The Mekong River Commission organised a consultation workshop in HCM City yesterday for the Pak Lay hydropower project proposed on the Mekong’s mainstream in Xayaburi Province in north-western Laos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent exchange camp hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was attended by 22 artists from 11 Asian countries.

Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, talks to Viet Nam News about the potentials for agriculture co-operation between the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Agriculture Nguyen Xuan Cuong talks to newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) about the role of enterprises in agriculture restructuring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a September 18 announcement, the National Museum of Nature released new details on a shocking discovery of prehistoric corpses in the central highlands.

Local authorities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have asked the Nguyen Family Committee to voluntarily remove the grave of a king’s wife to provide land for the ongoing construction of a parking lot.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s Old Quarter will host the opening of the traditional Mid-Autumn festival on Friday.

The Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam has found a series of violations by the Ministry of Transport and the Quy Nhon provincial administration during the period of 2010-15 in regards to the equitisation process of the Quy Nhon Port.

HCM City aims to build more than 90,000 accommodations for workers which would include 15 projects for low-cost apartments and social housing accommodations for workers on a total area of 47ha.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Controversial skin-care ingredients such as hydroquinone and corticosteroid are found in skin-lightening creams that have been extensively promoted online in Vietnam over the last few years.

Two Lao men caught with 200,000 synthetic drugs, AmCham expands annual scholarships, Vietnamese, Australian universities co-operate in training, HCM City seeks investors for waste-burning power project

 Vice President meets overseas Vietnamese in Russia, Vietnam-Japan relations develop stably in all aspects: Japanese politician, Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue receives Bulgarian guest, Chinese Chief Justice welcomed in Hanoi

 The first Vietnam-France dialogue on security and defence strategy was held in Paris on September 18.

 A play featuring a rich blend of the H’Mong ethnic culture was performed at Hanoi Opera House recently. 

 Vietnam will take over the chairmanship of ASOSAI for 2018 – 2021, which has received strong support from regional and international delegates who are in Hanoi to attend the ongoing 14th ASOSAI Assembly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of hand, foot and mouth infections has surged at schools in HCM City, especially at kindergartens, 

 Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a joint vision statement on defence cooperation for 2018-2028 at their talks in Paris on September 17 as part of the former’s ongoing visit to France.

The Police has begun criminal proceedings against the case of violating provisions on the management and use of State assets that causes losses and wastefulness, and a number of organisations and individuals in HCMC related to Phan Van Anh Vu.

 The investigation agency under Hanoi police on September 18 issued a decision to institute a criminal case for the death of seven people following a music gala at Hanoi’s West Lake Water Park on September 16. 

 Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.

Four Vietnamese nationals appeared in court on Tuesday accused of stealing SG$26,000 (US$19,000) worth of women’s clothes - the biggest haul by a shoplifting syndicate in Singapore to date. 

Many people have had to leave their homes for HCMC, wile others have lodged complaints to local authorities and state management agencies as the living environment has been destroyed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Private shops stopped using Apple’s logo after the smartphone manufacturer’s representative in Vietnam sent a letter to them warning about intellectual property infringement two years ago.

Vietnam once gave investors the green light to set up a series of universities in an effort to increase the number of students. But now it has to dissolve many of the schools to ensure training quality.

Hotels have launched recruitment campaigns for middle and senior managers, as well as for untrained workers.