VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned preschools have too many applicants for the number of seats available, at a time when the demand for high-quality education for very young children is on the rise. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Just five per cent of informal labourers across Viet Nam are covered by social insurance, posing a potential risk that millions of workers will be without any pension to support their later years.

 Villas stand out in Da Nang residential market, Wyndham invests in Ha Long Bay hotel, Foreign house buyer number far behind expectations, Mango gets access to Japanese market, Vietnamese, foreign travel businesses find fresh opportunities

 Facing challenges to draw audiences back to the theatre, some private theatres and drama troupes in HCM City will close temporarily to upgrade their facilities.

  SBV report states foreign banks unlikely to dominate local banking sector any time soon.

 Since ancient times, the village gate has served as more than just an entrance or exit. Many villages have more than one gate, each facing different directions.

VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square is home to many historic buildings and tourist sites as the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh house-on-stilts, One Pillar Pagoda ...

 Local network providers are racing to develop 4G service as they await the green light from the Ministry of Information and Communications, which has not yet put out bids to choose providers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank has not taken any drastic measures to force commercial banks to withdraw capital from other credit institutions, as requested. The aim was to reduce their ownership ratios to below 5 percent by the end of 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has around 150,000 new cases of cancer every year with 75,000 people succumbing to the disease. It means 208 people in the country die everyday or each hour 9 people succumb to chronic diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ryan Deboodt, who published photos of Son Doong, the world’s largest cave, to the world returned here to shoot beautiful pictures of the giant stone wall.

 The final quarter of this year should be the beginning of the next “heyday” of Vietnam’s real estate market as changes to the Law on Real Estate Business and the Law on Housing start to be felt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some people in Hanoi have reacted against Department of Transport deputy director Nguyen Xuan Tan’s personal opinion that many people are just buying cars to show off.

As always there’s a wide choice of moon cakes available in Hanoi for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are many paths for young adults to follow in their early twenties. Some grab a backpack and venture out to explore the world. Others risk investing in their own businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge – Science and technology has become a major factor in increasing productivity, reducing costs, and improving the quality of agricultural products, especially in the context of globalisation and international integration.

 Norway helps Vietnam surmount bomb, mine aftermaths, Eight dead as floods raging in central Vietnam, Lack of cash ends resettlement work, Pollution kills millions of Quang Tri shrimp, Bac Ninh gets specialised technology centre

VietNamNet Bridge - It is highly possible that the plan to equitize 289 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2015 could fail once again.

The international Monsoon Music Festival 2015 will take place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, 19 Hoang Dieu Street, Hanoi from October 8-11.

  Investors should take a closer look at Central Europe and Vietnam, according to Bloomberg.