NA discusses high-school curricula reform; Legislators debate draft bill on State capital management and use; Vietnam, Cuba holds second Party theory seminar;

President Truong Tan Sang will attend the 22 nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing, China from November 9-11.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have warned that Vietnam could fall into the middle-income trap, and it is predicted that within several years it could even fall behind Laos and Cambodia in economic growth.

 FM appreciative of Vietnam-Norway cooperation; Vietnam vows to support Laos’ socio-economic development; HCM City readies to broaden cooperation with Vanuatu; Deputy PM Ninh receives London Lord Mayor

 NA Standing Committee opens its 32nd session; MARD boosts farm ties with Japan; London shows interest in HCM City; Vietnam is always a good neighbour of Cambodia: Heng Samrin; President praises partnership with Japan’s Ibaraki

 10th Heads of Asian Coast Guards Agencies Meeting opens; Chairman of J.P Morgan in Asia visits Vietnam; Leaders congratulate China on National Day; Laos’ female NA deputies welcomed in Hanoi; Law on Government’s organisational structure to be updated

 Hungary's top prosecutor in VN; Minister to Presidential Office of Laos visits Vietnam; Vietnamese, Lao female NA deputies exchange experience; VN, Laos talk human rights

Vietnam, Cambodia beef up military ties; Australia, Vietnam boost agricultural cooperation; RoK proposes trade balance with Vietnam; Chinese Communist Party delegation visits Vietnam; Vietnam backs international efforts to fight terrorism

 Party General Secretary to visit the Republic of Korea; PM hails Vietnam-Russia anti-corruption efforts; President tours Central Highlands Kon Tum province; Foreign military attachés visit Diplomatic Academy; Lao leader welcomes Vietnamese guest

 Malta to mark 40 years of friendship with VN; Civil Code gets NA's top attention; Benin wants to enhance ties with Vietnam; State leader embarks on fact-finding tour to Gia Lai

President Truong Tan Sang on September 16 received Lao Defence Minister Sengnuon Saynhalat who is on a working visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnam Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh.

Deputy PM Minh attends CAEXPO in China; VN helps link Russia, ASEAN; Vietnam calls for further APEC tourism cooperation; NA Vice Chairwoman hails Vietnam-Norway ties

Though a simulated flight showed somewhat unsatisfactory results, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has stated it still believes in the feasibility of the route between Hanoi and HCM City over Laos and Cambodia airspace.

Vietnam, Laos strive for stronger cooperation on religion; Hanoi meeting marks 66th DPRK;  National Day; Vietnam’s National Day celebrated abroad; Leaders attend school ceremonies to mark beginning of academic year

Airlines are taking a wait and see attitude about the proposed air route between Hanoi and HCM City that will fly over Cambodia and Laos airspace, cutting flight time compared to the current route,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Kon Tum Province and Thailand’s Ubonratchathani Province are cooperating in developing a road tour linking localities in the two countries and Laos via Bo Y border gate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more Vietnamese workers have been going to Laos in recent years to help on investment projects between the two countries. The figure is expected to exceed 20,000 by 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower projects on the Mekong River, including the Don Sahong in Laos, will pose a threat to the balance of water, fish, and alluvium resources, while harming the ecosystem in the Mekong Delta region,

VietNamNet Bridge – The association mentioned the number at a conference on the Vietnam-Laos labor cooperation agreement in the central province of Nghe An on August 18. Figures at this event showed some 13,500 Vietnamese are working in Laos

 Senior Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich, head of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army, held talks with Acting Director of the Lao People's Army's General Department of Politics Major General Vilay Lakhamphong yesterday.