Vietnam will need around US$30 billion to implement a green growth strategy towards 2020 with 70% of the amount expected to come from private investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All countries around the world should join hands in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since climate change consequences are fiercer,

 The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will host The National Tourism Year 2016 - Phu Quoc - Mekong Delta, with the motto “Discovering the Southern Land”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Russian Mosfilm Week 2015 is set to kick off on September 17-19 in Hanoi and September 21-23 in the central city of Da Nang, introducing Vietnamese audiences to the best of the Russian cinematography.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In this slum, dozens of children do not attend school. The life in this hamlet is as quiet and humdrum as a mountain village, though it is located near the center of HCM City.

 The US central bank has decided not to raise interest rates, keeping them at the same level they have been at since December 2008.

 Vietnam pledges to make more efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, and work closely with related agencies in the field, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh has said.

  L’Amour Toujous concert will take place on Saturday night in HCMC’s District 3, featuring romantic pieces by Haydn, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Squire and Vivaldi.

 Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

 Spain wishes to deepen the strategic partnership with Vietnam, while Vietnam wants to step up wide-ranging result-oriented co-operation with Spain for mutual development and integration.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite recent losses driven by the Chinese stock rout, Viet Nam's stock market is one of the few bright spots among emerging markets tracked by US investment bank Goldman Sachs.

 103 people in Krong Pa District of the central highlands province of Gia Lai were hospitalized after eating the infected beef, said Siu Thanh, deputy director of Medical Center in the district on September 17.

 The second runner-up of 2015 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam beauty contest, Nguyen Thi Le Quyen would be representing at Miss Grand International 2015 and Miss Supranational 2015 beauty pageants.

HCM City has implemented many solutions for the last decades to deal with long prevalent traffic jam without results as expected, partly because of outdated regulations and lack of self-control to its internal businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - A State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) report shows that total assets of joint stock banks have fallen by 0.47 percent, while the total assets of banks that were originally state-owned had increased by 2.49 percent by June 30, 2015.

 The TH Group has recently announced plans to invest $1 billion in building a concentrated dairy cow and fresh milk production project in Russia.

 The Viet Nam national women's futsal team defeated Malaysia 9-2 in a friendly match during their training session in Malaysia on Wednesday.

The 649-metre high Ta Cu Mountain is a famous landmark in Binh Thuan Province. Apart from the reclining Buddha statue, you also have the opportunity to observe the lives of monkeys living on the mountain.

 Chile's government has declared a state of emergency in a central region struck by a powerful earthquake.

Masan Resource, a Masan Group Corporation subsidiary, listed 703.5 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) under the code ‘MSR' yesterday, for a reference price of VND15,500 (US$0.68) each.

 The 4th Annual South East Asia Airport Expansion Summit will take place at the Intercontinental Westlake Hotel in Hanoi from September 29 to 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Readers in HCM City will have an opportunity to own rare and old books at a fair opening today at Nha Nam Thu Quan Coffee Shop.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang will compete in the Kawaski - Tran Local Foods Vietnam International Series 2015.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh had a meeting in Brussels on September 17 with EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malstrom to discuss major issues of Vietnam-EU trade, investment collaboration as well as bilateral relations.

The Vietnamese Government is willing to work with the Chinese counterpart on measures to facilitate bilateral trade and investment.