Every year, businesses lose a total of around $19 billion a year because of customs formalities. Now, the customs agencies, following the lead of taxation agencies, are finally trying to solve the problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Bich Trang had become inured to the derisive or pitying laughter that she heard sometimes when she was reading out aloud from a book to her two-month old boy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Apple fans have been able to purchase iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones, just two weeks after the products hit the market.

Deep in the forests and mountains of the Phong Nha - Ke Bang national park in the central province of Quang Binh there are several villages of the Ruc ethnic group – one of the 10 most mysterious tribes in the world.

 Nurses and medical assistants fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia have largely ignored a call to strike over danger money and conditions.

 Hundreds of police have used chainsaws and bolt-cutters to dismantle barricades put up by pro-democracy activists near the government offices in Hong Kong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Bac Lieu Province are expanding their white-legged shrimp ponds in unzoned areas despite warnings from local authorities that it could damage the environment and cause outbreaks of disease.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since 3 September, the country's official news agency says.

Technical hiccups block popular websites; 33 Vung Tau students suffer food poisoning; Rare wildife seen in Ca Mau forest; Sick fishing boat crew member hospitalised; HCMC applies early treatment for HIV patients with ARV

Artist creates ‘geometric game' with colorful prints; Pianist to perform Wagner, Chopin; Sculptor to dissect her art; Design contest winners announced; Hoi An troupe to perform in Japan; Ha Noi hosts peace cultural festival

 Viet Nam's top chess player Le Quang Liem defeated Krush Irina of US in the seventh round of the Open category at the Millionaire Chess tournament in Las Vegas yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Newly built seafood and garment factories have polluted once-pristine rural areas in the Mekong delta, but relief seems far away.

 Viet Nam's Under-19 football team failed to find a consolation win at the AFC Under-19 Football Championship after being held to a draw by China in the last Group C match at the Thuwunna Stadium in Myanmar's Yangon City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Low-cost carrier VietJet has announced a new air route connecting Hanoi with Siem Reap (Cambodia) on November 3 and a route from HCM City to Taipei (Taiwan) on December 12, 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more Japanese restaurants have begun to appear in Vietnam, particularly in HCM City, following a stagnant period of economic growth in the country from 2010 to 2012.

 Heavy rains and high tides have flooded many areas in the south in the last few days, affecting people's lives and agriculture.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines will receive the world’s most advanced aircraft Airbus 350 XWB worth US$340 million in June 2015, the first in an order for 10 A350 aircraft.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German Consul General in HCM City Hans-Dieter Stell hit the barrel of beer amid cheering sounds at Windsor Plaza Hotel on Oct 10 to begin a seven-day Oktoberfest,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Automobile Transportation Association and the Ha Noi Transport Association have proposed the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to fine its deputy chief inspector Thach Nhu Sy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tiec trang tron, an independent film by Hanoi-based director Phan Dang Di, was named as winner in the category Asian Project Market 2014 in the framework of the Busan International Film Festival