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Australian travellers detained for ‘terrorist' joke

 Two Australian passengers on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Melbourne to HCM City on Tuesday were detained for making an idle terrorist threat.

Factory workers struggle to fund children’s studies

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many industrial zone employees in HCM City have to work extra hours to fund their children’s studies, while others send their children to rural schools to cut down expenditures.

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VietJet Air is expanding its fleet and flight network throughout Vietnam and across the region. To facilitate this dynamic growth, the airlines is seeking dynamic, customer-focused candidates to join its fun and friendly cabin crew this month.

Trading value hits five-year high

 Shares nationwide lost ground on September 9, but profit-taking drove up the market's trading value to a five-year high.

Syria crisis: Blast kills leader of Ahrar al-Sham group

 Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian Islamist insurgents Ahrar al-Sham has been killed with other top commanders in a bomb blast at a meeting.

Political News 10/9

USAID’s official visit to Da Nang City; Hanoi hosts Asia-Europe roundtable on peace and security; Viet Nam boost links with international archives body; Myanmar Parliament Speaker concludes Vietnam visit

China told to explain attacks on fishermen

 China has been asked to deal with the beating and robbery of Vietnamese fishermen by its forces in the East Sea.

Vietnamese military officer awarded Thai order

 Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty has been bestowed the Knight Grand Cross (first class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand.

Deputy PM receives foreign guests

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 8 received President of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation R. Minnikhanov and Kuwait-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Group Chairman Khalil Abdulla Ali.

HCM City visitors need up-to-date guidebooks

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the number of foreign tourists to HCM City is increasing year after year, there are not enough quality guidebooks and maps listing interesting tourism spots, services, and amusement places.

Indian President to pay visit to Vietnam

 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, will pay a State visit to Viet Nam from September 14-17, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.

Hanoi names ten missing foreign-invested companies

 VietNamNet Bridge - A recent inspection of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in the city shows that 10 firms have disappeared, according to the Department of Planning and Investment of Hanoi.

Timothy Ray Jones suspected in deaths of five children

 A US father is suspected of killing his five children and dumping their bodies in another state, police have said.

Tumor containing hair, bones, nails removed from woman’s chest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors of the General Hospital of Thanh Hoa Province have cut a giant tumor 12x15cm in size filled with hair, bones, and nails from the chest of a 40-year-old woman.

Foreign models wear Vo Viet Chung’s designs in New York

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese designer Vo Viet Chung introduced his new collection "Cochinchina's Beauty" at the "Couture Fashion Week" in New York, USA, from September 5 to 7. Chung said the show attracted many American viewers.

Giant mosquito discovered in central Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - A man accidentally discovered a mosquito that is as big as a damselfly in a cafe in the city of Dong Hoi, Quang Binh province, on Monday.

Image: Tens of thousands of young men join the army

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday morning, September 9, tens of thousands of young men throughout the country enlisted in the army, the second phase in 2014.

Vietnam’s productivity rate remains one of world’s lowest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has one of the the lowest unemployment rates in the world, but it is also ranked as having one of the lowest labor productivity rates.

Cash flows to Quang Ninh as investors see great opportunities in near future

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investors, both foreign and domestic, have been flocking to the northeastern province of Quang Ninh province as it is expected to be an international urban area by 2050.

Vietjet Air to offer direct flights to Vladivostok

Vietjet Air and Vladivostok International Airport, Russia on September 6 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave the way for the Vietnamese low-cost carrier to open direct flights from Vietnam to Vladivostok.