US President Barack Obama sent Wall Street a blunt warning Wednesday that it should be very worried about a political crisis that has shut down the government and could trigger a US debt default.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, seeded No. 6 at Denmark Open 2013, will not meet rivals in the world’s top 15 in the first two rounds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A poor fisherman in HCM City who has rescued hundreds of people from Saigon River is in need of money to upgrade his boat and treat his ill wife.

VietNamNet Bridge – Storm Wutip killed at least nine people and injured 199 others in central provinces while one person remains missing, according to the latest updates from the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control.

The air forces of Vietnam and Malaysia should continue to boost the exchange of delegations and young officers, and share training experiences in order to make a new breakthrough in their cooperation, Deputy Defence Minister Do Ba Ty has said.

The future of the $6.7 billion Kien Luong Thermal Power Project which was suggested by Kien Giang provincial authorities for being revoked was the major content at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance’s proposal to cut the minimum wage by VND100,000 per month from January 2014, has encountered disagreement from the prime minister as well as many other government officials.

 A media "shield" law being debated in the US Congress, in a bid to protect reporters with confidential sources, has divided journalists and free-speech advocates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The qualifier round of the X-Factor, Vietnamese version, will take place in the central city of Da Nang on October 29-30, in Hanoi on November 2-3 and HCM City on November 29-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more university graduates return to school to study further for master’s degree, simply because they cannot find stable jobs.

The Cau River, which is considered the means of support for northern people as it provides water to millions of people in the provinces of Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Hai Duong in the lower course, is getting depleted and polluted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government inspectors, after an inspection tour to the enterprises in the export processing zones (EPZs), have found 125 out of 399 enterprises which declared the loss of up to trillions of dong.

 Filmmakers have been sticking to culturally and financially safe ground recently, as the peak film season approaches.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more scientific agriculturalists leave research institutes for better-paid jobs. As a result, farmers have to become unwilling inventors.

 Women who gain excessive weight in pregnancy are more likely to have overweight and obese children, a study showed Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many economists and National Assembly deputies on Thursday expressed concerns that Vietnam is the only economy in the world still stuck at a bottleneck, saying that new macro uncertainties may occur

 The country's population was ageing rapidly and had entered the "ageing phase", with many challenges to be addressed including income insecurity, inadequate social protection and limited healthcare capacity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quyen Thien Dac brings his wealth of experience as a jazz musician for a unique solo saxophone performance at the Ha Noi Opera House this Friday night.

 Vietnam attracts US$15 bil of FDI in nine months; US$450 million poured into mining exploration in Laos; Manufacturing sector grows in September; Biotechnology prioritised in science, tech development

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regulations on the combat of terrorism, the handling of illegal overseas workers and tougher punishments on industrial property infringements will come into force in October 2013.