VietNamNet Bridge – The central city will host the Da Nang International Fireworks Competition on April 29-30 next year, the annual event's organising committee has announced.

Vietnam has decided that in the next stage of foreign direct investment (FDI) encouragement, it needs to aims to the quality, effectiveness and sustainable development instead of the number of projects.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Continuous earthquake and aftershocks made people in Bac Tra My district in Quang Nam province fearful. Many families have left their homes to go to the forest to avoid the risk from the "unwelcome guests."

 VietNamNet Bridge - When the Tram Gian temple in Hanoi is still a hot scandal, a similar case has been discovered in Hung Yen province. Mau Temple, a national relic, is being newly built by the local government.

  VietNamNet Bridge - On September 11, the police agency of Binh Duong province  arrested Luong Van Trong, 21, from An Giang province, to investigate his acts of killing his 17-day-old daughter.

36 Chinese scholars will attend the international seminar on Vietnam studies in Hanoi this November. This is the largest number compared with other countries and territories.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam made mincemeat of Singapore in their second Group A match yesterday, Sept 13, at the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Football Championships.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese national team put on a battling display on Wednesday to defeat Japan 3-2 in a dramatic five-set match at the Asian Volleyball Federation in Kazakhstan. 

 The US Federal Reserve took aim at slow growth and high joblessness, announcing a new, open-ended $40 billion per month bond-buying program as it slashed its 2012 growth forecast.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 500 businesses from more than 30 countries and territories are participating in the 2012 International Travel Expo (ITE HCMC), which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.

  VietNamNet Bridge - The six-episode reality show of opening a restaurant in Vietnam by the celebrity chef has been broadcast on a TV channel of the Discovery system in August and September.

  The Vietnamese Government has no plan to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund or ASEAN+3 to deal with domestic economic problems, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 A restored version of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong, the founder of Vietnam Zen Buddhism, was auctioned at US$1.8 million.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 40 pieces made in oil on canvas and lacquer by Hanoi-based artist Nguyen Nhu Quang in ‘Nhan Duyen’ (Fate) are on display at HCMC Fine Arts Museum. 

Though the mobilized capital was 10 times higher than the lent capital in the first eight months of the year, a lot of commercial banks are still intensively seeking capital by offering high deposit interest rates.

While state owned nursery schools do not have seats for the children of immigrant workers, private schools always charge overly high tuitions.

 Greece on Thursday sealed an agreement with the European Investment Bank for the immediate release of 750 million euros in loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the sectors of transport, energy and education this year.

he Geological Division for Radioactive and Rare Elements (GDRR) has released the results of the surveys on natural radioactive resources with high radiation risks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Law makers said yesterday, Sept 13, that more land and financial sources were needed to handle a shortage of building and production land in ethnic regions. 

 Defence Minister holds talks with Ukrainian counterpart; Vietnam persists with unswerving policy on human rights; State President receives Ukrainian Defense Minister