Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh called for support to Vietnam’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure.

President Tran Dai Quang was laid to rest in his hometown in Quang Thien commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province on September 27.

A cultural and tourism festival promoting the beauty of Hoang Su Phi’s terraced fields and ethnic culture will take place in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from September 28-30.

 The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy aims to train 150 doctors in uncommon medical fields, including tuberculosis, leprosy, psychiatry, forensic science and surgery, for the Mekong Delta in this academic year.

 The HMCS Calgary ship and the MV Asterix commercial container ship of the Royal Canadian Navy arrived at Tien Sa Port of the central city of Da Nang on September 26, starting a five-day visit to Vietnam.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 26 attended the fifth ASEAN-Pacific Alliance Ministerial Meeting, and had bilateral meetings with the President of Palau and Foreign Ministers of Ecuador and Ukraine.

 The Bac Binh district People’s Court in Binh Thuan handed out prison sentences ranging from two to four years to 15 defendants involved in disturbances of social order at Phan Ri Thanh commune on June 11 at a trial on September 26.

 Vietnam has made great strides in the fight against wildlife crime, said Bui Thi Ha, Deputy Director of Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV), a non-governmental organisation on the reservation of nature and the protection of the environment.

 More than 140 Vietnamese and 100 foreign players will compete at the BRG Golf Hanoi Festival 2018 slated for October 2-4. 

 Party official hosts Japanese LDP Secretary General, Vietnam General Confederation of Labour wraps up 12th congress, NA Chairwoman receives Chinese Party official, Vietnam, Russia intensify parliamentary cooperation

Vietnamese rice exports are expected to grow stronger by the end of the year after a brief lulling period, said Tran Van Cong, Deputy Director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

 Vietnam’s fruit sector should focus on gaining trust from domestic consumers before focusing on exports, said Deputy Director of the Plant Cultivation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Nhu Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many forwarding companies have opened recently, creating a cutthroat market.

VietNamNet Bridge - iPhone XS Max unexpectedly lost half of its value just after one day in Vietnam, with the price falling from VND79 million to VND40.5 million.

The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates again. Officials increased the target for the bank's benchmark rate by 0.25%, to a range of 2%-2.25%. A majority of members also said they expect another rise before the end of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them, American author Ernest Hemingway once said. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hungarian author Lackfi Janos will host an exchange with Vietnamese readers tomorrow to present a Vietnamese translation of one of his books.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players made progress on the third day of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad 2018 in Batumi City, Georgia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minh Hang, a resident of Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, carries four to five plastic bags home from the market every day. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overloaded vehicles using road they are not allowed to be travelling along are causing problems for other motorists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of drivers using fake environmental ID badges on the Ha Noi – Hai Phong Expressway to avoid paying the toll fee has increased recently, 

Since Pham Thi Bach Ngoc, who is majoring in English at the HCM City Open University, plans to go to a European country for a master’s degree, she applied for a professional bachelor’s degree in international trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese engineers and technicians joined hands to change lives in a remote area of Africa.

 The Vietnamese economy continued its strong performance in the first half of 2018, although external and domestic challenges could affect the country’s growth outlook for this year and next year, the ADB said in a new report.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in New York on the morning of September 27 (Vietnam time) to attend the high-level general debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.