Hanoi People's Committee are investigating a local authority where over ten family members have apparently coincidentally been employed as officials of My Duc District.

 A photo in which a Vietnamese mother is trying to push her motorbike on a flooded street in HCM City while her teenage son is still on the vehicle has drawn lots of comments after being published on Facebook.

 Streets of big cities are being cleaned up and decorated for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Uong Ngoc Tien of Viet Nam missed a penalty, wasting a chance for his team to automatically advance to the final round of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship next year.

 The dance festival titled ‘Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance’ will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 30-October 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy rain continued to flood parts of southern HCM City last Saturday as the city's billion dollars worth of anti-flooding infrastructure could not drain the water out fast enough.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several music and dance performances will be held in HCM City to celebrate National Theatre Day, the 12th day of the eighth lunar month [which falls on Thursday this year].

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's leading archaeologists met over the weekend during a 3-day conference held in Hue City, which included announcements describing new archaeological discoveries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong held onto their V.League 1 trophy in style, with a brilliant 4-2 victory over Dong Thap in the final round match of yesterday's tournament.

 After the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on September 17 the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) issued an official response via a press release on September 20.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and IBM Vietnam signed a contract regarding the ST9 package on September 18 for consulting, designing and implementing a new central data system for the central bank.

  Visitors love the An Binh Islands and say they actually feel sad having to leave the inspiring people, magnificent sites and awesome adventures.

Vietnam Television (VTV) will divest its holding in three pay TV units including Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTVcab), Saigon Tourist Cable Television (SCTV) and K+, said Tran Binh Minh, VTV's General Director.

 Vietnamese investors will be closely watching for signs of policy shifts out of next week's meeting between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

 Construction of a US$1 billion urban area-industrial park began in the southern province of Binh Phuoc's Chon Thanh District last week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Formosa Ha Tinh, a Taiwanese-invested enterprise in Vung Ang Economic Zone (EZ), has equipped its security guards with speed guns and told them to fine speeding drivers in its project area.

 The General Department of Customs said late last week no chicken has been imported from the US at the low price of VND12,000 (US$0.58) per kilo.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK) guest-worker program is a very flexible and convenient way for Vietnam’s work forces to increase their technical skills and boost their pay, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 Vietnam is quickly finishing the Intended National Determined Contributions to participate in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, set to be held in Paris this December.

 The modernisation of Vietnam's railway system is projected to cost about US$5.1 billion, experts said during an event on detailed plans to upgrade the 1,726 km stretch of the North-South railway from Hanoi to HCM City.

 A palace where Vietnam’s last king Bao Dai lived from 1949-1955 in the resort city of Da Lat, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, was re-opened for tourists on September 19 after a year-long renovation.

 Traditional celebrations of the Mid-Autumn festival for children will be held in Hanoi Museum on September 20 and 26 nights by Dinh Lang Viet (Vietnamese Communal House) group.

 Over 200 paragliders from Vietnam and other foreign countries showed off their skills in a paragliding festival which opened in Khau Pha mountain pass in Mu Cang Chai district, northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

FPT Information System Company beat five international contractors to win a 33.6 million USD contract to provide, implement and maintain the Integrated VAT Administration System for the Bangladeshi government.

 Localities across Vietnam have been hit hard by days of downpours which caused heavy losses of lives and property.