More than 100 women from all over the northern region are expected to gather at the Intercontinental Hotel in Westlake on September 18 for the launch of the preliminary rounds of the Miss Ocean beauty contest.

Aiming to meet the increasing demand for air transportation, Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) decided to mobilise capital to upgrade key existing airports with total investment capital of $1.98 billion.

 Nearly 40 Vietnamese and South Korean information and technology companies took part in the  2017 Viet Nam - South Korea ICT Partnership Program.

 Vietnamobile Telecom Joint Stock Company has been investing in infrastructure and networks for a year and is now able to serve 90 per cent of the population with 3G speed.

The digital economy and e-commerce are opening up opportunities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises to connect to global value chains, allowing access to regional and global markets, experts said at a workshop held in HCM City.

 Rushing to replace paper bills with e-invoices is expected to pose a challenge to many businesses.

 Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) have proposed that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) be the main agency responsible for assisting the Government in the management of public debt, 

 Loic Desriac of the team Bike Life VDC triumphed yesterday in the 10th stage of the VTV International Cycling Tournament, or Ton Hoa Sen Cup.

 The HCM City Department of Tourism, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a free fashion and technology festival on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street next month.     

 Doctors from HCM City’s Binh Dan 115 Hospital have successfully performed a kidney transplant on a 76-year-old patient.

FTAs not only have helped reduce input costs of beer production, but have also turned Vietnam into a jumping board for foreign breweries to conquer the Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific markets, according to FPT Securities.

 Walt Disney Co delayed the release of the ninth installment of the “Star Wars” saga to Dec. 20, 2019 after announcing on Tuesday the return of filmmaker J.J. Abrams to the franchise to write and direct the movie.

All of the garbage in the Nam Son rubbish dump in Soc Son District, Hanoi, will be recycled as an electric power resource.

 The Ministry of Construction announced on Monday that the national history museum project will be implemented in 2021 at the earliest.

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stated that bordering Guangxi province plays a very important role in cementing and developing the friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam.

HCM City always creates good conditions for the Vietnam National University (VNU), Ho Chi Minh City and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to cooperate in post-graduate training and medicine research.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has moved all flights between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Taiwan from September 13 to a day later due to storm Talim.

 Vietnam and Azerbaijan will employ measures to boost cooperation via party, government and parliamentary channels, covering economy-trade, investment, energy, transport, culture and education-training.

 Garment and textile exports may hit 30.5 billion USD in 2017, Vu Duc Giang, President of the Vietnam Textile Association said at the Cotton Day held by the association and the US Cotton Council International on September 12.

Doctors at HCM City’s Binh Dan Hospital have used a robot for the first time in the country for lung cancer surgery, removing suspicious nodules through a small incision instead of a large one.

 Renewable energy development yet to match potential

The BMW Group Asia said on September 12 that it signed a letter of intent with Vietnamese automaker Thaco, delivering its intention to choose Thaco as a new dealer of its BMW and MINI models in Vietnam from January 1, 2018.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the close coordination of the Japanese embassy and ambassador in promoting the bilateral relations over the past years during a meeting with Japanese Ambassador Kuinio Umeda in Hanoi on September 12.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the upcoming visit to Vietnam by Hungarian PM Orban Vicktor is an important event that will open up many cooperation opportunities for the two countries.

 Hanoi plans to build 14 bridges crossing the Red and Duong Rivers in the city from now to 2030, revealed Vu Duy Tuan, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.