Viet Nam will soon face a serious power shortage if it fails to come up with increased power generation, an analyst has warned.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications will stop the operation of pre-paid mobile phone subscribers who do not register personal information or have provided incorrect details.

 Young Hanoians have adopted the cosplay hobby, imitating their favourite characters from Japanese manga and anime in preparation for an upcoming contest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From September, hospitals in many provinces and cities will apply new fees, which were approved by local People’s Councils in August.

The gold market has become burning after some peaceful days. The dong/dollar exchange rate has been fluctuating. Meanwhile, the stock prices have fallen dramatically as investors have been running away from the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many hotels in the city under management of Saigontourist are rolling their sleeves up to prepare some fabulous food programs for diners to enjoy before and during the National Day celebrations on September 2.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Paper-made doctors are not only toys for the Full Moon festival but also the wish for success in study.

According to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s secretaries, the general is still sound in mind at the age of 102. He signed cards to present to visitors who went to Hanoi’s Army Hospital 108 to visit the general on his 102nd birthday (August 25).

Digital content service providers now gear up to implement a lot of investment projects to grab the golden opportunities to come in the “second Internet wave” in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese aviation market has become more competitive with the joining of the two private airlines which threaten to narrow the market share being held by the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Anti-Flooding Programme Management Centre has said it hopes to stop flooding in all 31 flood-prone areas in the city by the end of 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The coastal city of Nha Trang is located in Khanh Hoa Province in the south-central region of Viet Nam, 440km north-east of HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany Philipp Rösler will pay an official visit to Vietnam next month, according to Vietnam News Agency.

A lot of Vietnamese parents complain that their children have problems when going to school because the bad learning environment.

The East West Economic Corridor (EWEC) has been compared as the Silk Road in South East Asia. Da Nang, the city at the end of the corridor, has every reason to expect the golden opportunity to develop its economy.

The mine explosions from the quarry being exploited by the Cao Bang Cement Joint Stock Company have become the obsession of local residents in Cao Bang Town.

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Vietnam is suffering heavy losses due to increasingly severe droughts under the impacts of the El Nino phenomenon, as statistics show that in the first six months of 2012 natural disasters brought losses of over VND2 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Science and technology have been identified as the key drivers of economic restructure in Viet Nam, but the Government's policies have failed to attract young researchers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more universities in Viet Nam are using a well-known teaching methodology to improve training quality and improve learning in the classroom.