Road traffic accidents cost an estimated VND50trn (USD2.1bn) in damage annually, according to Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuat Viet Hung on September 27.

 The Viet Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) asked the Government for permission to halt the Nam Van Phong oil refinery project on Tuesday, local media reported.

 The green housing market needs support from the State, businesses and consumers to keep up with strong global development, experts said at a seminar on Wednesday in Ha Noi.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) released the results of an auction for 94,000 tonnes of imported sugar on Wednesday in Ha Noi.

 The country should revise Decree 83 on petrol trading, especially regulations related to the calculation of output prices to ensure a transparent petroleum market, said Do Hoang Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Finance Ministry.

 The latest US tariffs on Chinese auto parts was likely to hit Viet Nam’s rubber industry, said the head of the Vietnam Rubber Association’s Rubber Development Consulting Division Tran Thi Thuy Hoa.

 The new cigarette tax rate of 5,000 VND (0.2 USD) per pack will help reduce the rate of tobacco consumption and increase the State budget, health experts have said.

 Since the Investment Law took effect in July 2015, Vietnam’s FDI inflows, and the real estate sector in particular, have significantly increased in terms of merger and acquisition (M&A) activities. 

People lined the streets to pay last respects to President Tran Dai Quang, as the hearse carrying the his coffin and accompanied vehicles were en route from Hanoi to Ninh Binh.

 Vietnamese movie Co Ba Sai Gon (The Tailor) produced by renowned actress Ngo Thanh Van will compete at the 2019 Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film award.

 Head coach of the national football team Park Hang Seo returned to Viet Nam yesterday to prepare for the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

 Vietnamtourism-Hanoi Joint Stock Company is planning to launch a new city bus tour on October 10.

 The Ministry of Communication and Information has given licences to four publishing houses to compile and publish textbooks, increasing the number of textbook publishers to five.

 Many foreign leaders, officials and international friends have shared in the grief of the Vietnamese people over the passing of President Tran Dai Quang, and expressed their respect for the Vietnamese leader.  

Hundreds of delegations from ministries, agencies, mass organisations, localities and people of various walks of life lined up to pay their last respect to President Tran Dai Quang during memorial services in Hanoi, HCMC and Ninh Binh today.  

 Destroyer INS Rana of the Indian navy with 360 officers and crew members on board under the command of Colonel Atul Deswal anchored at Sai Gon Port in Ho Chi Minh City on September 27, beginning a four-day friendship visit. 

 The Thanh Tam Bamboo Ecopark was inaugurated in Lam Son-Sao Vang urban area, in Tho Xuan district, the central province of Thanh Hoa on September 27.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh called for support to Vietnam’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in the 2020-2021 tenure.

President Tran Dai Quang was laid to rest in his hometown in Quang Thien commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province on September 27.

A cultural and tourism festival promoting the beauty of Hoang Su Phi’s terraced fields and ethnic culture will take place in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from September 28-30.

 The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy aims to train 150 doctors in uncommon medical fields, including tuberculosis, leprosy, psychiatry, forensic science and surgery, for the Mekong Delta in this academic year.

 The HMCS Calgary ship and the MV Asterix commercial container ship of the Royal Canadian Navy arrived at Tien Sa Port of the central city of Da Nang on September 26, starting a five-day visit to Vietnam.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 26 attended the fifth ASEAN-Pacific Alliance Ministerial Meeting, and had bilateral meetings with the President of Palau and Foreign Ministers of Ecuador and Ukraine.

 The Bac Binh district People’s Court in Binh Thuan handed out prison sentences ranging from two to four years to 15 defendants involved in disturbances of social order at Phan Ri Thanh commune on June 11 at a trial on September 26.

 Vietnam has made great strides in the fight against wildlife crime, said Bui Thi Ha, Deputy Director of Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV), a non-governmental organisation on the reservation of nature and the protection of the environment.