VietNamNet Bridge – After defeating Uzbekistan 3-1 in the final round, the Vietnamese men’s chess team has been placed 7th in the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has decided to increase bus fares by up to 80 per cent from 2013, instead of October, as previously proposed by the capital's bus company. 

It’s now very difficult to recruit qualified software programmers, which has prompted businesses to provide a new kind of service – leasing short term personnel.

Universities continue enrolling students for vocational training, ignoring the request by the Ministry of Education and Training MOET to stop providing career training.

Ignoring the businesses’ complaints about the lack of capital, banks do not hurry to push up lending. The dialogues between banks and businesses have not helped reach a common voice to settle the problem.

  VietNamNet Bridge – The local media has recently reported a lot of child sexual abuse, causing worry among parents.

  VietNamNet Bridge - "From the morning until now I have delivered over 2,000 lanterns. This year lanterns sold very well," said a saleswoman of toys for Mid-Autumn Festival on Lac Long Quan road, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, told VietNamNet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening cooperation with Kazakhstan in the energy sector in general and the oil and gas field in particular, the Vietnamese State President said.

 Ministry earmarks $1.7m for trade promotion; Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes further coal price hikes; Banks receive credit report cards;  Automakers back rigid import law; Real estate market still feels economic pain

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese citizens will have their passport renewed when it comes to expire after 10 years of validity, instead of applying for a new one, according to a new Government decree. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Nature and People’ solo exhibition by artist Duong Sen last Wednesday opened at the HCMC Association of Fine Arts, taking visitors on a tour of daily life and landscapes of Mekong Delta.

A recorded three-minute conversation which is supposed to be between the music director and the producer of The Voice vocal competition series, reveals that the results are possibly pre-arranged.

A local clinic in Huong Son Ward in the central city of Hue reported on September 8 that in the last few days about 200 households living in Huong Son Resettlement Area had expressed concern about a skin infection

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eat less meat and seafood, and contribute to environmental protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Anh Tu was elected president of HCM City Football Federation (HFF) for its fifth term that will run from 2012 to 2016.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Less than one month after The Smart Companion application by a group of the Hanoi-based FPT University was introduced, it has been offered in the Apple Store.

  Ca Mau supports student boat fees; Memorial held for Buddhist patriach; Media lays groundwork for greater international reach; US grant to improve HCM City water supply

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Hoi An yesterday launched its first Car Free Day campaign, coinciding with its annual Nature Day in which over 5,000 people participated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's national football team remains 146th in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings released in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – A team of scientists has arrived in the central province of Quang Nam to study the cause of reoccurring earthquakes around the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in Bac Tra My District in recent days.