VietNamNet Bridge - Though many Vietnamese logistics firms have become integrated 3PL (third-party logistics) service providers, they can only join the market at a primary level.

  Many people in Saigon like to find a quiet place to read some book. Book Nest, a small bookstore with old and new books, is for those readers.

 Most abattoirs in Viet Nam were unhygienic, said Dam Xuan Thanh, deputy director of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

 Overseas Vietnamese to parade on National Day, Hanoi closes 40 streets for National Day parade, Mekong Delta region needs more over 8,000 medical workers, Dengue infection cases on upward trend

 PM gives green light to fisheries centre in Hai Phong, FDI disbursement rises by 7.6% in 12 months, VN runs trade deficit of $3.6b, Rubber plant built in Cambodia, Thai firms eye VN textiles, Taiwanese firms flock to Viet Nam

 There are considerable opportunities in Southeast Asia for baby care manufacturers thanks to the region’s young and growing population, according to the Nielsen Global Baby Care Report released on August 26.

 A rehearsal of parades and activities celebrating the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day took place at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, on August 29 despite heavy rain.

 Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing widened their search for more suspects on August 30 after a foreigner was arrested and stacks of fake passports and bomb-making materials found during a raid on a Bangkok apartment block.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Hanoi on August 29 for an official visit to the US from September 3-9.  

  Millions of employers and workers in Vietnam must be suffering stress as their representatives have been clashing over how much the region-based minimum wages should be raised next year.

  When the education ministry introduced a new rule that no longer requires costly and stressful college and university entrance examinations, both parents and students took a deep sigh of relief.

  Mrs. Le Thi uses Facebook every day, keeps a diary on her laptop, and paints in her spare time.

 Despite calls for a rethink of a controversial automotive industry development plan, the Government of Vietnam has shown no sign of swaying as new incentives are being drafted to keep the plan afloat.

 Public concerns are increasing about the efficiency of a VND230 billion (USD10.2 million) project intended to develop literacy and reading in Vietnam.

 Dong Chuong- a natural freshwater lake in northern Ninh Binh province- was surrounded by pine trees, create a romantic, pure and beautiful scenery.

 Two schoolchildren from Hanoi have been crowned champions in a TOEFL contest for Vietnamese primary students held by IIG Vietnam, the official representative of the US Educational Testing Service in Vietnam.

 Vietnam hasn't given proper support for to local amateur inventors Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Quan, said.

 Traffic jam reported on Ha Noi-Hai Phong highway, Efforts to protect rights of migrant workers, Compensation urged for houses damaged in highway expansion, Nearly 11,500 smuggling cases discovered nationwide

Deutsche Asset&Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM), a division of Deutsche Bank AG, will remove its FTSE Viet Nam ETF from the Stockholm Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris from September 25.

  Thai police said they arrested a foreigner on August 29 who matched the description of a man who left a bag at the site of a Bangkok blast that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago.