Public Security Minister leads visit to Cambodia; VN embassy in Libya to re-open; Prime Minister to visit Indonesia; Vietnam refuses claims about treatment of drug addicts and prostitutes

VietNamNet Bridge – Within three more years, the Vietnamese e-commerce market would be the playing field of foreigners unless Vietnam immediately applies strong measures to support the field, experts have warned.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Chi Cong (born Vo Toan), former President of the State Council, former Chairman of the National Defence Council and former Deputy Prime Minister died yesterday at the age of 99.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese traders can satisfy any demand for stuffing of moon cakes from Vietnamese producers. They can supply all kinds of stuffing of dozens of tons within 1-2 days.

VietNamNet Bridge – High-rise parking lots might be the answer to parking congestion on Ha Noi streets, but costly construction and slow returns have deterred investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA-accredited referee Vo Quang Vinh won the Golden Whistle award following his outstanding performance in the V-League this year, the Viet Nam Football Federation announced on Wednesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama launched a widely expected plan Tuesday night to stimulate economic recovery and strengthen the country's struggling employment situation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Vinh, coach of Hoa Phat Hanoi FC, said that referees are mafia who are swaying Vietnam’s football. Le Thuy Hai, one of the most famous coaches in Vietnam, agreed with Vinh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday, Sep 8, received Singapore's newly-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, K. Shanmugam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Environment is building up the project on doubling wild tigers in Vietnam within 10 years. However, doubts have been raised about the feasibility of the project.

VietNamNet Bridge – Remote areas have been “laying the red carpet”, inviting teachers to the provinces to work for grammar schools there. However, the number of those coming is always lower than the number of those leaving.

As the story about applying cloud computing in Vietnam is getting hot, policy makers have been urged to set up a legal framework to “drive the clouds to the orbit”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The national U-19 team demolished Brunei 7-0 in a group B opener of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-19 Championship in Myanmar yesterday, Sep 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – E-commerce has brought new opportunities for tourism development. However, Vietnamese travel firms have not paid appropriate attention to the issue.

The ROE (return on equity) index of the banking system stays at the average level if compared with the ROEs of the other 20 sectors, ranking 11 out of 21, while the ROA (return on assets) is the lowest.

VietNamNet Bridge – A more intensive model for voluntary blood donation, called Blood Donation Street, is expected to become a major source of blood next year following good results achieved during a pilot period last month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Young talent Hoang Quy Phuoc brought home two more gold medals from the National Swimming Championship, which wrapped up at the Ha Noi-based National Aquatics Centre on Wednesday.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the American economy is weaker than expected and the central bank would take all efforts to create more jobs and avoid the world's largest economy from falling into another recession.

Middle-aged white women drinking alcohol moderately are more likely to stay healthy than nondrinkers, according to a new study from Harvard.

Some investment institutions believe that the interest rates would not go down sharply, while they have also warned about the possible risks to occur when the interest rates fell too rapidly.