VietNamNet Bridge – The German Film Festival will travel to the coastal city of Nha Trang for the first time this year, building on the overwhelming success of the festival in 2010 and 2011, festival organisers announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Authentic Malaysia Food & Culture Week will begin in the capital city tomorrow with food tasting and dance displays annually.

Advertising a music show entitled “Dance of Curve" in Hai Phong as a program --“not for under-18 people and decent women,” the show banners were removed while the organizers had to pay VND20 million ($1,000) fine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players pocketed one gold medal and five bronze at the fifth World Cup Woodball Championships in Malaysia on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 1am, September 4, environmental police officers of the central province of Ha Tinh seized a car that transported four baby tigers and around 400kg of pangolins.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A big sunfish of up to 120kg was netted by Mr. Ho Van Can, a fisherman in Quynh Luu district in the central province of Nghe An on August 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of the National Day (September 2), the Hanoi authorities on August 30 announced the decision to release or reduce the sentences of 352 prisoners.

Analysts’ prediction about the dong/dollar exchange rate stabilization has come true. However, businesses do not want to see the exchange rate stay put.

At 2pm of the National Day (September 2), the fourth VietNamNet concert “Things Everlasting” began at the Hanoi Opera House, by the national anthem as usual, played by the National Symphony Orchestra.

 Shares continued to lose value last week as investors remained cautious and moved to cut losses prior to the National Day holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Jason Viet Tien, 18, a Vietnamese student in the UK, became a “phenomenon” of the X Factor UK music competition.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign visitors say that traffic is the most impressive thing in Vietnam because whenever they cross the road they experience the sense of adventure.

 Digital entertainment explodes; New auto import rules aid dealers; Coffee exports hit $2.66 billion; Assortment of moon-cakes flood markets; Purchase power increases during National Day holidays

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blue-ear disease in pigs and bird flu have increased significantly in several cities and provinces over the past three weeks,

 Untitled by Tran The Vinh which has opened at Tu Do Gallery in District 1, displays 21 oil pieces made of acrylic on canvas in abstract style.

 Many tourist destinations have not faced any overload or sharp price hikes during the National Day holiday (September 2) this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, run by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, launched its Chinese language edition on Thursday in Ha Noi.

 Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to prominence playing a death row inmate in the acclaimed film The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.

 A traditional dragon boat race was held in Thua Thien–Hue Province on National Day, September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Ha Thanh Mai, a third-year student from the Singapore Management University (SMU) has been honoured by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.