The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) themed “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution” kicked off in Hanoi on September 11.

 Vietnam and Hungary issued a joint statement on the establishment of their comprehensive partnership on the occasion of Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Hungary from September 8-11.

 Thirty-three teams will compete at the first International Lion, Dragon and Unicorn Dance Competition which will take place at the Helio Night Market in the central city of Da Nang from September 14-16.  

 The Hai Van Gate (Hai Van Quan) was built on Hai Van Pass by the Nguyen dynasty in 1826 to protect the Hue Imperial Citadel and control Da Nang’s waterfront. 

 Vu Anh Minh, chairman of Vietnam Railways spoke about how to use the VND7trn (USD300m) in funding which they have been allocated by the National Assembly.

 The Ministry of Transport has invited Russian experts to help repair Thang Long Bridge after various attempts by local workers failed.

 The festival introducing national intangible heritage will be held in Tuyen Quang Province from September 20 to 23 for the first time.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have not yet discussed renewing the contract for South Korean Coach Park Hang Seo who has trained the recently successful Vietnamese U23 football squad.

Smartphone distributors have slashed the selling prices of high-end models including iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus amid news that Apple would launch the next-generation iPhone this month.

 Volkswagen has gone on trial in Germany in what is the first court case against the carmaker over the diesel scandal.

Chinese film star Fan Bingbing has been ranked last in a report judging A-list celebrities on how "socially responsible" they are, fuelling further speculation about the whereabouts of the actress, 

SBV has allowed CNY for payment for goods, hoping that the decision will help promote cross-border trade, create favorable conditions for trade, and control underground transactions.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Vietnamese man with high passion for AI has left Google to start up a business with an aim to understand the genetic map of Vietnamese.

Hundreds of million textbook copies are printed every year, and most of them are thrown away or sold to scrap collectors just after one year of use.

 The Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam will host a ‘Korea Night’ on the evening of September 11 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Dong Nai River is under control and protection of many state management agencies, but supervision has been lax. 

 Three women, aged from 75 to 109, in the central province of Nghe An shared their secrets for good health and a long life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Over the last 20 years, catfish has been the exclusive product of Vietnam. But other countries are stepping up catfish production, becoming rivals for Vietnam.

 PM inspects preparations for WEF ASEAN, Russian press highlights Party chief’s visit to Russia, “Vietnam Day” marks Vietnam-Argentina diplomatic ties, Slovak Constitution Day observed in HCM City

On the occasion of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN 2018) in Hanoi, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung sends Viet Nam News an exclusive welcome note 

A waste pond connected to a DAP fertiliser factory in the northern province was compromised late last week and over 45,000cu.m of mud and untreated chemical-filled wastewater spilled over into nearby neighbourhoods

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cai Lon – Cai Be irrigation project, which will connect the Cai Lon River to Cai Be River in the Mekong Delta region, faces opposition from scientists.

 Viet Nam’s No 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam had a good start after beating Ukrainian Manafov Vladyslav in the first match at the Amex-Istanbul Challenger in Turkey on Saturday.

 Vietnam’s stock market will have to pin its hopes on foreign investors to continue recovering in September, said Bernard Lapointe – head of the research division at Rong Viet Securities Corporation.

 Stilt houses are a distinctive, culturally-rich feature of ethnic minority communities that have stood the test of time. However, as they stand now, many houses have become seriously degraded.