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NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 11

 New school year ceremony held for terminally-ill children

GIC-led consortium buys $500 million shares in Vingroup’s subsidiary

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC announced on Monday that its consortium bought US$500 million stake in one of the subsidiaries of Viet Nam's largest conglomerate Vingroup JSC.

 

Cases of rare Whitmore’s disease reappear in Vietnam

Cases of Whitmore’s disease, also called melioidosis, has increased remarkably during the rainy season with a high rate of mortality, director of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases Do Duy Cuong said.

5,000 people to perform xoe dance

As many as 5,000 people will perform xoe, a traditional dance of Thai ethnicity people, to set a Guinness World Record, at the opening ceremony of Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival on September 20 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

VBA FINAL: Saigon Heat beat Cantho Catfish

In the first match in the series of five, Cantho Catfish beat Saigon Heat 78-75 in the last minutes.

BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 11

Forum on cooperative economy, cooperatives slated for mid-October

 

Reducing working time in compliance with modern trend: VGCL

The Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has requested the drafters of the revised Labour Code maintain the proposal to cut working time from 48 hours per week to 44 hours per week.

Ministry postpones punishment

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Monday postponed its decisions to punish workers over the national high school graduation exam scandal last year.

Vietnam enhances cooperation in UN peacekeeping with UK, Thailand

Vietnam wants to exchange experience with Thailand in organising training courses, and promote delegation exchanges on UN peacekeeping operations, a Vietnamese senior officer said on September 10.

 

Ragworm fritters

Chả rươi is made from, you've guessed it... WORMS!

Craft village keeps mooncake mould making alive

To make a beautiful and tasty mooncake, the most important task is to form the shape of the cake. That is when the mooncake mould becomes handy and indispensible in making a cake.  

eSports: the multi-billion dollar game

Game distributors in Vietnam are focusing on eSports, which has had impressive growth rates in both players and viewers in the country.

State loss-making projects can bring problems to arbitration

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue agrees 12 loss-making State-funded enterprises may bring their conflicts with contractors to arbitrators if those conflicts are not resolved by the end of this year.

 

Farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta adapt to low flood levels

Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam are taking measures to adapt to low levels of flooding this year by switching to new crops and using other cultivation methods.

 

Authorities to have check-up on Vietnam Electricity’s power production costs

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will be checking electricity production and business costs of Vietnam Electricity (EVN) from last year.

 

Overseas university graduates reluctant to return to Vietnam

Complicated procedures, low incomes and bad working environments explain why Vietnamese students do not want to return to Vietnam after they finish study overseas.

4-year-old iPhone 6S Plus still a bestseller in Vietnam

Retailers say iPhone 6S Plus is the second bestselling model among Apple’s products in Vietnam.

Bangkok United wants three Vietnamese football players

Local media has reported that three Vietnamese football players have draw the attention of Thailand’s Bangkok United FC.

 

Aussie veterans help to locate missing soldiers’ remains

A group of Australian veterans on September 10 handed over a database to Vietnam to help locate the remains of about 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers of both front lines who are still missing.

 

Vietnam Offroad Cup to be held later this month

The Vietnam Offroad PVOIL Cup 2019 will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay Town on the outskirts of Hanoi on September 28 – 29.