VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam football team has employed a foreign physical strength coach to prepare for the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Cup later this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam maintained seventh place in the women's section of the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Turkey yesterday with 18.5 points after drawing 2-2 with Serbia in the seventh round of the tournament. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is considering a proposal by the Bulgarian Government on a new bilateral co-operation model based on exports of Viet Nam's semi-processed goods to Bulgaria.

New Zealand scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in identifying the early indicators of Parkinson's disease, enabling doctors to offer early treatment for the dementia caused by the neuro-degenerative illness. 

  VietNamNet Bridge - Heartbreaking murders coming from frictions and scuffles after traffic crashes are no longer a rarity in the street. Instead of giving an apology or explaining gently-- behaviors swell, resulting in murders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since it’s very difficult to access bank loans at this moment, a lot of businesses issue corporate bonds at high interest rates, or issue convertible shares to restructure their debts or develop their projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite strong efforts, Nguyen Thanh Trung failed in the final round of the men's 100m breaststroke SB4 at the ongoing London Paralympics this morning.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – German expert Günter Lange will personally go to Vietnam to assist Vietnam's top female sprinter Truong Thanh Hang, whose leg was broken in a traffic accident last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Answering questions of correspondents on handling banking crime, Chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam confirmed “anyone who breaches the law is strictly punished, there is no forbidden zone.”

The stage was built on the pavement. Hundreds of primary students sat on plastic chairs on the road to attend the first school-day ceremony of the new academic year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 4 reported that a 15-year-old mother left her newborn baby at the hospital and did not pay hospital fees of $500 yet.

VietNamNet Bridge – The manager of Tram Gian Buddhist temple in Chuong My district, Hanoi, nun Thich Dam Khoa, admitted responsibility for “renewing” the 1,000-year-old temple at a meeting on September 4. 

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed that the temporary import for re-export of oil and petrol transported by sea be banned in an effort to tighten management and prevent enterprises from seeking illegal profits.

Scandals continue to depress shares;  Government bond sales total $3.8 billion year to date; Nation sees decline in global competitiveness; Tighter rules on performance of securities companies; Vinacomin unlikely to divest from insurance holdings

 The Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has asked the Ministry of Finance for an increase in the State budget to meet increased demand for tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists in the north-eastern province of Ha Giang stopped by on some very old relatives recently, when they stumbled across caves thought to have housed humans 20,000 years ago.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN), investor of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant in Bac Tra My District in the central province of Quang Nam, on Tuesday stated that leaks at the dam in the plant have almost been fully repaired,

 Nine professors from UK research-led universities of the Sterling Group from Friday until next Thursday will lecture students and citizens in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC on engineering.

 Almost 150 scholars, researchers and diplomats from 20 countries, including Vietnam, gathered at the second international conference on the East Sea held by the Maritime Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on September 4-5.