VietNamNet Bridge – A horseshoe kidney patient whose both kidneys had been mistakenly removed earlier had a successful re-operation and was discharged from the Hue Central Hospital

Some travel firms have announced that they boycott the Ba Na Tourist Complex in the central city of Da Nang, because the tourist site has raised the service fees immoderately – a rarely seen thing in the tourism sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's television stations are being asked to broadcast more domestically made films and television series to cope with the increasing influence of foreign products.

The Internet communication market in Vietnam has witnessed the widening divisions with the forming up of two groups of companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A bowl of rice, a fried egg, a few thin slices of pork, some French beans and a bowl of vegetable soup with very little vegetables in it – enough for a person on a diet, trying to lose weight.

While the Environment and Natural Resources Institute under the HCM City National University affirms that it is quite reasonable to build hydropower plants on the selected areas, scientists believe that the plants would damage the environment.

  GM Le Quang Liem beat Michael Adams, a stronger opponent from the UK, to contribute to Vietnam’s 3-1 win in the 9th round of the World Chess Olympiad in Turkey on September 7.    

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Health National Target Programme period 2012-15 was approved by the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The programme alters the emphasis of the country's health care system from central to local.

  At least 17 people were killed in a landslide on September 7 while heading to a tin mine in La Pan Tan Commune, in Yen Bai province.   

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Professional Football JS Company (VPF), which runs Vietnam’s professional football events, announced to earn VND60 billion or $3 million profit this year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided that the students with good physical conditions and intellectual development would be allowed to skip grades.

 Visiting Dong Cuu Village in Dung Tien Commune, Thuong Tin District, Hanoi, people are very interested in the colourful embroidered products reserved for festivals.

At the police station of Ben Thanh Ward, Singaporean tourist Melissa Koh, 34, said in Vietnamese with a slight accent: "So fast ...! so daredevil! ... ". She then turned to two security guards at the Ben Thanh Market to continuously say "thank you."

  VietNamNet Bridge – A poor girl in Da Nang city had to sell her four-year hair for VND500,000 ($25) to pay fees for starting high school.

A big gap still exists between the world’s and the domestic gold prices. Gold is still too expensive in Vietnam, though the central bank has assumed the monopoly in making bullion gold.

  Fuel wholesale traders owe VND192 billion in taxes; Tax audits focus on transfer pricing; Importing higher tax revenue; Car importers feel the heat; Vietnam haltingly pushes toward economic restructuring; Vietnamese motorways prove short, but costly  

 Men with a high risk for heart disease had lower blood pressure after drinking nonalcoholic red wine every day for four weeks, according to a new study published this week in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research.

 At least 24 people were killed and 150 others injured in an earthquake that jolted southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces Friday, local civil affairs authorities said.

Monk proposed for UNESCO honour; Vietnam’s image promoted in Cuba; Art performance highlights sea and islands; New history museum to be built; Artist works with bamboo paper  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday sent a message to ministries, sectors and localities to strengthen the prevention and control of the avian influenza A/H5N1, hand-foot-mouth disease and dengue fever.