Deputy Foreign State Secretary Szilveszter Bus of Hungary has affirmed Hungary has endorsed the Vietnam-European Union Free Trade Agreement and will soon pass it to lay a foundation for furthering economic-trade cooperation between the two countries.

Each locality in Vietnam that has a World Heritage Site devotes special resources to the development of tourism and a unique “brand” of culture. However, the management of these sites has yielded varied results.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt and Lebanon Do Hoang Long suggested Lebanon recognise Vietnam’s full market economy status during his current visit to the Middle-east country. 

 President of Iran Hassan Rouhani will pay a State visit to Vietnam from October 5-7 at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang, according to the Foreign Ministry’s statement. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, Nguyen Anh Thu dropped out of school and had no way of earning an income in HCM City. Her family, originally from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, could not afford to pay

  The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its fourth meeting on October 3 to prepare for the legislature’s second session scheduled to begin on October 20.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 30 paid a courtesy visit to President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw as part of her official visit to Myanmar and attendance of AIPA-37 in Nay Pyi Taw.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has thanked Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Martin Chungong, for his help to the Vietnamese NA in building the new Constitution.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called for bringing AIPA forward on the back of the solid foundation it has built over the past four decades in her speech at the first plenary session of the 37th General Assembly of AIPA yesterday. 

 The Vietnam Web Summit (VWS) 2016 will kick off in HCM City on October 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), the largest mobile phone distribution chain, shut down its 22 shops at Big C Vietnam after the retailer fell into Thai hands. Cdiscount, an e-commerce website, will stop operation from December 31.

 The sight of people crawling along Da Nang beach on their stomachs in the early morning draws the attention of passers-by. It is all part of the novel free exercise classes being run by 33-year-old Do Quang Anh to improve his community’s health. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Van Ba, who has lived on the Son Islet in the middle of the Hau (Rear) River for nearly 50 years, fears that he will have no choice to move to the mainland as erosion is destroying his farmland.

Before the mid-20th century, Non ba tam and other hats with big rims were common in the literature, photos and art from Northern Vietnam, however, since 1940 they have all but been replaced by the ubiquitous conical hat,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A longtime resident of Hang Chieu Street, 75-year-old Nguyen Van Loi has for many years maintained the daily habit of walking around the Old Quarters for exercise.

 VietNamNet Bridge – House address chaos in Ha Noi will be completely solved this year, according to a decision from municipal authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tewfic El-Sawy just published his first book of colour photographs, Hau Dong: The Spirit Mediums of Viet Nam, an outgrowth of his passionate interest in indigenous religions and cults.

 Abortion rate in Vietnam highest in Asia, Over 19,000 Vietnamese jobs lost to Formosa mass fish deaths, Scarce water resources threaten Phu Quoc tourism, HCMC seeks to ease waste treatment pressure

VietNamNet Bridge - The Southern Food Corporation, also known as Vinafood 2, one of two of Vietnam's largest rice exporters, has reported an accumulative loss of VND1 trillion. 

Here are some great images taken by amateur photographer Manh Hung of the quiet foggy rivers, peaceful rice fields, and other landscapes of the Central Highlands region.