Hanoi: Solutions sought to fix cracks on Thăng Long Bridge, Nearly 1,000 vehicles have been equipped with e-tags, Bust of first Dominican President inaugurated in Hanoi, Workshop discusses shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam

A lot of foreign securities companies have announced plans to increase their charter capital within a short time, but Vietnamese companies are being cautious about their capital increase plans.

After selling his assets and giving up a business which brought stable income, Vu Tien Anh launched a startup selling his MET water treatment system which has been honored at many international invention contests.

VietNamNet Bridge - Up to 80 percent of the 15 million tons of domestic garbage from urban and rural areas every year is treated at landfills, while only 20 percent is incinerated or recycled.

VietNamNet Bridge - The new academic year has begun, but some parents and students have been on tenterhooks as they still cannot buy textbooks.

 On August 27, many Vietnamese people arrived at the US Embassy in Hanoi to sign a book of condolences for late Senator John McCain, who passed away at age 81.

 The northern region has been forecasted to face heavy rains which can cause flood flashes and landslides in several mountainous areas.

 Some workshops in Hanoi have been busy making national flags and banners to meet demand for Independence Day on September 2, as well as for Vietnamese football fans as U23 team qualified for the ASIAD semi-finals.  

 Paris-based Vietnamese model and fashion show producer Jessica Minh Anh will celebrate the seventh iteration of the Catwalk on Water fashion show on September 4.

 Artists of different nationalities and backgrounds will co-organise an event that features an interplay of literature, art and music from the East and West in Hanoi next month.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the 16th Meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Committee on Economic, Commercial, Scientific, and Technological Cooperation on August 28.

 The third Indian Ocean Conference wrapped up in Hanoi on August 28 having reached an agreeable common perception of building a region of peace, stability, and prosperity.

 Vietnam and Egypt have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State-level visit to Egypt by President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse from August 25-28 at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. 

 The southern province of Binh Phuoc announced the Prime Minister’s decision to recognise an ancient Loc Hoa lithophone as a national treasure during a ceremony in the provincial museum on August 28.

 Vietnam and other countries at the same level of development should no longer see cheap labour as a strategy to maintain competitive edges in the market.

 Despite a volatile market that caused stocks to drop in recent months, the prospects for shares in the three largest Vietnamese petrol retailers remains positive for 2018, according to Viet Capital Securities Corp (VCSC).

 The USAID Wildlife Asia on Tuesday launched the third phase of the Chí initiative, a communication programme to help decrease consumer demand for rhino horn in Việt Nam.

 Ba Ria-Vung Tau People’s Committee on August 28 granted a certificate of investment registration for the construction of a polypropylene (PP) plant and a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) warehouse for South Korea’s Hyosung Corporation.

 Police in Long Xuyen City in the southern province of An Giang on Monday launched a criminal investigation against a babysitter who was allegedly involved in torturing three toddlers at Sac Mau Tuoi Tho nursery school.

 The Ministry of Transport on Monday requested the Railway Project Management Board strengthen oversight to ensure safety and security on the Cat Linh- Ha Dong elevated railway.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision on the establishment of a national committee for e-government on the basis of the national committee for application of information technology.

 Ho Chi Minh City will push ahead with solutions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, joining the nation’s efforts to realise the Paris Agreement on climate change.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on August 28 opened a trial of four former senior members of PVTEX for the charge of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences”.

 The Ho Chi Minh City-based TMA Solutions company on August 28 began the construction of the TMA creative park in Quy Nhon city of the central province of Binh Dinh, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

 The border guard force of central Quang Tri province on August 28 arrested a Lao man carrying 65.800 methamphetamine pills from Laos to Vietnam.