Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong on Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with wind and rain that uprooted trees and forced most businesses to close, 

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is teaming up with Alphabet Inc's Google to enter the nascent voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon.com Inc, adding another front to Wal-Mart's battle with the online megastore.

Son Tra Nature Reserve, just 10km away from downtown Da Nang, is home to incredible biodiversity, but rapid development threatens the plant and animal life there. 

Chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, Pham Minh Chinh, yesterday proposed increased exchanges between young legislators of both countries as a way to advance bilateral relations.

Trung Nam Group has restarted construction of the Da Nang Information Technology Park in Hoa Vang district after an agreement to buy a 65 percent stake from Rocky Lai & Associates Inc.

Viet Nam’s leaders have always provided favourable conditions for the people’s organisations of Viet Nam to strengthen co-operation with their Lao counterparts, 

Unresolved issues in Vietnam’s regulations and the business environment have resulted in relatively low FDI inflows from US and European multinational companies, experts say.

 The People’s Committee of Dong Nai province has suspended the licensing of construction projects in residential areas around the planned Long Thanh International Airport in an effort to prevent speculation and higher land prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Egypt should effectively exploit opportunities to further develop bilateral trade, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday.

 The lotus flower and Ngu Hanh Son Mountain in the central city of Da Nang have been chosen as designs for postage stamps celebrating the APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam.

Three mechanics were killed while installing elevator rails at an apartment complex in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long City on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five veteran cai luong (reformed theatre) actresses will perform in a special show at HCM City’s Cong Nhan Theatre on Tuesday night.  

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has approved a list of 406 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) marked for divestment from now until 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese gymnast Le Thanh Tung bagged a gold medal for Vietnam on August 23 at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

The Government has called for faster than targeted credit growth in pursuit of this year’s GDP goal of 6.7%.

The slow progress of ODA fund and public investment disbursement may result in huge losses for the whole economy, thus, it is necessary to find ways to use these sources of funding efficiently and transparently to spur economic growth.

Green development projects in Vietnam are catching attention of foreign investors on account of the Government’s favourable policies on land, taxes and capital as well as a large number of potential customers in the country.

The recent proposal to increase VAT by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) still contains a number of issues that can potentially cause economic loss and undermine social equity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal administration of HCM City aims to keep the rate of overweight and obese children under five years at less than 12 per cent by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Runner Le Tu Chinh bagged a gold medal for Vietnam on August 22 at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

VietNamNet Bridge - Taking every opportunity to reduce prices, Truong Hai and Toyota, the two big automobile manufacturers, are trying to capture every corner of the market.

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 22 grabbed a gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle category at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia. 

Authorities of Tay Ninh Province have submitted a dossier to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, asking for an ancient stone sculpture to be recognised as a national treasure.

Karate athlete Nguyen Thi Hong Anh pocketed the third gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Buddhist Cultural Week, organised to celebrate the Buddha’s 2,561st birth anniversary, kicked off at Pho Quang Pagoda in HCM City on Monday night.