The Vietnam U23 football team has been nominated in three categories of the VTV Awards 2018, making them the first football team to receive the honour.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 6 handed over a decision on the extension of the term of Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi. 

Vietnam became the second largest textile and garment supplier in South Korea, just after China, with export turnover of $1.5 billion in the first seven months of the year. The number 1 position, according to analysts, is within reach.

As the number of students is increasing sharply, many schools in HCMC are refusing to accept day-boarding students. And in Hanoi, the number of students in many classes is double what is permitted.

Scientists attending a workshop on the management of marine environmental resources held several days ago warned that coastal areas are becoming more polluted because of poor control over waste sources from the mainland.

Japan is known as a difficult-to-be-please market, but Vietnam’s IT firms meet Japanese standards thanks to their qualified engineers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s footwear exports have been worth US$9.45 billion in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 8.4 per cent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, part-time jobs for unversity students were often limited.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors hold a stake in about 60 percent of 5-star hotels in Hanoi and HCMC, and are continuing to pour money into the profitable hotel sector.

Mekong Delta region makes up 18 percent of GDP, Cement industry records impressive export growth, Revenue of retail sales and services up 11.2 per cent in eight months, Discrepancies in financial reviews     

 It is Vietnam’s consistent policy to take Russia as one of the most important and reliable partners of Vietnam, Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi city on September 6.

 A man in Hanoi with a special passion for reptiles is raising and living with 30 snakes from around the world.

 As the Mid-Autumn Festival nears, many streets in Hanoi’s city centre have been illegally used by mooncake stalls.

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed an increase in the registration fees for pickup trucks and vans with carriage capacities of less than 1,500kg and fewer than five seats in order to ensure fairness for cars with fewer than nine seats.

 Viet Nam continued to lead the ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rankings in August, despite a slower improvement in its goods-producing sector, Nikkei’s IHS Markit reported on Tuesday.

 Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.

Thua Thien-Hue enhances animal protection in nature reserves, Ngoc Linh ginseng, medical herbs centerpiece of exhibition, Ha Giang retreat on H'mong King Palace land rights dispute, Da Nang to build international paediatrics hospital

 Since its inception, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park has become an incubator for innovation and a centre for technology transfer in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region.

 Da Nang city in central Vietnam is the most popular summer vacation destination of tourists from the Republic of Korea this year, a shift from last year’s preference for Japanese cities.

The show, Tam Hon Lang Viet or “the soul of the Vietnamese countryside”, vividly depicts the everyday activities of countryside people in the north, from early morning flute sounds to the noisiness of a rural evening marketplace.  

 VKFrontier Co., a cosmetics company of the Republic of Korea, has announced its a sponsor package worth 12,000 USD for Vietnamese athletes who will compete at the upcoming 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, which begin in October.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition by Vietnamese surrealist artists will take place on Thursday in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a song performed by saxophonists Quyen Van Minh, Quyen Thien Dac and Tran Manh Tuan, diva Thanh Lam sings: “When you send your love to the soil, you will have trees weighed down with fruits”. 

 The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has taken measures to improve the quality of the fleet of tourist ships operating on Ha Long Bay – a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Site.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Offroad Cup is scheduled to be held on September 29 and 30 with the participation of 80 teams.