Pokémon Go, the latest gaming craze to sweep the globe, has young people from all over Vietnam flocking to the Mid-Autumn Festival in HCM City in search of their favourite fictional animal.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will directly assess and supervise the development of the US$10.6 billion Hoa Sen Ca Na steel making complex in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, an official said.

 Topsides weighing more than 5,000 tonnes of gas extraction platform BK Thien Ung has been successfully launched by the Vietnam-Russia joint venture Vietsovpetro. 

 A Vietnamese woman, 40, was diagnosed with Zika virus while travelling in Japan, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. 

 Vietnam and China issued a joint communiqué on September 14 on the occasion of the official visit to China by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) has agreed to fully adjust and supplement regulations of the Law on Technological Transfer which came into effect in 2006. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hong Kong, the third leg of his official visit to China under the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, on the morning of September 14. 

 Search and rescue forces of the central province of Quang Nam are making all-out effort to look for people who were missing when a dam at Song Bung 2 hydroelectric plant in the locality broke on September 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dairy market is expected to become hot as more free trade agreements (FTAs) take effect, bringing more foreign producers to the Vietnamese market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Russian visitor arrivals to Vietnam have rebounded strongly after a period of decline sparked by the strong depreciation of the Russian rouble currency against the U.S. dollar.

A unique photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese women’s backs by French photographer Thiery Beyne who is based in the central beach city of Nha Trang is on display at the Eastin Grand Hotel Saigon

 Many kinds of insects are sold at markets in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh’s Lac Son District. The insects have become local specialties.

VietNamNet Bridge - French President Hollande’s visit to Vietnam is expected to pave the way for new business opportunities, even though France’s trade and investment activities in Vietnam remain unimpressive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The album, which is a collaboration with Vietnamese artist Ngo Hong Quang, uses Vietnamese traditional instruments and has Vietnamese vocals.

In 1994, a young man named Hiroshi Fukada wandered around Hanoi’s Old Quarter with a camera in hand, taking over a hundred photos of Hanoians living everyday life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s female team rose seven steps from 16th to ninth place out of 140 teams at the Chess Olympiad yesterday (Sept 13) in Baku, Azerbaizan.

VietNamNet Bridge - “I write this letter to ask you, the Ministry of Education and Training, and the school, to allow my son to become a ‘bad student’ this academic year,” a letter posted on a personal Facebook reads.

 To date, the disabled Vietnamese sport delegation attending the ongoing 2016 Rio Paralympics has won four medals in total, including one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

 19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem District will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.

 Flooding has been a headache of Ho Chi Minh City authorities for years and Tan Son Nhat International Airport is also being submerged in water while solutions are slow in being implemented.