GM stops making Daewoo cars in Vietnam; Association suggests restructuring banks; 14 European countries invest in Hanoi; Operations resume at Dung Quat Refinery; Ministry permits massive imports of high-grade salt  

A delegation of the Cambodian Royal Army headed by General Meoung Samphan, State Secretary for the Defence Ministry, is on a working visit to Vietnam from Sept. 18-24.

The Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam (Agribank) plans to provide about VND5 trillion (US$240 million) in loans to the domestic coffee sector.

At least seven people have died and 22 others were injured in a southern county of China's Tibet Autonomous Region after a strong earthquake centered in the state of Sikkim in northern India hit on Sunday evening.

Five people were killed after a strong earthquake shook eastern parts of Nepal on Sunday evening, police said.

A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts returned to the Earth Friday, the Mission Control Center outside Moscow confirmed.

The toll from the powerful earthquake in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim has risen to at least 26 while hundreds were reportedly injured, according to local media reports Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngoc Thach’s Gold Prize at the Vietnam Super Model 2010 competition is not enough for her to representative Vietnam at the Miss Earth 2011 pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quoc Dan, 27, who graduated from the HCM City Fine Art University two years ago, seems to be “eccentric” to state that he only pains artworks that nobody could imitate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Police have confirmed that Deputy Minister of Health, Cao Minh Quang, used a fake doctoral degree.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some researchers of the Department of Science-Technology of Lam Dong province on September 15, discovered three red lingzhi mushrooms on an ancient pine tree at the gate of the Da Lat Palace hotel.

VietNamNet Bridge – Exaggerated advertising, performing illegal services and using foreign doctors without work permits are popular violations of consulting rooms that use Chinese doctors in Hanoi and HCM City.

 Flood threatens Nghe An Province; Dog thieves shoot man to death; Students access net in remote district; Prosecutors warned for breaching Party moral code

The Dak Lak provincial authorities still have not made a final decision on whether to take legal proceedings to reclaim the Buon Ma Thuot geographical indication, or demand the brand back through the diplomatic channel.

VietNamNet Bridge – Individuals and organisations should act to protect the environment for mitigating climate change as well as the sustainable development of the country,

Thua Thien-Hue to build literary, art museum; Hue seeks funds to restore heritage; Vietnam Festival 2011 opens in Tokyo; Exhibition features 50 years of the ‘Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea’; Hanoi Fashion Week urges use of local products  

Commercial banks have no other choice than slashing the deposit interest rates to 14 percent per annum. However, banks are trembling with the fear that depositors may withdraw money from banks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Ngoc Mai's 28 paintings on silk featuring characters of the epic poem Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) are on display at HCM City's Exhibition House until next Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam may complete the phase-out of hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) - ozone-depleting substances and powerful greenhouse gases - by 2025, five years earlier than the deadline,

Former Chief of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn admitted a "moral fault"in the U.S. sex scandal and said no plan for 2012 presidential election of France during an interview on Sunday night.