Poorpolicies and laws have led to uncontrolled minerals exploitation.   

  VietNamNet Bridge – Despite controversy, the Ministry of Public Security still grants new form ID cards which note the names of parents on the ID cards--in Hanoi from September 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German conductor Jonas Alber makes a long-awaited return for the second concert of the ‘Brahms Cycle’ project at 8 p.m. on September 13 and 14 at Hanoi Opera House.

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will launch a pilot programme on establishing a new educational model in 1447 primary schools nationwide in the new academic year 2012-2013.

 Roads in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City face serious flooding after heavy rains, which while often blamed on climate change, are in fact, the result of loopholes in urban planning.

 Deformed SJC gold bars and non-SJC gold bars meeting quality standards will be reprocessed into SJC gold under the supervision of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the central bank announced on Thursday.

 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.

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

 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.