Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held bilateral meetings with his Finnish and Tanzanian counterparts on the sidelines of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 69) in New York on September 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efforts made by Quang Nam provincial authorities have not helped stop illegal gold mining there, as farmers’ rice fields and land have been used for large gold mining sites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam attracted US$11.18 billion in foreign direct investments (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, or 74.5 per cent of FDI in the same period last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To landscape photographers, Hoang Su Phi terraced rice fields in the northwestern province of Ha Giang are always a great choice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Human error caused about 62 per cent of the internet security failures in Viet Nam in 2013, said an industry report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have asked for tighter controls on the importation of medical equipment in a bid to improve the quality of healthcare service in Viet Nam.

 Going up several skirt sizes in midlife could be a warning sign of increased cancer risk, research suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Most foreign tourists who rent a motorcycle do not have a driver's license under the provisions of Vietnam law and they unaware of Vietnamese traffic laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The support industry for building agricultural machines is lacking, head of CIEM's Research Department for Rural Development Luu Duc Khai told Nong thon ngay nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pa Then ethnic women in northern mountain Ha Giang Province have made constant efforts in preserving the cultural values of their group as the traditional craft is facing a risk of sinking into oblivion.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Migrant and homeless children, children living in informal housing and children engaged in labour were more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banks are continuing to struggle with fast rising potentially unrecoverable bad debts.

Vo Van Thanh, 68, has been working as a knife-scissor sharpener in HCM City for more than five years. Every day, he walks through markets and residential areas to find customers. HIs income is low but it helps him to get by in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has written to the Government seeking to temporarily shut down two sugar factories in the Mekong Delta for causing pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A conference in Ha Noi yesterday was told that 13 per cent of deaths among children under five in Viet Nam are caused by diarrhoea.

 Blackberry has launched a distinctive handset featuring a square screen and a keyboard that offers both physical keys and touch-enabled gesture controls.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is rapidly becoming an integral part of the regional and global economic landscape, and Dutch firms should seize the opportunities the emerging market has to offer,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Ahn Chong Ghee has expressed his government’s desire to strike a trade balance between the two countries.