Player Tran Long Vu has decided to retire after a successful Futsal World Cup in Colombia.

 The Science Film Festival 2016 with film screenings, experiments and educational games for children about nature, environmental protection and technology will take place in Vietnam from October 2 to December 18.

 Imagining herself as the three-year-old Syrian boy who was drowned off the coast of Turkey, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang wrote a letter from the child to himself when he reaches the age of 45.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Roses, lilies, daisies, sunflowers and orchids are all in bloom or slightly open. They are no less beautiful than those displayed in any flower shop. Their brilliant grace charms all people upon first sight.

 An DNA test result released yesterday confirmed that a male prisoner sold sperm to drug smuggler Nguyen Thi Hue awaiting execution under the death penalty in Quảng Ninh Province.

 The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation’s (SEAMEO) Regional Training Centre (RETRAC) has used Tech4Teach, an online site, in 40 training courses for 1,200 foreign-language teachers in 11 southern provinces in the last two years.

Thai Phien, Ha Dong and Van Thanh are the three largest flower villages in Da Lat city and top flower providers to southern provinces or flower festivals. 

 This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hà Nội on 13 and 14 October 2016.

The Education for Nature-Vietnam group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to vote against Swaziland’s proposal to legalise the rhino horn trade. 

 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has emphasised the need for Cambodia and Vietnam to intensify information sharing to develop relations. 

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean journalist Koh Kyoung Tae is a familiar figure for many residents of Phong Nhat and Phong Nhi villages in the central province of Quang Nam. 

 Complaints and denunciations sent to state administrative agencies have tended downward in 2016 compared to last year, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate Dang Cong Huan reported. 

 Vietnam and Belgium will continue to tap their potential for cooperation in logistics, high-technology, green growth and vocational training.

Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy has hailed cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Energy and Mines over the past years. 

 Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 28-29. 

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 Hue has a complete set of antique terracotta that could tell stories of the country’s former feudal capital from pre-history. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have voiced their concern about the development strategy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) for the steel industry, saying that it would have negative  consequences, both economic and environmental.

 A group of veteran artists sang the beautiful rhythms of vi giam, folk songs from the Nghe An-Ha Tinh region, during the opening ceremony of the first Vi Giam Singing Club in HCM City recently. 

800m above sea level, Bao Loc is not as hot as Sai Gon or as cold as Da Lat. Instead, the little city has an average temperature of 21-23 Celsius degrees all year round. Little sunshine, much rain and a lot of fog typically color