VietNamNet Bridge – The annual concert of VietNamNet Newspaper “Things Everlasting” will take place on the afternoon of September 2 (National Day) at the Hanoi Opera House, as usual.

VietNamNet Bridge – An awards ceremony to honor students who stood first in their graduation examination in universities and colleges this year was organized at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam University in Hanoi on August 28.

Vietnamese parents do not attend the lessons at the schools, but in fact, they also have to learn hard to become the fellow-travelers of their children, who go to the first grade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A drug trader was shot to dead by police in the northern province of Hoa Binh on August 26, when he tried to hold out.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 designs by Elise Kim, Hien Le, Duy Nguyen and Kelly Bui will be introduced at the Autumn-Winter Elle Fashion Show 2012 in HCM City on September 20.

Vietnam is really a potential healthcare service market with high population, increasingly high number of middle class earners and the overloaded state owned hospitals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign tourists gathered recently at the Sai Gon Opera House in HCM City for the Hon Viet – The Soul of Viet Nam, a show staged by the Mekong Artist Joint-Stock Company.

 Struggling supermarkets face fierce foreign rivalry; State to buy ‘damaged' gold; Survey eyes ecological, social impacts of lending;  State farms go under microscope; China border laws stifle export trade

 State miner Vinacomin is seeking policy support to tackle growing coal inventory.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of children in mountainous areas of the central provinces of Quang Ngai and Quang Nam still have to study in temporary classrooms, with a shortage of equipment and teaching aids.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA has appointed the Viet Nam Football Federation's former general secretary Tran Quoc Tuan as a member of the executive management board for the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among 107 top graduates who were rewarded by the Hanoi Youth Union last week, Park Young Su is the most famous because he is a Korean student and he has a great love for Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright has recently accused Vietnam television (VTV) of using foreign songs without purchasing copyright.

 Viet Nam is seeking more support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and countries with advanced nuclear power industries to develop the infrastructure for its nuclear power programme.

 The stock market last week saw its heaviest fall of the year, with stocks plunging in the wake of the arrest of two banking tycoons facing accusations of financial fraud.

 Outstanding students honoured; Pagoda fire caused by fallen candles; New IDs to go ahead despite criticism; Typhoon Tembin to miss Viet Nam; Youth blood donation festival launched in Hanoi

 Exports surge 17.8% in first eight months; Banks to help livestock, fisheries sectors; CPI inches up during August; Ha Noi gets new property price index; Viet Nam's top 10 retailers announced

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 300 athletes from 30 provinces and cities are taking part in the 2012 National Traditional Martial Arts (Vovinam) Championship, which opened in the central city of Hue on August 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Actress Ly Nha Ky, who is Vietnam’s first Tourism Ambassador paid a visit to the northern province of Hung Yen on August 24.