during the National Day holiday (September 2) this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, run by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, launched its Chinese language edition on Thursday in Ha Noi.

 Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to prominence playing a death row inmate in the acclaimed film The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.

 A traditional dragon boat race was held in Thua Thien–Hue Province on National Day, September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Ha Thanh Mai, a third-year student from the Singapore Management University (SMU) has been honoured by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese football team was narrowly defeated 1-2 by Iran in its first match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-19 Youth Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on September 2.

 President Truong Tan Sang urged the US government to grant Vietnam status as a market economy, while receiving US Trade Representative Ronald Kirk in Hanoi on September 3. 

 Plants and other natural treatments for various ailments will be discussed during the 13th International Congress of the International Society for Enthopharmacology at the University of Graz starting September 2.

  VietNamNet Bridge – At the Badminton Japan Open 2012, scheduled from September 18 to 23, Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh will have to face the top seed Lee Chong Wei if he enters the second round.

VietNamNet Bridge –  President Truong Tan Sang will attend the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Vladivostok, Russia from September 6-9 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

 Most Venerable Thich Minh Chau, Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), passed away at the age of 94 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 1.

Vinacomin has recently sent documents to relevant agencies repeatedly, proposing to lower the coal export tariff. The agencies still keep silent, while experts have voiced their disagreement.

 Typhoon Bolaven has killed 48 people in North Korea and left more than 50 others injured or missing, state-run KCNA news agency reports.

The third Vietnam-China strategic defence dialogue took place in Hanoi, under the chairmanship of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense, Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, and Chinese Senior Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian.

VietNamNet Bridge – The heaps of plastic waste and nylon bags piled on the roadsides are the images seen regular in Trung Van commune of Tu Liem district, Hanoi.

MIC has announced that it would help 20 information technology (IT) firms to implement the quality management system in accordance with CMMi standards (Capability Maturity Model Integration).

VietNamNet Bridge – The dong interest rate has sunk to the bottom, but this has not brought high hopes to businesses. Meanwhile, experts believe the cash would run into the stock market and other more attractive investment channels.