Malta to mark 40 years of friendship with VN; Civil Code gets NA's top attention; Benin wants to enhance ties with Vietnam; State leader embarks on fact-finding tour to Gia Lai

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday formalised an agreement for closer bilateral co-operation on a number of key economic and environmental concerns.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Newly built schools in Hanoi cannot keep pace with the number of new residential quarters and urban areas being built in the city, resulting in overcrowded classrooms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development is tightening up health checks on fresh fruit and vegetables imported into Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In case you want to do something else besides visiting the heritage sites of the former royal capital Hue, then take a trip to a place on the city's outskirts.

Mobile subscribers are receiving more and more SMS spam in addition to spam messages from OTT (apps. Both the watchdog agency and mobile-network operators say they have not been able to find effective solutions to control the messages.

 New data on carbon shows that China's emissions per head of population have surpassed the EU for the first time.

Creativity is one of the factors leading to success in any field. Is Vietnam capable of creating world-class IT products?  This is a concern of many businesses as they face obstacles in developing products for the domestic and international market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam stands a good opportunity to improve its record haul of 33 medals four years ago as the team prepares to take part in the continent's biggest sporting event, the Asian Games,

 HCM City to rebuild traditional market; Course helps protect endangered primates; Mekong rice harvest wraps up successfully; Norway helps boost disaster resilience; PM seeks thorough vaccination coverage

 Viettel provides network service in East Timor; Suspension of sugar-cane mills threatens farmers; Anti-dumping measures encouraged; Withdrawal of Japanese investor stalls steel project; Phan Thiet Civilian Airport to be built in BOT model

 VietNamNet Bridge – The iPhone 6 has just appeared in Vietnamese shops and is being sold for prices as high as VND49 million (USD2,300) each.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to develop 1,000 supermarkets and shopping malls in Hanoi in a plan to replace traditional markets with modern distribution channels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Records Organization (VRO) has announced the list of top 45 attractive destinations in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 300 m long Hang Buom Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter has been made a cuisine street, serving Hanoi traditional confectionery and beverage and some European and Asian dishes to visitors to the night market

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organisers of the well-known fashion reality TV show, Viet Nam's Next Top Model, have chosen 16 candidates to compete for the championship in the show's fifth season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Phu Hien became the first Vietnamese Muay Thai world champion on Saturday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Tat Ngoc, former chairman of the Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), has been arrested for alleged intentional violations of State regulations on economic management.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of tons of waste from cesspools in residential quarters are dumped into the environment every day in Dong Nai, but local authorities say they have received no reports about the problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airfares are expected to increase following a decision by the MInistry of Finance to raise airport fees beginning October 1.