Hoi An is famous not only for its delicious street food but also for various kinds of Che (sweet soups). 

Huynh Thuy Vi recently flew out of Ho Chi Minh City to represent Vietnam at the Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 pageant in Manila, the Philippines.

 Tran Tieu Vy is just the fourth contestant in the history of the Miss Vietnam pageant to win the crown at the age of 18.

Tokyo-based Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Group has announced that it will establish a new joint venture - Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning Vietnam Limited Liability Company - with Thang Uy Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd.

 A Japanese man was charged 10 times more than his trip should have cost in a taxi in Hanoi.

 Son Doong will not receive adventurers in the next five months for its environment protection and biodiversity conservation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi police have detained deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Agricultural Economic Science and Rural Development Association Le Minh Tien for property appropriation.

 International cooperation crucial for startup development, Vietnam Airlines, Hong Kong group teams up to boost in-flight sales, Vietnam-China Trade Fair to be held in Lang Son late October

 Transparency is critical to enhance the efficiency of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as Viet Nam enters a new phase of equitisation which will focus on quality rather than quantity.

 Viet Nam needs to improve the quality of its technical and vocational education and training to meet the requirements of digitisation and industry 4.0, a conference heard in HCM City on Tuesday.

 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.