At least one person has been killed and others injured after a series of suspected gas explosions rocked towns north of Boston in Massachusetts on Thursday evening.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave an interview to The Straits Times of Singapore on Vietnam’s policy making and stance on protectionism, ASEAN’s urgent issues and solutions to digital economic development of Vietnam.

 Viet Nam’s stock market capitalisation increased 13 per cent against the end of last year, reaching nearly VND3.97 quadrillion (US$169.5 billion) by the end of August.

 The Ministry of Transport plans to open new routes for commercial flights from nations that send tourists to Viet Nam to develop tourism into one of the country’s main economic sectors.

 The ongoing exploitation of petroleum resources in Viet Nam threatens to outpace exploration of new sites, which could lead to a drop in the country’s oil and gas output.

 Vietnamese firm Go-Viet is the latest app to join Ha Noi’s ride-hailing market, providing customers in the capital another option for instant motorcycle taxi and delivery services.

 The Vietnamese Golden Ball Award 2018 officially kicked off yesterday in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The North-South Highway will be around 2,100km long, run through 32 provinces and be built in three stages.

 Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company has sought a license to export a few hundred tons of petroleum products at market prices, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has confirmed.

Vietnam holds aspirations to become a country with prosperous development, inferior to no other countries’ in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the Vietnam Business Summit in Hanoi on September 13.

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 Vietnam’s world-renowned concert pianist People’s Artist Dang Thai Son has been awarded the highest distinction – the Golden Medal for Merit to Culture “Gloria Artis” from Poland.

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 Consumption of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 nationwide increased 31.8 percent in the first half of this year to 1.78 million cubic metres, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Vietnamese tuong (classical opera) performance Ông Già Cõng Vợ Đi Xem Hội (Old Man Carries His Wife on His Back to Festival) will open a night of traditional art at Hong Ha Theatre in downtown Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage the classical ballet Giselle at the Opera House on September 21 and 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has asked the Prime Minister to invest in a section of the North-South Expressway from Ninh Binh Province to Thanh Hoa under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, relevant agencies and localities to take prompt measures to prevent African swine fever reaching Vietnam.

The Premier League trophy reached Hanoi on September 13 as part of its tour through 20 countries and territories worldwide.

Since the beginning of August, the interbank interest rates have stayed at high levels of 4.5-4.6 percent per annum for overnight, 1-week, 2-week and 1-month term loans, the highest rates since late 2016.