VietNamNet Bridge - Less than a week after an earthquake response exercise, a major earthquake occurred this morning, September 3, in Bac Tra My district and some neighboring areas, making people panic.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After three days in the hospital, a 10 -year-old girl in the south-most province of Ca Mau with severe burns caused by a "petrol bomb" has died.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of September 2, 100 couples dressed in Vietnamese ao dai made a bicycle parade around the center of Ho Chi Minh City before attending the mass wedding ceremony.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese veteran movie director Dang Nhat Minh last Thursday has been granted the Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Film Award at the Gwangju International Film Festival in South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the evening of September 2, tens of thousands of people flocked to downtown HCM City to admire the firework display to celebrate the National Day.

 Humanity has pushed the world's climate system to the brink, leaving itself only scant time to act, the head of the UN's group of climate scientists said on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's tourism sector is facing both great opportunities and challenges when a major ASEAN workforce agreement comes into effect in 2015, industry experts have predicted.

Held once a year, “Things Everlasting” concert, held by VietNamNet Newspaper, accumulates the effort and talent of hundreds of people with top qualifications, who work together to preserve, honor and refresh musical values of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet Symphony and Orchestra (HBSO) will celebrate its 19th anniversary with a gala concert featuring internationally reputed artists, conductor Le Phi Phi and pianist Nguyen Bich Tra.

 A photographic exhibition opened in the former imperial city of Hue on September 2, featuring its relic sites of the past and present.

 Vietnam triumphed at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in HCM City, winning a total of 10 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze medals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has decided, for the first time in history, to impose safeguard duty on vegetable oil imports from September 7.

 Local shopping website signs deal with Sumitomo; Viettel expands mobile market in Cameroon; HP unveils SME-tailored servers; Thai Nguyen steel mill starts work

The Preventive Medicine Department and health inspectors are set to carry out a thorough investigation into the use of vaccines and other biological products in six provinces and cities by September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poor living and working conditions, limited access to public services and high risks of becoming involved in social evils face workers who leave rural areas to work in cities and industrial zones.

 Timor-Leste PM visit to promote relations; Prime Minister holds talks with Chinese, Cambodian counterparts; Viet Nam, Nicaragua enhance friendship

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has forced HCM City authorities to stop running its business registration system via Internet to use the system developed by MPI.

 One of Japan's two remaining working nuclear reactors was taken offline Tuesday, with the other to be shut down later this month and no restarts in sight amid public hostility to nuclear power.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World leaders have sent congratulations to Viet Nam to mark the 68th National Day yesterday, September 2.

 The White House battled Monday for congressional authorization to bomb Syria, as two top Republicans warned that a "no" vote after President Barack Obama had threatened action would be catastrophic.