A powerful typhoon that hit western Japan on Sunday has killed 27 people and left 51 missing, making it the heaviest typhoon toll in the country in about seven years, Kyodo News reported Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young up-and-coming star Le Cat Trong Ly will stage a solo performance in HCM City this month featuring her own compositions.

The recent surge in commodity prices has usually been ascribed to the U.S. stimulus package, which is said to exert inflationary pressure in developing economies. This view is tempting, but rests on shaky theoretical and empirical grounds.

Tens of thousands of Russian tourists will arrive in Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa Province via chartered flights to visit Nha Trang and Phan Thiet from late October to early May next year.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal and former winner Andy Roddick both marched into the fourth round of US Open with straight-set victories.

Vietnamese models Thanh Hang, Huong Giang, Anh Thu, and Diem Huong performed three collections of Ao dai (traditional long dress) by designer Thuan Viet at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul from September 1-5.

Vietnamese-American lawyer Jimmy Nguyen has been announced as one of the 7 preliminary judges at Miss Universe 2011 held in Brazil this September.

VietNamNet Bridge – The best ten short films of the online YxineFF Festival 2010 will be screened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first water-skiing show was resumed on the Han River in the central city of Da Nang on September 2, after over 30 years.

In an article that outlines his line-up goals for 2011-2016, PM Nguyen Tan Dung highlights the need for the Government to transform from economic manager into growth maker. Below is an analysis of how to achieve this ambitious target.

VietNamNet Bridge – From Lao Cai town, it takes around 10 minutes by car to reach Pu Sam Cap Mountain, which is about 1,700m above sea level.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 22 million students nationwide went back to school on September 5, as the 2011-12 academic year begins.

VietNamNet’s annual concert entitled “Things Everlasting” 2011 was held successfully on the afternoon of September 2, Vietnam’s National Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Luong Nguyet Anh took first prize in the folk music category of the Sao Mai singing contest, held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue yesterday, Sep 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung plans to visit Japan in October to hold talks with Japanese officials on nuclear power generation and other economic cooperation programsm, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan told the Japanese media.

Requiem held at Quang Tri citadel; Fire hits largest electronics supermarket in Vinh; Wild elephant shows up in the Yok Don National Park; 2,000 cars fined in Hanoi in a fortnight

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 items featuring information about Viet Nam's sea and islands are on exhibition at the National Library of Viet Nam.

More greetings to Vietnam on National Day; OVs in South Africa and China commemorates National Day; Asian leaders cheer Vietnam on National Day; Quang Binh urged to tap potential for stronger development

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to pass a transportation bill that will save one million construction workers from unemployment, warning that failure to do so would have disastrous impact on the fragile economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – As of September 2, Hang Ma (Paper Offerings) Street in Hanoi’s old quarter has been flooded by visitors. The street is dyed in red by lanterns, flowers, flags and toys.