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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese football team was narrowly defeated 1-2 by Iran in its first match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-19 Youth Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on September 2.

 President Truong Tan Sang urged the US government to grant Vietnam status as a market economy, while receiving US Trade Representative Ronald Kirk in Hanoi on September 3. 

 Plants and other natural treatments for various ailments will be discussed during the 13th International Congress of the International Society for Enthopharmacology at the University of Graz starting September 2.

  VietNamNet Bridge – At the Badminton Japan Open 2012, scheduled from September 18 to 23, Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh will have to face the top seed Lee Chong Wei if he enters the second round.

VietNamNet Bridge –  President Truong Tan Sang will attend the 20th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Vladivostok, Russia from September 6-9 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

 Most Venerable Thich Minh Chau, Deputy Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), passed away at the age of 94 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 1.

Vinacomin has recently sent documents to relevant agencies repeatedly, proposing to lower the coal export tariff. The agencies still keep silent, while experts have voiced their disagreement.

 Typhoon Bolaven has killed 48 people in North Korea and left more than 50 others injured or missing, state-run KCNA news agency reports.

The third Vietnam-China strategic defence dialogue took place in Hanoi, under the chairmanship of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense, Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, and Chinese Senior Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian.

VietNamNet Bridge – The heaps of plastic waste and nylon bags piled on the roadsides are the images seen regular in Trung Van commune of Tu Liem district, Hanoi.

MIC has announced that it would help 20 information technology (IT) firms to implement the quality management system in accordance with CMMi standards (Capability Maturity Model Integration).

VietNamNet Bridge – The dong interest rate has sunk to the bottom, but this has not brought high hopes to businesses. Meanwhile, experts believe the cash would run into the stock market and other more attractive investment channels.

The Advertisement Law, comprising of the strict regulations on the advertisers with an aim to protect consumers, will take effects from January 1, 2013. However, it’s still not sure if the aim of the law can be gained.

 Jazz trio Panossian will grace the French Cultural Center, L’Espace, in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on September 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mausoleum will be closed during this time for periodical maintenance, announced the mausoleum management board.

 Lack of proper facilities and staff has put increasing difficulties on many semi-boarding schools in HCM City.

Ngai Dang commune of Mo Cay Nam district, Ben Tre province has had three more HIV-positive people, bringing the number of HIV carriers in this place to 17. Of them, eight have developed into AIDS and two died.

 Located close to the mainland, the small island of Con Co off Quang Tri Province has a long and interesting history of its own.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ngoc Oanh won the Best in Swimwear title at the 2012 Supermodel International Contest in Thailand on August 30 and Miss Popular Vote title on September 2.