VietNamNet Bridge – From the evening of September 22 to noon of September 23, up to six quakes occurred in the area of Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plant in Quang Nam province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic and foreign mobile service providers will have a chance to market their products to potential customers via an international exhibition which will take place in Hanoi from October 18-21.

  Seafood, livestock and chicken breeders in the Mekong Delta have never before faced such dire times or been in such crisis situations as at present.

 HCM City hosts international power exhibition; Foreign investment in agriculture sought; Companies to press for sale and purchase of bad debts; Eight-month trade surplus fetches US$134 million

 Computer sellers are confident that the start of the new school year will as usual see the computer and laptop market bounce back from a dull second quarter.

“Optimism” is the right word which describes the feeling of the Vietnamese business circle after the US government announced the third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, to stimulate the US economy.

Mice ravaging in residential areas in Ward 15, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City has risen to alarming levels. Rats run around regardless of the day or night. They are not afraid of people and people begin being afraid of mice.

  VietNamNet Bridge - As autumn’s cooler weather is welcomed by many in North Vietnam, for many ethnic minorities in far flung mountainous regions, it’s also a reminder that winter is coming.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There's a reason why the mountainous provinces of northern Viet Nam top the to-do lists of countless backpackers and visitors. I've been fortunate enough to trek through the westernmost forests

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese telecom companies were no longer reliant on foreign partners, resulting in the withdrawal of foreign-invested companies from the domestic telecoms market,

  Growth opportunities in Viet Nam's telecoms sector appear to be diminishing due to market saturation and the dominance of State-owned entities in a highly competitive landscape, according to a recent report by BMI.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed ministries, central and local departments and relevant units to step up the campaign ‘Be Vietnamese Buy Made-in-Vietnamese’, to give further boost to domestically made products.

A lot of well known brands which were once the “Vietnamese pride,” have disappeared from the market. Others still exist, but their founders have to leave the businesses to take other jobs as hired workers.

The survey conducted at the three biggest universities specializing in social science training in late 2011 showed that schools do not pay much attention to upgrading libraries simply because of the lack of money.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first week of October 2012 becomes the unforgettable period of many people in Ho Chi Minh City, because of… flooding. Thousands of vehicles struggled on submerged roads.

  VietNamNet Bridge - Village wells constructed of bricks or laterite are not only water supply points for the whole villages, but also are the characteristic of rural Vietnam. In many places in Hanoi, village wells are still preserved.

VietNamNet Bridge - On October 22, hundreds of aloes wood hunters gathered to demand the authorities of Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province to make public the investigation results of some local officials who had confiscated their aloes wood...

When Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed the decision to appoint Hoang Quoc Vuong, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, as the Chair of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)--he has put Vuong to the test.

An exhibition titled ‘World of KIRIGAMI: A Hundred Flowers & Words’ featuring art works by Japanese artist Kanako Yaguchi will be held at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi

VN ponders tax revenues; US expertise to benefit VN aviation sector; Animal feed price hike in sight; Car imports hit record low; Nearly US$1 billion FDI invested in Hanoi; Vietnam’s banking sector needs to deal with interest groups

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known Vietnamese professor Dang Vu Khieu turned 97 on Wednesday. Despite his age, he still plans to complete a book titled Van Hien Thang Long by the end of this year.

The Enterprise Finance Management Agency under the Ministry of Finance has proposed to remove the finance and credit privileges for State owned enterprises (SOEs) as a part of the SOE reshuffle.

On September 19, the National Institute of Nutrition in Hanoi held a meeting to implement a balanced and nutritional meal plan for Vietnamese people from now until 2020, to make up for shortfalls in nutrition in the modern day diet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nexttop DJ 2012 competition has been launched in Hanoi to honour Vietnam’s hottest Disc Jockeys, attracting the interest of young music fans from all over the country.

Ranking member Eni Faleomavaega, of the US House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, has said the Viet Nam Human Rights Act, passed on September 11 by voice vote on the House floor, is the wrong way forward.