Many kinds of insects are sold at markets in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son District. The insects have become local specialties.

 Tens of thousands of homes lost power across Taiwan on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Meranti hit the island, a storm seen as the strongest in the world so far this year, forcing schools and businesses to close

 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), which has urged users of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to turn them in due to fire-prone batteries,

VietNamNet Bridge - French President Hollande’s visit to Vietnam is expected to pave the way for new business opportunities, even though France’s trade and investment activities in Vietnam remain unimpressive.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located on the shores of the Gulf of Thailand, Mui Nai beach in Ha Tien Town, Kien Giang Province is a popular beach in the southwestern region of Vietnam.

 Role of “angel investors” discussed in Hanoi, Transport ministry launches PPP website, US$45,000 to be granted for e-tourism marketing initiatives, Malaysia reopens its labor market for Vietnamese

 VietNamNet Bridge – The album, which is a collaboration with Vietnamese artist Ngo Hong Quang, uses Vietnamese traditional instruments and has Vietnamese vocals.

In 1994, a young man named Hiroshi Fukada wandered around Hanoi’s Old Quarter with a camera in hand, taking over a hundred photos of Hanoians living everyday life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s female team rose seven steps from 16th to ninth place out of 140 teams at the Chess Olympiad yesterday (Sept 13) in Baku, Azerbaizan.

VietNamNet Bridge - “I write this letter to ask you, the Ministry of Education and Training, and the school, to allow my son to become a ‘bad student’ this academic year,” a letter posted on a personal Facebook reads.

 To date, the disabled Vietnamese sport delegation attending the ongoing 2016 Rio Paralympics has won four medals in total, including one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

 19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem District will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.

 Flooding has been a headache of Ho Chi Minh City authorities for years and Tan Son Nhat International Airport is also being submerged in water while solutions are slow in being implemented.

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks, which have suffered because of huge bad debts, have had to deal with another problem – the ‘confidence crisis’ caused by a series of recent phishing attacks.

 Vietnam topped Group A after the second-round match of the ASEAN Football Federation Vietcombank U19 Youth Championship held on September 13 in Hanoi.

 Viet Nam's retail turnover is expected to rise to US$179 billion by 2020, according to the Association of Viet Nam Retailers.

 A dam at Song Bung 2 Hydroelectric Plant in the central province of Quang Nam broke yesterday afternoon, sweeping away two workers, said deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Phan Viet Cuong.

 Health experts have raised more concerns over the negative health impacts of alcohol after seeing an increased drinking rate among the Vietnamese population and an increased volume of alcohol consumed in the country.

 Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen who had been arrested for accidentally fishing in Indonesia’s seas several months ago will be repatriated on September 14, marking the single biggest number of Vietnamese fishermen released by the country so far. 

 Amid a steady rise of foreign direct investment into Vietnam, domestic companies have also been making endeavours to expand their overseas presence.