VietNamNet Bridge – A restaurant in the tourist city of Da Lat, which assaulted two of its customers, has been suspended from operation, the city’s Market Management Board said on Thursday.

 Switzerland’s financial watchdog has closed down what it said was the provider of a fake cryptocurrency and is investigating around a dozen other possible fraud cases, in the latest clamp-down on the risks involving virtual money.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam crushed Laos 13-1 in the first Group B match at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police are investigating the cause of the collapse of an illegal tin mine, which killed two miners in Lac Duong District, Lam Dong Province, the district People's Committee said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents of over 1,100 kindergarten children are shocked and worried after two kindergarten schools of Hoa Mai and Mua Xuan in Khuong Mai Ward in Ha Noi's Thanh Xuan District suddenly shut down last Monday without notice.

 More than 16,000 businesses were either dissolved or suspended operations during the first two months of this year, said the General Statistics Office.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bear bile tourism in the northern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City has finally been shut down, according to the non-governmental organisation Education for Nature – Viet Nam (ENV).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People's Committee Vice Chairman, Tran Xuan Viet, has called on small, private household slaughterhouses in both urban and country areas to shut down.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city authorities will close part of the $48.8 million Phuoc Hiep solid waste treatment complex in Cu Chi District because of pollution.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Early this year, there were approximately 700,000 registered enterprises in Vietnam. Just over 400,000 of them are operating now.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have voiced concerns over the health of enterprises, saying the ever-increasing number of business shutdowns cast a gloomy outlook on the economy.

Hanoi and HCM City authorities have vowed to shut down the unlicensed nurseries, or the household run classes which fail to meet the requirements on safety for babies. But this means that the children from poor families would have nowhere to go.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department will close all nurseries that fail to meet the Ministry of Education and Training's standards on ensuring safety for babies by mid-January.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nexttop Discotheque in the Grand Plaza Hotel, the largest night club in the capital has been suspended for making disorder and insecurity, advertising alcohol and organizing offensive performances.

In the second quarter, three shopping malls closed the doors in HCM City, five brands gave back the premises, while 60 shops in Hanoi shut down. In the third quarter, two retail projects stopped operation in Hanoi.

 The White House Office of Management and Budget late Monday night ordered the federal agencies to begin their plans for a government shutdown, due to a lack of bipartisan funding bill.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said it would temporarily shut down the Phu Bai international airport in the eight-month period, from 20/3 to 20/11 to repair the runway.

Sugar companies have begged for the government’s urgent interventions in terms of tax rates, sugar import quotas, trade fraud control and cross-border exports to protect domestic enterprises which are at the death point.