VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's hopes of qualifying for the final at the Asean Football Federation Under-19 football championships were destroyed after the team went down 3-0 to Australia in the second match yesterday

 The Ministry of Finance has submitted a scheme to the Prime Minister for improving Viet Nam's sovereign credit rating, with a target for the country to achieve investment grade by 2020.

 Hanoi will spend nearly VND2 trillion (USD96 million) to clear traffic jams at 27 places, reduce 40% of the hours lost to congestion and limit new congestion spots during the 2012-2015 period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese Music Film Weekend Oto I eiga will be held in Ha Noi from Friday September 14 to Sunday September 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2012-2013 academic year began at kindergartens, schools, colleges and universities throughout the country on September 5, welcoming more than 22 million students.

Business production still in a fix; Over VND35 billion more for trade promotion; Over 5 million tonnes of rice exported in eight months; Vietnam to be major wool manufacturing hub

 So far this year, food poisoning has killed 17 people and hospitalised 2,500 others as the level of substandard food imports, particularly chickens, continues to rise.

 The Ministry of Justice has been compiling a draft circular that would allow fines to take the place of criminal detention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Strong Club Table Tennis Tournament opened in the central city of Danang on September 4.

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a passionate appeal for solidarity among eurozone nations countries in a speech on Monday, rejecting the notion of a "debt union."

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a national target program on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the 2012-2015 period, with a total funding of VND3,700 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Within the next 30 years, Vietnam will be among 30 “extreme risk” countries affected by climate change, says the United Nation in Vietnam in its recent fact sheet on climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh attended the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in New Delhi on September 3 as part of the 6th Mekong – Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Meeting from September 3-4.

Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from September 10 to 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Taiwanese legislators have illegally flown to Vietnam’s Ba Binh island to observe the live-fire exercise.

Big enterprises have confirmed that they have accessed the bank loans with the low interest rate of 9 percent per annum, which is just equal to the short term deposit interest rates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has highlighted the Vietnam-Laos special ties, describing it an invaluable treasure of both nations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After over three months being hunted, Duong Chi Dung, former director of the Vietnam Maritime Administration, was arrested on September 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised the importance of education and training, which he said will determine the success of national industrialisation and modernisation.

After many years of enduring the teacher shortage, HCM City now suffers the teacher redundancy.

Software firms have complained that the decision to prohibit information technology (IT) imports, such as tablets, mobile phones, laptops and printers, would seriously influence their research and development (R&D) plans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fatal accident happened at 10am of September 3, on National Highway 1A in the northern province of Nam Dinh, killing at least six people while another was in critical condition.

The Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology in Quy Nhon Town in the central province of Binh Dinh on September 2 received three blood-sucking stink bugs from a family, for further research.

The sharp decline of overseas remittance so far this year has raised a question if overseas remittance continues to play an important source for Vietnam’s foreign currency reserves.

 Contemporary dance program ‘Europe meets Vietnam’ will be staged for the second time at Hanoi’s Youth Theatre on September 28-29.