Over ten people have been injured when two passenger buses collided on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Highway in Hanoi early Tuesday morning.

 Many localities in the northern region of Vietnam, including Hanoi, are experiencing heavy rains which are forecast to last for the next three days.

 The HCM City Department of Transport has approved a plan to chop down or relocate 123 trees to make way for heavy traffic near Tan Son International Nhat Airport.

 About 21,600 car dealers in Vietnam have halted operation, shut down or gone bankrupt as of August 29, according to the Business Registration Management Agency.   

There is no need to travel any further than southern Long An Province to find the seven Wonders of the World such as the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, among others.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fourth industrial revolution is expected to be a great opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to make a breakthrough in the online market, estimated to be worth $9 billion by 2025.

Although wind power development is considered a great potential sector in Vietnam, investors have been hesitant to develop new or expand their existing projects due to the low regulated selling price of wind power.

The HCMC Food Safety Board, the HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority and the HCMC Labor Federation have signed an agreement on cooperation in enhancement of food safety management in 2017-2019.

The People’s Court of Hanoi yesterday opened the first instance hearing for former Chairman of OceanBank Ha Van Tham and other 50 defendants for serious violations of the State’s monetary policies.

A wide range of entertainment activities will be organised in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City during the National Day holidays from September 2-4.

 The US government handed over to Vietnam a training facility and equipment serving the training of peacekeeping forces at a ceremony on August 28. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in Hanoi on August 28 to launch the Vietnam Innovation Golden Book 2017.

 Smuggling has long been a pressing issue in southern provinces that share hundreds of kilometres of border with Cambodia and Thailand.

 A painting and sculpture exhibition on social issues such as child sexual abuse and environmental protection has opened in the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will launch a campaign to make the world cleaner from September 23-30 with the theme waste management for sustainable rural environment.

Delegates to SOM3 and related meetings have applauded Vietnam’s hosting of the meetings and APEC Year 2017, as well as the country’s initiatives. 

 Vietnam will reform rice production to gain sustainable development in the production and export of rice, according to Vietnam’s Rice Market Development Strategy from 2017 to 2020.

UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever had a working session with Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport on August 29, conveying British businesses’ intention to participate in the expansion of Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 Despite rosy seafood export growth in the first seven months, Vietnamese enterprises still face a line-up of hurdles in the remaining months of the year, including input material quantity and quality and barriers from import markets.

 Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Australia to secure the effect of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Apart from orchards, the southern province of Vinh Long has attracted a large number of tourists to its traditional pottery village.

 Vietnam may not reach this year’s targeted cashew export value of 3.3 billion USD, due to a shortage of raw materials for cashew export processing.

 A special show, scheduled to take place in Hanoi next month, will see four Vietnamese divas perform alongside singer Tung Duong, who is well-known for his not-for-everyone music.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is stepping up efforts to better regulate an emerging field of medicine that holds significant promise for curing some of the most troubling diseases by using the body’s own cells.

The first deputy foreign minister-level political consultation between Vietnam and El Salvador took place in Hanoi on August 28, aiming to seek measures to foster the partnership between the two countries and their foreign ministries.