The HCMC government has identified environmental protection and improvement of the quality of life as two of the core criteria for growth quality in the 2016-2020 period, said chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, French and German will be taught at general schools in Hanoi and HCMC before being applied on a large scale throughout the country.

 It is very easy to see vehicles that carry bulky loads of goods, causing traffic chaos and potential dangers for people, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City.

 VND28 bil scholarships given to freshmen, 117 inhabitants in southern province infected with A/H1N1, Vietnam takes more samples for testing Zika, Foreign arrivals to Vietnam up 25.7% in nine months

 The IVS Boarding School under the Institute of Research and Development of Vovinam and Sports is the first centre in Ho Chi Minh City to teenagers and those with gaming or internet addictions.

 Vietnam was one of the most vulnerable countries to rising sea levels, said former prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 The US Navy has announced its guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) will moor at Tien Sa Port in Danang to participate in bilateral training exercises from Sept. 28-Oct.1 with their counterparts from the Vietnam Navy.

 The central city has granted an investment licence to Da Nang Pharmaceutical joint-stock company (Danapha)'s first nano-technology and biotech project.

The Hoi An Full Moon Festival is held on every 14th day of the lunar month. During the evening, the old town is transformed by flickering candlelight, multi-colored lanterns and hoards of visitors. 

  The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint-stock Bank, or Techcombank, appointed Nguyen Le Quoc Anh, its former deputy chief executive officer, as its new chief executive officer on September 23, 2016.

 South Korea retained its position as Việt Nam's leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, the latest report from the Foreign Investment Agency has revealed.

 Viet Nam ranks second among six rated ASEAN countries and 19 globally in HSBC's 2016 Expat Explorer league table of 45 host countries.

 Hanoi triumphed at the National Fencing Championships, which ended at the city’s Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium on Sunday.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has advanced 173 places to reach world No. 1,002 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s doubles rankings. 

 Pham Cao Cuong of HCM City beat his teammate Nguyen Tien Minh to win the men’s singles category of the National Individual Badminton Tournament which wrapped up at the weekend in the northern province of Thái Bình.

 The VN Mathematical Society (VMS) has asked the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to postpone the introduction of multiple-choice math questions for the 2017 national high school examination.

 After five years of aggressive restructuring, the number of securities companies here has reduced from 105 to 81 in 2016. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its pristine natural beauty, Binh Lieu mountainous district in the northern province of Quang Ninh is known as an attractive destination for adventurous tourists.

 Russia is listed among 10 markets with the highest growth of tourists to Vietnam.

This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hanoi on October 13-14.

Thai groups are waiting for the Government of Vietnam’s implementation of a plan to divest itself from 12 major State-owned enterprises, especially those operating in the fields of drinks and construction materials, Nikkei Asian Review reports. 

 Viet Nam and Indonesia are expected to become the two largest business-to-consumer e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia in the next five years.

HBSO’s October 9th concert will feature programmatic works from Vietnamese and Norwegian composers.

VietNamNet Bridge – A picture capturing a snapshot of several girls running out of a burning Ha Noi karaoke bar last weekend has caught the attention of internet users around the web.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A farmer in the central province of Thanh Hoa found a bronze drum 2,000-2,500 years old while building the foundation of his house near the Ho Dynesty Citadel.