VietNamNet Bridge – The Health National Target Programme period 2012-15 was approved by the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The programme alters the emphasis of the country's health care system from central to local.

  At least 17 people were killed in a landslide on September 7 while heading to a tin mine in La Pan Tan Commune, in Yen Bai province.   

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Professional Football JS Company (VPF), which runs Vietnam’s professional football events, announced to earn VND60 billion or $3 million profit this year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided that the students with good physical conditions and intellectual development would be allowed to skip grades.

 Visiting Dong Cuu Village in Dung Tien Commune, Thuong Tin District, Hanoi, people are very interested in the colourful embroidered products reserved for festivals.

At the police station of Ben Thanh Ward, Singaporean tourist Melissa Koh, 34, said in Vietnamese with a slight accent: "So fast ...! so daredevil! ... ". She then turned to two security guards at the Ben Thanh Market to continuously say "thank you."

  VietNamNet Bridge – A poor girl in Da Nang city had to sell her four-year hair for VND500,000 ($25) to pay fees for starting high school.

A big gap still exists between the world’s and the domestic gold prices. Gold is still too expensive in Vietnam, though the central bank has assumed the monopoly in making bullion gold.

  Fuel wholesale traders owe VND192 billion in taxes; Tax audits focus on transfer pricing; Importing higher tax revenue; Car importers feel the heat; Vietnam haltingly pushes toward economic restructuring; Vietnamese motorways prove short, but costly  

 Men with a high risk for heart disease had lower blood pressure after drinking nonalcoholic red wine every day for four weeks, according to a new study published this week in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research.

 At least 24 people were killed and 150 others injured in an earthquake that jolted southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces Friday, local civil affairs authorities said.

Monk proposed for UNESCO honour; Vietnam’s image promoted in Cuba; Art performance highlights sea and islands; New history museum to be built; Artist works with bamboo paper  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent a message to ministries, sectors and localities to strengthen the prevention and control of the avian influenza A/H5N1, hand-foot-mouth disease and dengue fever. 

 VietNamNet Bridge –  The nuclear-power sector has failed to attract enough people, including outstanding students, as the incentive policy for nuclear workers has not been made clear, said State officials in the field.

  National Day travel down this year; Malaysia promoted as wedding locale; Hong Kong agency to offer charter tours

VietNamNet Bridge – Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in the central region, killing five local people and leaving one missing, according to the National Committee for Search and Rescue. 

Vietnam attends World Martial Arts Festival; National judo event under way; Sports Day for visually impaired; Iran face Uzbekistan in U19 final  

Famous singer Monica Denise Brown arrived at the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi at 10pm, September 5. She comes to Hanoi to perform at the Hennessy Concert, scheduled to take place at My Dinh National Convention Centre on September 7.

  VietNamNet Bridge - PR (Public Relations) is the polite way to call prostitutes who are not controlled by pimps. These girls “independently operate” at pubs and restaurants. Their heyday is not over the age of 25.

The recent floods in central provinces from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh have left 11 people dead or missing.