The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) hopes to step up trade union friendships with Vietnam through pragmatic activities for the legal rights and interests of workers.

 The General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army was awarded the Military Exploit Order yesterday at a ceremony in Hanoi marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the General Staff on September 7th 1945.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will embark on an official four-day visit to Japan from September 15 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new retail electric tariff will be submitted to the Government for consideration in October, said Dinh The Phuc, deputy head of the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam (ERAV).

VietNamNet Bridge – From big restaurants on main streets to small bistros off alleys or mobile ice cream carts in HCMC, people can easily catch the sight of boards reading “Thai ice cream rolls”. 

Many economic experts argue it is difficult for global oil prices to go up again and with the worst scenario, oil prices may drop a mere US$30/ barrel, causing a huge loss for this year’s budget revenue and heavily weighing against economic growth.

 Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The use of illegal substances by pig farmers to stimulate growth or to produce lean meat has gone unchecked for years. However, the situation has worsened, sparking consumers’ concerns over the harmful effects

Living conditions have improved generally but the added value in agriculture per each laborer in Vietnam was at a standstill over the past decade, and not commensurate with economic growth, according to a recent survey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Petroleum prices in Viet Nam are lower than those in its neighbouring countries like Laos, Cambodia, and even China, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VietNamNet Bridge - Just one day after the military telecom group Viettel announced a plan to provide 4G services, VinaPhone said its 4G services would be available in the market in October or November.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Clean Energy Association (VCEA) has proposed raising the environmental fee on coal and oil to encourage the development of renewable energy and prevent the overexploitation of fossil fuel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The art of Vietnamese water puppetry will be introduced in the UK as a part of activities included in the ‘Discover Vietnam’ programme held in the UK from September 10 to 13.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A conference held in Hai Phong City last week discussed the promise of a total market approach to Viet Nam's HIV prevention efforts now that foreign HIV-aid to the country will cease in 2017.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam, the Departments of Transport in Hanoi and HCM City will begin issuing international driving licences to Vietnamese citizens for use in 85 countries in the world as of October 2015.

 Transport companies yet to lower fares despite fuel price cuts, Air travel to become cheaper, Vegetexco Vietnam successfully IPOs, Oil production on the up, An Phat to increase holding in Vinaconex 3 to 51%

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 500 Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian government officials, business executives and tourism experts will take part in an international workshop in Phan Thiet City this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts warned that dollar price fluctuations would prompt foreign investors to withdraw capital from Vietnam. If so, this would put pressure on the exchange rate.

 Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has posted a net loss of 37.8bn yen ($318m; £209.3m) for the year to March.

 Germany's coalition government has agreed to spend 6bn euros (£4.4bn) to support record numbers of migrants and other measures to deal with the influx.