Hoang Pham Tra Mi receives certificate; Philharmonic to perform in Japan; Hanoi to host German Oktoberfest; Asian Fund donates books to national library; Photographer shoots for top prize

 ILO helps Vietnam create steady jobs; HCM City's labour needs decline; Vietnamese, Korean dioxin victims on epic bike trip; Province tackles child malnutrition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Nguyen Huu Muoi’s 'Scent of Burnt Grass' has been selected to compete for the 85th Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category.

 Maps proving Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) islands have been added into new volumes of a local famous comic named Vietnamese Child Prodigy or Than Dong Dat Viet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former world champion Nguyen Hoang Ngan has returned in glory after two-year treatment of her injury, winning a gold medal at the Karate 1-Germany 2012 in Frankfurt/Main on September 22-23.

  VietNamNet Bridge - From now to 2014, the authorities will perform site clearance and prepare technical infrastructure in West West Lake and Me Tri areas to build new headquarters of ministries and state agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang yesterday conferred the Ho Chi Minh Order to Raymond Aubrac, a French resistance leader during the Second World War, for his support to Viet Nam during past wars.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many bridges in Ho Chi Minh City are now quite old with low clearance space under them to allow maneuverability for increasing waterway traffic that worsens during high tide with many boats getting stuck

 VietNamNet Bridge – Adoption links between Ireland and Vietnam will officially reopen today, Sept 26, after a new deal was struck between the nations, according to the Herald newspaper in Ireland.

 After three years of research, a team led by an Italian medical researcher has made a promising development that could bring a new perspective to find a cure for autism, local media on Tuesday.

 Five years after the eruption of the financial crisis, a safer global financial system has not been fully established despite some reform progress, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

More and more children fashion shops, breakfast food shops, small cafes have been opened. However, unlike other familiar shops – the street facing ones – the new shops are not located on high floors.

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Gop Nga protective forests in Son Trung commune, Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province has been desolated after thousands of people flocked to this area to find aloes.

 Samsung Electronics, the world's No.1 smartphone maker, launched on Wednesday its latest Galaxy device as part of efforts to better compete with Apple's newly released iPhone 5.

  Gov’t supports foreign investors in Vietnam; Vietnam, France boost parliamentary ties; VN, New Zealand strengthen defence cooperation; Vietnam, Turkey aims for stronger trade

From October 1, 2012, the Tao Xuyen toll station in the central province of Thanh Hoa, which is famous for the highest toll in Vietnam, will shut down. Meanwhile, the new Tao Xuyen toll booth on Highway 1A is not built yet.

VietNamNet Bridge – Eight teams are taking part in the final round of the U21 Thanh Nien (Young People) football tournament in Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuan Province, which kicked off yesterday, Sept 25. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, citizens' rights to freedom are clearly enshrined in the constitution and legal documents and are guaranteed in reality, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on September 25.

It is estimated that some 1000 tons of fruit is imported from China to Vietnam every day across the Tan Thanh border gate.

Urban dwellers want to become self-sufficient in vegetables, because their fear the vegetables planted on dirty land and pesticide residues would harm their health.