Vietnamese students with English names are not rare in English classes in Viet Nam, especially in those taught by native English speakers. But HCM City’s Education and Training Department does not approve: 

 Lawmakers on September 18 proposed adding a provision to the draft amended law on credit institutions in which the Politburo’s prior consent must be sought for forced transfers of commercial banks.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is still half a month from now, thousands of local and foreign tourists are rushing to the lantern quarter on Luong Nhu Hoc and Phu Dinh streets in HCMC’s District 5.  

 The government of HCMC is weighing charging a downtown congestion fee on automobiles from 2020.

 The Vietnamese team won five more gold in the morning of September 20, raising the total gold medals to 23 at the ongoing 9th ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia.

 Vietnam won two more gold medals at the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017) in Turkmenistan on September 19.

 Northern region aims to become national economic hub

 The 4th Vietnam Junior Fashion Week featuring every category of children's clothing will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 13-15.

A photo exhibition raising people’s awareness of protecting Red-shanked douc langur on Son Tra Peninsula in the central Vietnamese city of Danang opened at Ly Thuong Kiet Secondary High School in Hai Chau District on September 18.

 The central province of Ha Tinh September 19 reported the damages of deadly storm Doksuri with the estimates of VND6 trillion ($264 million), the 10th storm arising in the East Sea this year, made landfall on the province.

 A festival of community-based tourism villages of the North-western provinces is scheduled to be held in Mai Chau district, in the mountainous northern province of Hoa Binh, from September 29 to October 1.

Vietnam has joined or completed negotiations for 11 free trade agreements (FTAs), bilateral and multilateral, not including the TPP, according to former Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen.

A.T. Kearney has released its 2017 Global Services Location Index, a study that analyzes and tracks the contours of the offshoring landscape in 55 countries across three major categories.

 A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation and transmission.

 In order to join the global value chain (GVC), Vietnam needs to expand production scale as well as improve labour capacity, product quality, and administrative capabilities.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment's draft law on developing special economic zones will provide EZ investors with major incentives, and in particular, investors of innovative startup projects will receive the most benefits.

 Vietnam's state-owned shipping group Vinalines and Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) are running massive looses.

 The Vietnam Environment Administration is inspecting a huge dumping site which is seriously affecting locals and companies in Hanoi and Ha Nam Province.

 Hanoi Pride 2017, the country’s most anticipated event for the LGBTQ community, opened on September 18 and runs until September 24 with a series of exhibitions, discussions, film screenings, a bike rally and walking march.

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai province is famous for its golden terraced rice fields, especially in September when the ripe season begins.

 Foreign nationals who want to work in Vietnam will be able to acquire employment permits online, via the web portal http://dvc.vieclamvietnam.gov.vn, starting from October 2, 2017.

Le Mat Village in Long Bien District, Hanoi, has raised snakes for hundreds of years. The locals are skilled in catching snakes and earned good money from selling products made from snakes. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Minh clinched a double in men’s athletics at the ninth ParaGames in Malaysia yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in central Quang Tri Province’s Trieu An Commune have used steel net to block trucks carrying seafood to a local seafood processing company.

The cradle of many Vietnamese singing talents, Sao Mai (Morning Star) song contest, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with the participation of 30 potential stars.