The queen of dairy cow named; National Assembly to adopt new legislation; Ministry of Health and Novartis form partnership for health; Winners of 2014 Vietnam Women’s Awards honoured; Jetstar Pacific Airlines selling 20,000 ‘zero fare’ tickets

 DLG teams up with German group for power supply; Gov’t backs rice branding project; BIDV inks deals with Japanese banks; HCM City seeks special mechanism to finance metro projects; Agri-aqua-forestry exports could reach US$30 bil.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s public debts are poised to reach 63% of GDP late this year and 64% next year, just a stone’s throwing from the threshold of 65% deemed by the National Assembly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Agriculture restructuring will come to the fore at the 2014 Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation ICT Summit, which is slated for October 28-31 in Hanoi and central Da Nang City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In late September, an inspector team with members coming from the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Department for High-Tech Crime Prevention (C50)

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Brandon Stanton, the founder of global photography phenomenon Humans of New York, is on his way to travel around the world and dropped by Vietnam last month, a group of young people in HCMC

VietNamNet Bridge – Public feedbacks seem to have been listened to, experiences have been gained, and lessons have been learned after the first draft circular regulating conditions for food safety in beer production

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 10 per cent tax on the online gaming industry recently proposed by the Ministry of Finance aims to address the connection between the increase in gaming addiction and game-related crimes

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises are finding it hard to get an independent board director while authorities find it difficult to punish them for failing to find one.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese weightlifters will try to secure their Olympic berths at the coming world championships to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from November 4 to 16.

  Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Famous French chef to visit Hanoi; Viet Nam sees tourist influx; Da Nang hotel wins awards; Ninh Binh to fully tap tourism potential; Da Nang seeks to draw in more tourists; Jetstar Pacific Airlines selling 20,000 ‘zero fare’ tickets

VietNamNet Bridge – These are the places where every inch of land is soaked with the blood and bones of the martyrs who died for the country’s independence and unity.

 Vietnamese weightlifters seek 2016 Olympics berths at World Championships; Trang jumps one place to 59th in world rankings; Vovinam martial artists seek to defend regional championship title; Three new faces called up for national football team

 Farmers in the Mekong Delta have been warned to store water for farming as saltwater intrusion is predicted to get more severe from the coming dry season due to the sharp decrease in the floodwater volume in the region.

Top Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh has signed a three-year contract with V-League champions Becamex Binh Duong, according to general director of the Binh Duong Sports-Football Jointstock Company, Cao Van Chong.

 Numerous rare Champa artifacts have been found at the excavation site of Champa tower relics in the Rung Cam forest of this central province.

Victor Vu to direct film based on best-selling author's novel; San Chay people’s dance recognised as national intangible cultural heritage; Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange to be held in Japan; Artist wins timber preserving award

Local news sites remain blocked; Filipino pirates attack Vietnamese fishing vessel; World Disaster Report focuses on culture and risk; EVN successfully completes submarine cable projects; Climate change to make storms more disastrous

 Japan has not committed ODA for Long Thanh airport; Macedonia, Vietnam sign trade deals; Ha Noi hosts annual investment meeting; Hanoi to host Techmart 2014; Russian inspectors to examine Vietnamese seafood