VietNamNet Bridge – This central city's Culture, Sport and Tourism Department has launched its latest online tourism information portal following an eight-month trial period to further boost its tourism industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Toshiya Miura of Viet Nam yesterday (Sept 14) said his players were ready for their first match against Iran at the Asian Games at Ansan Wa Stadium today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee spoke to Vietnam News Agency before visiting the country

 Giving young people Botox treatment may restrict their emotional growth, experts warn.

Hundreds of Vietnamese enterprises are anxious to organize production and make parts and accessories to provide to Samsung, now that the South Korean giant has stepped up its business in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – Engineer Nguyen Quoc Hoa, who invented the Truong Sa mini submarine, has applied for the necessary procedures to obtain a license to test the sub at sea.

New policies and reform programs developed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have caused controversy, including a recent decision to combine the annual national high school exam and university entrance exam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-owned street food shops are losing ground to big foreign chains that have stronger financial capability.

VietNamNet Bridge – There are 10,226 sites in 10 northern mountainous provinces at in risk of landslides. The risk is especially high at 2,110 of those sites.

 VN, Australia vow more co-operation; PM praises former Japanese leader; S Korean air chief visits; NA chairman off to Laos 

 At least 100 people have been rescued, and two confirmed dead, after a ferry sank in bad weather in the central Philippines on Saturday

 Nato countries have started delivering arms to Ukraine to help its soldiers fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, the defence minister says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in Central Quang Binh Province will officially open the world's biggest cave, Son Doong, for tourism by January, 2015. This follows a successful pilot programme this year.

The demand for European or Chinese style stone mascot statues, which are placed in front of temples or office buildings, has led to busy work weeks for the stone workers of the Non Nuoc stone carving village in Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The people in the northern province of Phu Tho arein a state of anxious suspense because of uncontrolled stone exploitation in their area, which has been damaging their homes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control yesterday (Sept 14) held an urgent meeting to discuss measures to protect people, homes and farms from the approaching storm Kalmaegi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite home field advantage, the Vietnamese national team suffered a harrowing 0-1 defeat at the hands of their tenacious Japanese opponents at National My Dinh Stadium on September 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The chairwoman of the HCM City People's Council, Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, has told local authorities to create favourable conditions for private investors to invest in playgrounds for children.

VietNamNet Bridge – The successful issue of international bonds at low interest rates will allow Vietnam to promote itself in the international capital market, according to a VPB Securities report.

One of the favorite destinations of those who travel to the northern mountainous region is Bac Ha market. Not far from there is the Can Cau Market of the Mong Hoa and Giay ethnic groups in Si Ma Cai in Lao Cai province.