Four Vietnamese nationals appeared in court on Tuesday accused of stealing SG$26,000 (US$19,000) worth of women’s clothes - the biggest haul by a shoplifting syndicate in Singapore to date. 

Many people have had to leave their homes for HCMC, wile others have lodged complaints to local authorities and state management agencies as the living environment has been destroyed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Private shops stopped using Apple’s logo after the smartphone manufacturer’s representative in Vietnam sent a letter to them warning about intellectual property infringement two years ago.

Vietnam once gave investors the green light to set up a series of universities in an effort to increase the number of students. But now it has to dissolve many of the schools to ensure training quality.

Hotels have launched recruitment campaigns for middle and senior managers, as well as for untrained workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A flash flood triggered by heavy downpours has submerged schools in Yen Tinh Commune, Tuong Duong District in the central province of Nghe An.

 The 52nd meeting of the Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) took place in Hanoi on September 19 under the co-chair of ASOSAI Chairperson Madinah Binti Mohamad and Secretary General Choe Jeahyeong.

 The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018, themed “Creating Smarter City and Securer City by Digital Solutions,” kicked off in Hanoi on September 18.

As the mid-autumn festival draws near, many different kinds of traditional toys like lanterns, cardboard masks and lion-headed masks are sold along the streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Regardless of their high prices, carved moon cakes featuring interesting patterns have attracted a large number of customers compared to more traditional designs.

The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting opened in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, on September 18. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended and delivered speech at the event.

 A high-raking delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army is paying official visits to Laos and Cambodia from September 18-22.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has affirmed Vietnam is working towards a sustainable and effective social security system to meet the increasing demand of people, contributing to socio-economic development.

 The real estate market in Hanoi is becoming a magnet for foreign investors, with the number of experts and entrepreneurs from abroad working in the capital city rising.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the central province of Quang Tri, three men work together to take care of the afterlife of aborted fetuses in the province.

 The Thai, one of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups, settle mainly in valleys near waterways which are suitable for growing wet rice and flax. The Thai live in stilt houses in which their culture and lifestyle have developed and are preserved.

 FIFA Chairman Gianni Infantino has sent his congratulations to Hanoi FC for winning the V.League 1 with five games still to play.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is set to open a direct air link between Vietnam and the United States in 2020, with the destination being either Los Angeles or San Francisco.

 Vietnamese wunderkind pianist Luu Hong Quang will perform in MAESTOSO Piano Series No. 3: ÉVOLUTION at Hanoi Opera House on October 3.

 The first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2018, Bui Phuong Nga, will represent Vietnam at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant scheduled for October 5-25 in Myanmar.