The global travel site TripAdvisor has listed the top ten resorts in Vietnam that foreign newlyweds often choose for their honeymoon destination.

 Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son brought home the last gold medal for the Vietnam delegation in the men’s team’s blitz chess category at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which concluded in Turkmenistan on September 27.

 Vietnamese rapper Suboi has appeared on the cover of L'Officiel Singapore fashion magazine in October.

 US President Donald Trump’s announcement of tightening control over money outflows from the US, gave rise to concerns over possible impacts on inward remittance flows to Vietnam. Financial expert Huynh Trung Minh scrutinises the issue.

 Vietnamese consumers are continuing to embrace electronic payments making 38 per cent more transactions in the year ended June 2017, Visa said in a release on September 27.

 KB Securities is set to acquire Viet Nam’s Maritime Securities for about 37.8 billion won (US$33.16 million), according to news reports on September 27.

 Researchers at Vietnam National University (VNU) on Wednesday presented results of a consumer lending survey showing that the majority of Vietnamese people have never used a consumer loan.

 Nearly half of the estimated 56 million abortions performed worldwide every year are unsafe and women in poor countries face even higher risks due to U.S. funding cuts to family planning programs abroad,

 The Ministry of Finance has said that efforts to equities State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been hamstrung by a lack of accountability and bottlenecks in defining enterprises’ asset value.

 FIFA referee Jumpei Iida will conduct a match in the national V.League’s round 21, which will be held from October 13 to October 15.

 A festival honouring roses—their beauty, the art of growing them and the products they can yield—will be held at the Thang Long Rose Park from October 14-22.

A 360-metre-long 3D painting portraying Vietnamese landscapes and traditional cultural values has been recognised as the longest 3D painting in Viet Nam by the Vietnam Record Association, VietKings.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists, while agreeing that Vietnam has opportunities to boost exports to the US and other choosy markets, say enterprises may not be prepared to grasp the chances afforded to them. 

 The Soul Live Project will host a classical piano concert “Reflections of a Moment” featuring New Zealand pianist Jason Bae tonight.

The Communist Party of Vietnam will continue strengthening solidarity and traditional friendship with the Mozambique Liberation Front Party and promoting cooperation between the two countries, a Vietnamese official has said. 

 Booming cities and vigorous urbanisation are challenging Vietnam’s future, according to a business conference titled "Smart Cities" held in Hanoi on September 27.

 The World Economic Forum’s latest global competitiveness list, released on September 27, ranked Vietnam 55th overall, up five places from last year and 20 from five years ago.

 The Government has approved a plan to simplify administrative procedures, citizenship papers and databases related to population management run by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The chief accountant of the State-owned petrol behemoth PetroVietnam (PVN) has been arrested as the police expand their investigation into the case of Trinh Xuan Thanh’s, 

 Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men’s magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday