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U19 Australia arrives in Hanoi for Nutifood Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U19 Australian team arrived in Hanoi on September in preparation for the Nutifood Cup opening match with U19 Vietnam on September 5.

Senior leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Party and State leaders on September 2 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the Monument to fallen soldiers on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of National Day.

First rent-free trading centre opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's first rent-free trading centre, located at the Hoa Binh Green City project in Minh Khai street, will bring great opportunities to local businesses,

Bodybuilders win seven golds in Macau

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes brought home seven gold medals from the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships which wrapped up in Macau on Sunday.

Candidate for Miss World selected through reality TV show

 VietNamNet Bridge – The winner of the “Road to the Crown” reality television show will receive a VND100 million prize and the opportunity to represent Vietnam at the Miss World pageant.

Tour bus plunges down ravine in Lao Cai killing 12

 VietNamNet Bridge – A bus accident in Lao Cai late on the evening of September 1 sent a bus veering off the road and plummeting down a ravine, leaving at least 12 people dead and 41 others injured.

Hue kicks off Gold Tourism Month”

A special tourism promotion program “Gold Tourism Month” has been kicked off in Hue city on National Day, September 2 by the Hue Monuments Conservation Center.

Local bike racers train in RoK prior to ASIAD 17

Local bike racers train in RoK prior to ASIAD 17; Hercules Mach fails to defend Asian title; VN runners triumph at marathon; Vietnam second in world Xiangqi champs; Karate team earn medals in Japan

Southeast Asia's largest bronze Buddha statue unveiled

 The northern province of Nam Dinh on August 31 inaugurated a bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, the largest of its kind in South East Asia.

Social News 3/9

Coach, motorbike collision kills 3; Government funds local flood shelters; Police keep holiday traffic under control; Floods leave 2 girls dead, 1 missing; 1.6m children to get free measles vaccine

VN's second highest tower opens

 Lotte Center Hanoi had its grand opening on September 2 after five years of construction, making it the second highest skyscraper in the country to come into full operation.

John Kerry congratulates Vietnam on National Day

 US Secretary of State John Kerry has sent a message of congratulation to the Vietnamese people on Vietnam's National Day, expressing his pleasure at the fruitful development of bilateral relations.

Malaysian tycoons bent on cornering Vietnam market

 Many Malaysian giants are pouring billions of US dollars into Vietnam’s profitable investment areas such as banking, retail and securities, hoping to take the lion’s share of the market.

Game, app firms take on outside projects as profits in local market low

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese companies that make games and apps have to export their games or take non-game projects in order to survive, as the local market is not profitable.

Southern provinces say no to projects that harm the environment

VietNamNet Bridge – The local authorities of southern provinces are increasingly rejecting investment projects that are labor-intensive, or that use low technologies and threaten the environment.

Go to hell, reflect on heaven at Cam Ranh's Shell Pagoda

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tien Thanh breathed a huge sigh of relief as he came out of the tunnel."I feel as if I have come back to life," he said.

Suffering losses, investors hurry to sell schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more schools that have incurred losses are being sold by their owners this year.

Fire ice - China’s new energy ambition

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dr. Tran Cong Truc talks about China’s new moves and its conspiracy in the East East as well as Vietnam’s ability to sue China.

SBV battles to control bad debts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Total funds provided to cover any risk reached VND77.3 trillion (US$3.6 billion) by the end of June, up 10.9 per cent over the 2013-end figure.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/9

Vietnam fails at Philippine rice tender despite low bid; Ministries yet to decide sugar import quota; VRG halts rubber latex exploitation to avoid further losses; Axe to fall on ineffective public projects; BR-VT says no to new steel projects