VietNamNet Bridge – Many young people have booked tours to islands and beaches, which are not very popular, for the upcoming National Day holiday (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge – The newly appointed Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Binh, has vowed to force the interest rates down to 17-19 percent per annum. Commercial banks are drawing up a plan to meet the commitment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top chess player, Le Quang Liem, won his first match at the World Chess Cup 2011 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang separately received in Hanoi on Aug. 29 foreign ambassadors who presented their credentials.

Mercedes-Benz, the world leading luxury car producer, celebrates the 125th anniversary of its invention of automobile with what it claimed the largest gathering ever, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin on the weekend.

Many domestic and outbound tours on the occasion of National Day holiday, September 2, are still available as more tour programs have been put on this year while demand is in decline.

Aquaculture has flourished in the central region in recent years, but is now encountering several problems, including a shortage of baby shrimp for breeding and polluted groundwater from inadequate waste treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Ambassador to Libya and four embassy staffs are still safe but they are yet able to leave Libya as planned due to fast and complicated developments in the situation in Tripoli,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Border Guard Force of the central coastal city of Da Nang on Aug. 27 handed over a Filipino fisherman to the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam.

Vietnam has been following the national strategy on teaching English at general schools. However, the lack of standardized teachers has been hindering the strategy implementation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top models and beauty queens on August 27-28, performed in new ao dai and wedding dress collections at the “Time of Memories” fashion show in HCM City, and the wedding dress show in Hanoi.

After having walloped the U.S. northeast, post-tropical cyclone Irene on Monday is whipping up strong winds and dumping heavy rain on parts of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada's southeast and leaving thousands without power.

One aircraft from Gulf Air skidded off the runway early Monday morning in port city Cochin of south India, said Press Trust of India.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is planning to run a lot of tourism promotion campaigns in the time to come, in order to attract more tourists from familiar markets, and seek more new markets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Countries attain a middle income level by different ways. Vietnam attains middle income through exporting minerals, raw materials or processing industry of low values.

Finance minister Yoshihiko Noda is almost certain to become Japan's next prime minister after beating economy, trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda in a run-off to win the ruling Democratic Party of Japan presidential election

Muammar Gaddafi is still a threat to Libya and the world, as his whereabouts remain misty, chief of the executive board of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mostafa Abdel Jalil said here Monday.

Newly-elected Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai was sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav at the presidential residence here on Monday.

Power, fuel prices top ministry concerns; Viet Nam Finance 2011 to be held in September; New tax on land, property transfers; HCMC enjoys surplus, capital faces deficit; Vietnam’s online advertising revenue remains modest 

VietNamNet Bridge – Various activities will be held in big cities in Vietnam to celebrate the second Vietnam’s Music Day (September 3).