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1,000 international athletes register to compete in VPBank Hanoi Marathon

A total 1,000 international athletes have registered to compete in the VPBank Ha Noi Marathon (VHM) to be held in Hanoi on October 20, the event’s organising board has announced.

Major transport projects given priority

The Ministry of Transport has approved Long An’s proposal to add the construction of a 60km-long axis road connecting HCM City and Long An and Tien Giang to a transport-infrastructure connectivity project in the Mekong Delta.

 

First case of brain haemorrhage due to meth reported

Vietnam has recorded its first case of brain haemorrhage due to methamphetamine use, according to Nguyen Trung Nguyen, a doctor from the Poison Control Centre under Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi.

Vietnam win two medals at World Gymnastics Cup

Vietnamese gymnasts won two medals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup which concluded in Mersin, Turkey on Monday.

First patient dies of dengue complications

The central city has recorded the first death due to complications from dengue fever, director of the Da Nang General Hospital, Nguyen Duc Nhan confirmed on Monday, stating that a 28-year-old patient died on September 1

Steering committee reviews anti-money laundering work

The Anti-Money Laundering Steering Committee convened a meeting in Hanoi yesterday to discuss activities serving the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)’s upcoming mutual evaluation of Vietnam’s mechanism 

Nets on jujube orchards protect plants, reduce pesticide use

Farmers' use of nets in jujube orchards has reduced spoiled fruit to only 5-10% compared to a loss of 30-40% at other orchards that use pesticides, according to the Ninh Thuan Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

AVG deal: Former minister Nguyen Bac Son takes $3 million of bribery

Two former communication ministers have been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes to make sure the deal to sell AVG to the State-owned telecom corporation MobiFone went ahead smoothly.

Mekong Delta summer – autumn rice output to go up slightly

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, the country’s rice granary, will see summer – autumn rice output increase by 150,000 tonnes this year, the Plant Cultivation Department has estimated.

73 traffic accidents reported in Vietnam during holiday

A total of 57 people were killed on the roads during the National Day holidays, according to traffic officials.

As VN reels from Podul, more storms could be on the way

Storm Podul, the fourth hitting the East Sea this year, had left three people dead and four others injured in the central region as of Sunday.

Vietnam win silver medal at Chungju World Martial Arts event

Vietnamese duo Hua Van Huy and Chau Tuyet Van won silver at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships in South Korea yesterday.

BUSINESS NEWS 3/9

HCM City seeks public-private partnership in infrastructure developmen

 

Vietnam boosts fight against illegal timber products

Accountability will be key for all importers and all wood products. 

BUSINESS NEWS 2/9

Tra fish export continues downward trend

Saving 10% energy consumed per year could reduce the need for one power plant

Do Huu Hao, President of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology talks to the newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) on the cost-effectiveness of energy saving.

BUSINESS NEWS 1/9

Vietbuild Hanoi 2019 to open next week

 

Runner turns his passion into a livelihood

Nong Van Chuyen, a member of the Tay ethnic minority group, has forged a reputation in the running community for his skill, hard work and creativity, which have allowed him to make running his livelihood.

Making traditional lanterns to gift children in rural areas

Phan Lac Viet Hoa, seven, along with his younger brother and father were keenly sticking coloured cellophane sheets on their star lanterns made out of bamboo.

HCM City plans to build more reservoirs to store rainwater, control floods

HCM City plans to spend hundreds of billions of dong on building more than 100 reservoirs to store rainwater and control flooding by 2020 under a flood-control programme.