VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is witnessing the movement of Viet Kieu returning to the homeland to develop their life’s works. Many of them are from Russia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, are targeting a double-digit growth rate of international visitors annually by 2015 under the theme "Five Countries – One Destination",

 A Japanese tour of Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) – a symbol of Ha Noi's culture and history – will be held by the Friends of Viet Nam Heritage (FVH) next Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US Department of Commerce has dropped a 4.7 per cent anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese shrimps. The tax had been in place since 2004. The new zero rate will be applied for two years until a new review is made.

 Vietnamese photographer Le Duy Hoang won third prize at the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) for his black-and-white photography.

 Viet Nam's top badminton star, Nguyen Tien Minh, will compete in the 2013 Japan Yonex Open, to be held in Tokyo from September 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Omar Borkan Al Gala, one of three men expelled from Saudi Arabia in April for "being too handsome", arrived in HCM City yesterday morning, surrounded by hundreds of Vietnamese fans at Tan Son Nhat Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Petroleum enterprises, which are in the state of “willing speech but unwilling heart”, have decided to claim back hundreds of billions of dong worth of tax they paid before.

When the sixth trial sentenced Ngo Thi Thi, who is the former chief accountant of the Mountainous and Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee of Quang Nam Province, to two years in jail for embezzling VND4 million ($200), many people burst out laughing.

Detecting the "patients" in a room by inspectors of the HCM City Health Department, a “doctor” who healed by amulets in Binh Thanh district fiercely shouted and cast out the inspectors from his home.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mrs. Huong Lan says that she sticks to cardboard mask making trade because she wants to preserve traditional culture. If for money, she would have transferred to other jobs.

Fishermen in the fishing village of Binh Chau in Binh Son District, the central Quang Ngai province have publicly sold antiques collected from the 700 -year-old wreck or display them at home after a long period of hiding.

The list of the top five referees of the 2013 football season has been finalized. Notably, the list does not have the name of Vo Quang Vinh, who won the Gold Whistle awards for the past two years.

Yesterday afternoon, September 11, a 42 -year-old man broke into the headquarters of the Thai Binh Province administration to shoot five officials, causing one dead and two injured. The suspect is believed to have committed suicide after that.

Amid moments of silence and a reading of victims' names, Americans paused in solemn ceremonies Wednesday to cherish the memory of the nearly 3, 000 innocent people who died when hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center,

 VietNamNet Bridge – While state owned schools now can be sure that they can enroll enough students for the 2013-2014 academic year, people-founded schools still look forward for students’ registrations.

Vietnamese have expressed their disappointment on sci-tech forums about the newly launched Apple’s super-products. iPhone 5C is believed to be too expensive, while iPhone 5S still use the 4 inch screen.

 Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese, who always want their immovable properties to be their permanent assets, would not be interested in 49-year-ownership houses.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any US military strike on Syria that circumvents the United Nations would undermine the global body and risk unleashing a wave of terror.