The Government Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh answered NA deputies’ questions at the 10 th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee that closed on August 22.

Though the petrol price has been increasing continuously over the last month, travel firms have affirmed the fees for the tours on the September 2 holiday would be unchanged.

The quality of locally-produced drugs is inferior to foreign products. But doctors do not list them in prescriptions, while patients prefer foreign drugs because they think that the expensive drugs are better than cheap ones.

The old man with silver hair still calmly carries his barrels of gears on his old bike along the streets. Among accidental passerby, few know that he is 80 years old, who has over 20 years with a strange profession in Hanoi: sharpening knives.

Chinese businessmen have been, through different ways, doing trade illegally in Vietnam, thus causing chaos to the market and ravaging the agricultural production. This has been attributed to the loopholes existing in the Vietnamese laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lively and beautiful Vietnam appeared in many music video clips of foreign artists. Let’s enjoy these clips:

 ACB sets aside VND5 trillion for property loans; August CPI increases slightly; Vietnam, Laos boost kali salt mining project; Bank credit quality comes under scrutiny; Viet Nam plans to import 357,000 tonnes of cashews

 The Prime Minister last Friday gave nod to five groups of coastal economic zones (EZ) prioritized to receive State budget funds for development in the period 2013-2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ninety per cent of illegal poultry imports had been prevented over the last 10 days, however, stricter measures were needed to control the transmission of bird flu,

 More than 578,000 cannabis plants, worth over $1 billion, have been uprooted from forests and national parks in a major operation in the western United States, the Justice Department said.

 Atomic energy agency officials will meet with Iran on Friday in Vienna to discuss remaining "outstanding issues" surrounding Tehran's contested nuclear drive, the agency announced on Tuesday.

 Junior Wrestling Champs attract 120 athletes; Vertical run entrants prepare for Ha Noi's tallest building; VFF to sign contract with coach Hung in September

The Vice Chairman of the Government Office and deputy head of the National Steering Committee for Enterprise Renovation and Development sheds some light on the implementation of the government’s SOE restructuring project 2011-2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players have been invited to take part in the Carom Billiards Three-Cushion World Championships in Portugal from September 5-9.

 Newspaper celebrates 30th anniversary; Statue dedicated to famed French physician on Nha Trang Beach; Scientists voice concern over loss of Co Tu group's architecture; HCM City circus group to perform in northern region

 Localities warned against new bird flu outbreaks; Smuggled toys seized in shipment from China; Rare monkey released back into forest; Capital city seeks to upgrade floodworks

Non-full time university education modes have become more and more popular in the world, because they allow people to follow studies in flexible way. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, non-full time training has been filled with scorn.

 Tam Dao Tourist Area, just 70 kilometers north west of Hanoi and about 25 kilometers from Vinh Yen City in Vinh Phuc Province, was originally built by the French as a hill station to escape from the oppressive humidity of Hanoi.

The Chinese authorities have taken a lot of enigmatic moves recently, thus leading to the stagnation of the cross-border trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 40 finalists of the 2012 Miss Vietnam pageant on August 20 participated in the Miss Beach competition. The winner will be named in the final night, August 25.