Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Ngo Tien Dung has presented his credentials to Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua. 

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has requested the Ministry of Finance to advocate its plan to allocate a bigger budget for the activities of developing tourism products, building brands and for tourism promotion campaigns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Viet Nam has authorised the Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC) to process gold bullion of other brands and put the SJC brand on them beginning yesterday, Sept 20.

The economic downturn, which has led to the fewer passengers and turnover decrease, has prompted airlines to charter aircrafts instead of buying new products.

 The price of the "black gold" fell most in almost two months as Saudi Arabia broke the ranks by lifting production rates, triggering worries among some OPEC members and relief at petrol-intensive businesses.

Hanoi will evaluate its official through the annual vote of confidence. Officials will be dismissed if failing in the vote, even only one year in the office, not waiting for the end of the term, Hanoi Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi said.

  VietNamNet Bridge - The director of Korean-invested Sae Hwa Vina Company in Cu Chi district, HCM City has disappeared, leaving VND10 billion ($500,000) of debt, including wages and social insurance.

Private hi-tech product shops have accepted the first orders for iPhone 5s, saying that the retail price would not be lower than 1500 dollars, or 30 million dong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Female world number one Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday afternoon arrived at the Rex Hotel in District 1 as she gets prepared to join the Heineken Stars tournament which kicked off yesterday night, Sept 20

 A private capsule is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on a cargo mission on Oct. 7, U.S. space agency NASA announced Thursday.

The deposit interest rates have been increasing again. While small banks offer high interest rates for 3-6 month term deposits, big banks offer high interest rates to lure long term capital.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of September 20, Vietnam’s No. 1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh excluded his Malaysian rival Daren Liew in a tough match in round 2 of the Japan Open.

  VietNamNet Bridge – To prove the transparence of voting results of the upcoming liveshow round of The Voice 2012 vocal competition, the organizers will make public the number of votes from the audience after each show.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has 24 district libraries and many universities and college libraries but a lack of funding and poor management has strained the library system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A friendship concert with performances from Korean trio - soprano Cho Hae Ryong, pianist Sun Young Ju and violinist Cho Ga Hyun - will take place at HCMC Opera House at 7:30 p.m. today, Sept 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic automobile market has got frozen amid the rapid-fire bad news. Automobile manufacturers feel discouraged because the policies have changed time and again.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent, long-term and strategic policy of consolidating and strengthening the friendly and comprehensive cooperative ties with China.

 Japanese experience on constitution shared; Vietnam, New Zealand see to naval cooperation; EU delegation visit Dak Lak; Vietnamese National Assembly deputies visit Laos; Defence minister greets Cuban guest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle discussed measures to boost bilateral ties in the future during their talks in Berlin on September 20.

 The latest version of Apple Inc.'s landmark iPhone serial hit the Japanese market on Friday, where domestic phone carriers are set to cash in on the widely popular gadget.