Vietnam is the largest transit nation of the illegal transportation of wild animal samples such as rhino horns and elephant tusks.

 HCM City Metro wins investment; Tax cuts likely for micro financiers; Belgian Minister prepares to study Hiep Phuoc Port complex; PM demands dairy hike explanation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beautiful ballet dancers from Mexico promise to entertain audiences in Ha Noi, Hai Phong and Ha Long cities to the fullest with free performances from September 17-21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Nai tax authorities are considering opening a tax investigation into Suzuki Vietnam as the company’s continuous losses do not reflect its confident investment attitude.

 VietNamNet Bridge - These days Khmer people are harvesting rice on the Bay Nui fields in An Giang Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two renowned Australian classical guitarists will perform Di Cay (Working on the Field), a piece of Vietnamese folk music at a special one-off concert at Radio the Voice of Viet Nam Theatre on September 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new bankruptcy law is being compiled which is hoped to help declare death for tens of businesses which do not exist in reality, but still exist on papers. However, some provisions of the laws prove to be more complicated.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two proposed hydro-power plants on the Dong Nai River would have such a serious environmental impact that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment asked the Prime Minister to review the plans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Male gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh scored 15.013 points to win a gold medal in the men’s vault at the Grand Prix Osijek 2013 in Croatia on the closing day, September 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources has discovered a new species of scorpions in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The delay in refunding VAT to enterprises has pushed a lot of them to death.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This morning, cargo ship Sima Saphire collided with a fishing vessel carrying 16 Vietnamese fishermen off the coast of Vung Tau. A body has been found; seven others are missing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The short stay in HCM City of Omar Borkan Al Gala, the “Arabian handsome man” receives different comments from Vietnamese netizens.

VietNamNet Bridge – Indians Satya Ranjan Sen and U.B. Mayood, both 62, are trying to prove to their friends and people they have met during their bicycle trip through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Viet Nam

Russia is becoming a key market for the Vietnamese tourism sector following annual growth of around 50 per cent in recent years.

 Korean band Sistar will join a number of other famous Asian artists at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) TV Song Festival in Hanoi on October 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transactions for short-term purposes continued to dominate the market last week, creating both increasing and declining sessions. Foreign investors bought blue chips, helping reduce the panic caused by market pessimism.

 Phan Thi Ha Thanh has won bronze for the vault event at the Grand Prix Osijek held in Croatia from September 13-15.

 Police in the central province of Nghe An on September 13 arrested four drug traffickers suspected of involving in a transnational ring.

French President Francois Hollande warned Sunday a US-Russian deal reached over the weekend to eradicate Syria's chemical arms arsenal was "not an end point",