VietNamNet Bridge - As experts affirm that single-serve will be the new trend, Vietnamese producers are gearing up to jump into the capsule coffee market segment.

VietNamNet Bridge - The next-generation iPhones have not yet reached the market, but iPhone X and iPhone 8 have seen prices tumble. Surprisingly, the prices of previous-generation iPhones are on the rise.

VietNamNet Bridge - Higher standards on vehicle emissions will have an impact on the automobile market, especially used cars. However, lifting the standards is a must to control pollution.

Parents and students, after experiencing a confusing high-school enrollment season, have heard that the Hanoi Education and Training Department is drawing up three new enrollment plans for the next academic year.

 Athlete Nguyen Ngoc Toan on August 27 won the third silver medal in Pencak Silat for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

 As fast food giants Lotteria and KFC report losses despite dominating the domestic market, their attractiveness to customers shows no signs of abating.

 Fifty percent of the cases of safeguard investigations, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy are filed against the steel industry.

 Vietnamese buyers spent US$3 billion on homes in the US between April 2016 and March 2017, showing the interest of Vietnamese people in this segment, but also raising the question of how such large amounts of money could be transferred abroad.

 While billions of dollars is spent annually importing auto parts for assembly at home, Vietnam exports a roughly equivalent value of spare parts for automobiles, motorbikes and motor vehicles every year.

 Up to 105 million passengers are expected to pass through Vietnamese airports by the end of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

 Dozens of tourists have fled in panic after a passenger coach caught fire while running through Ba Na Mountain in Da Nang City on August 26.

 Thousands of Vietnamese football lovers have rushed to Indonesia to cheer on the U23s in their quarterfinal against Syria today, August 27.

Events in Hanoi & HCMC on August 27-September 2 

 Three Rafale B fighter jets, one A400M troop transporter, a C135 refuelling tanker and a A310 plane landed in Vietnam on Monday morning on a three-day French Air Force visit.

 The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has required credit institutions and branches of foreign banks in the country to limit cash withdrawal at their automatic teller machines (ATMs) at night.

 Top Vietnamese athlete Le Tu Chinh failed to qualify for the final round of the women’s 100m dash at the Asian Games (ASIAD), held on Sunday in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in developing wind power in Viet Nam.

MobiFone, one of Viet Nam’s three largest mobile network operators, has reported a year-on-year decline of 42 per cent in post-tax profit in the second quarter of this year, falling to VND947 billion (US$41 million).

 A total of VND104.2 trillion (US$4.46 billion) has been raised this year as of August 22 by the State Treasury of Viet Nam via auctions of Government bonds at the Ha Noi Stock Exchange.

 The north-western province of Son La announced the geographical indication (GI) for Son La coffee at a festival to promote local coffee products on Thursday in Ha Noi.