Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about Ebola have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea, officials say.

Vietnamese athletes achieved success yesterday in shooting category. Hoang Xuan Vinh, Nguyen Hoang Phuong and Tran Quoc Cuong won the first bronze medal for Vietnam sport delegation with 1, 670 points in the men teammate’s 50m pistol slow shooting.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung inaugurated the 245 km Noi Bai-Lao Cai expressway, the longest of its kind in Viet Nam, yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued an order imposing anti-dumping tariffs on stainless steel to protect the domestic market and create a level playing field between imported and local products.

Vietnam-based property developer Vingroup and Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company have been listed among ASEAN enterprises’ top 100 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a world leading provider of credit ratings.

 Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has suggested that Vietnam step up public private partnerships (PPP) by fine-tuning projects, to stimulate cost-effective investments.

 Vietnam was ranked one of the top four markets for intended investment by US multinational companies in the next 12 months, according to a KPMG survey of US business executives.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2,000 traditional slaughterhouses in Ha Noi must be closed to develop modern, clean abattoirs,

 Vietnamese weightlifter, Thach Kim Tuan on September 20 bagged a silver medal in the men’s 56kg category of the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

 Wushu athlete Duong Thuy Vi won the first gold medal for Vietnam on September 21 in the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) currently being held in the Republic of Korea.

Vietnam is dedicated to boosting cooperation with East Asian economies, highlighting the importance of the China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stated.

 Tropical storm Fung-Wong has brought flooding, heavy rains and high winds to the Philippines, forcing some 200,000 people from their homes.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has asked for the acceleration of the reform of administrative procedures relating to business establishment, re-arrangement and dissolution, looking forward to gradually abolishing barriers to business and investment environment.

Benin recognizes Vietnam's market economy; Singapore, Vietnam boost security cooperation; Lao Deputy PM visits Vietnam; Vietnam attends ASEAN Chief Justices Meeting; New Parliament House to begin operations in October

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, at the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Republic of Finland, is making final preparations for a five day visit from September 22-26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Boi Tran, the inventor of the Yet Kieu submarine, is considering a plan to assemble mini tourism subs in Malaysia despite warnings that his technology could be stolen.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Is China taking advantage of the protection of underwater heritage to realize its U-shaped line claim in the East Sea?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HSBC Trade Confidence Index rose to 120 in the first half of 2014, the highest in three-and-a-half years, according to a report released by the bank on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The beginning of every schoolyear ushers in terrific pressure for students to master the school curricula and perform well in examinations.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said it will work with the General Statistics Office and the International Labor Organization to find a more suitable method to measure the unemployment rate in Vietnam.