Major mobile service providers such as VinaPhone, Viettel and MobiFone have completed preparations for mobile number portability (MNP) which allows subscribers to retain their phone numbers when switching carriers.

 Fertilizer and pesticide imports, especially from China, have amounted to nearly US$1.7 billion in the year to September, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a report.

The Ministry of Education and Training has required related agencies to review priority students and localities to adjust bonus points in national high school examinations and admission procedures at colleges and universities.

 Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Xuan Dung on September 26 presented President Tran Dai Quang’s credentials to Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes.

 The HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has suggested raising museum admission fees for locals and removing the fee discrimination against foreign visitors. 

An Italian-language book entitled “Il Banco Di Sabbia Dorata. Il Vietnam e Gli arcipelaghi del Mare Orientale” was introduced in Rome, Italy, on September 27.

 Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Xuan Dung on September 26 presented President Tran Dai Quang’s credentials to Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes.

Even though retail premises in the central business district (CBD) of HCMC are becoming more scarce and the rents are increasing, premises far from the center are still unpopular with new retailers.

 Vietnam is willing to serve as a bridge to support Bulgaria and the EU in enhancing relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member nations.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has voiced her hope that there won’t be any barriers and bias against women, and female leaders in businesses and economic organisations will make up 50 percent and even higher.

 This year might be the gloomiest year of the full moon cake market as high cake prices have not attracted customers to purchase for presents as they used to in previous years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong inched closer to the final of the National Cup after beating SHB Da Nang 3-1 in the first leg of the semi-finals yesterday.

Thach Thanh Binh, the young owner of a new photo-studio recently received more than 20,000 on line "hits" when photos he took and posted of them went viral. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese translator, Giap Van Chung, living overseas in Hungary, has been awarded the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit or Magyar Arany Érdemkereszt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Drama Theatre will perform Dream of the Red Chamber for the first time with staging by Singaporean director Dr Chua Soo Pong. 

 Businesses must remove their headquaters, factories and other properties from defense land west of Da Nang Airport to hand over the premise to Air Force Division 372 from September 29 to October 6.

 The Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2018, to be held at Vietnam Television's studio S14 in Hanoi, from September 29 to October 2, will introduce collections that are made entirely from traditional materials from Vietnam.

 The 4G download speed of Mobifone, one of the three major mobile carriers in Vietnam, is slightly faster than that of Viettel, according to test results announced by the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

Head of the Office of HCM City's People Committee Vo Van Hoan has affirmed that the city does not have a policy to suspend the building of the first-ever bus rapid transit line, which runs along Vo Van Kiet and Mai Chi Tho avenues.

 To complete the construction of an approximately 700-kilometre section of North-South four-lane expressway in the east, worth VND130.2 trillion ($5.7 billion) by 2020, specific policies to attract foreign and domestic investments are necessary.