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.

Vietnam would open its market doors to 100 percent foreign owned securities companies from September 15. However, experts do not think that there would not be a new foreign investment wave in the field.

VietNamNet Bridge – The integration of the Overseas Vietnamese community with its fatherland will come under review at a conference to be held in HCM City later this month. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The national team departed yesterday, Sept 9, for a friendly match against Malaysia as part of their preparations for the Southeast Asian Football Championships (AFF Cup) later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defender Quoc Long was ousted from the national team after displaying uncultured behaviour during the match between Ha Noi T&T and Sai Gon Xuan Thanh at the National Cup final on August 29.

The image of a cleft palate boy who “missed out” during a charity surgery program but still ran after doctors to say goodbye had haunted doctors for 15 years. Back in Vietnam, they searched everywhere to return a "smile" to the boy of the old day.

A lot of Asian investors are pouring their capital into the Vietnamese real estate market, despite the short term challenges in the market.

  VietNamNet Bridge – On the next to last day of the 2012 Paralympics, swimmer Vo Thanh Tung broke the Asian record for the men’s 100m event, with 1.19.83 minutes.