Olympic Rio 2016 gold medalist Hoang Xuan Vinh is ranked first in the world men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the latest International Sport Shooting Federation ranking.

 Tran Thi Khanh Ly won a gold medal at the ongoing Asian Wushu Championships which began in Taoyuan City of Chinese Taipei on September 1.

 Vietnamese movies are being screened on India’s national TV channel Doordarshan, for the first time, from September 1-4.

 As of August 15,2016, 1,125 Vietnamese project were granted licenses to invest abroad with a total registered capital of 20.38 billion USD, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

 Vietnam and Thailand have won a bid to supply 250,000 tonnes of rice for the Philippines at 424.85 USD per tonne, 0.15 USD lower than the set reference price of 425 USD. 

 Domestic and foreign investors are still keen on the Vietnamese market and have positive outlook about the country’s economy, according to a survey conducted by Grant Thornton Vietnam in the third quarter of 2016.

 The State capital divestment in the country’s two largest brewers Habeco and Sabeco will be completed by the end of 2017.

 Vietnam and Cuba made significant progress in their second negotiation round on a new trade deal after the four days of sitting in Hanoi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said on September 1.

 Turkey has decided to levy an anti-dumping tax of $240 per cubic metre on Vietnamese plywood products. 

 Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 2.45 billion USD in the first eight months of this year, a report from General Statistics Office (GSO) has revealed. 

 Tourists can now enjoy ca tru (ceremonial singing) as part of the Chay River- Dark Cave tour in the central province of Quang Binh.

 More than 3,000 Vietnamese labourers, who failed to meet Lao legal regulations on foreign workers, have returned home through the Lao Bao and La Lay international border gates in the central province of Quang Tri.

 “Ho Chi Minh City Hotels and Restaurants 2016”, a tourism publication was launched on August 30. 

 A world cultural festival 2017 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City as part of cooperation with the Republic of Korea ’s Gyeongsangbuk-do province.

Vietnam sent three working groups to join a joint training exercise between the experts’ working group from ASEAN states and the association’s partner countries in Thailand from September 1-11.

VietNamNet Bridge - Between 50 and 55 instant noodle packs a year on average are bought by each Vietnamese, a slight decrease compared with recent years, according to the World Instant Noodles Association (WINA).

 Instructions for pedestrians in walking streets in Hoan Kiem Lake

 Vietnam is in the 11th position among the best places for expats this year, according to the InterNations Expat Insider 2016 survey. 

 The construction of the long-delayed amusement park and zoo in Vietnam has sped up since the government of HCM City has allowed Vinpearl Joint Stock Company (Vinpearl) to work with a foreign partner, which is drawing up detailed plans. 

 The second international seminar to seek peaceful solution to the East Sea dispute from ASEAN’s perspective took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 1, attracting more than 60 scholars and experts from ASEAN member states. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 2 attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kim Quy cultural, tourism and amusement park, which features both traditional culture of Hanoi and the modern design of Universal Studios and Disneyland. 

 The Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 1717/QD-TTg on the establishment of Tran Nhan Tong Institute on the campus of the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union on September 2 held a collective wedding for 100 couples who are working in industrial parks, export processing zones and other facilities in the city and adjacent areas. 

 A Vietnamese fisherman who sustained a serious injury while working at sea has fully recovered and is ready to return to the homeland thanks to the help of both Vietnamese and Chinese sides. 

 US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China and the Philippines to abide by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)’s ruling on the East Sea issue, saying that military acts are not a solution to the dispute.