Readers of global travel website TripAdvisor have ranked Vietnam third in their top 10 global adventure destinations.

 Around 81.76 million people have joined health insurance as of the end of August, or 87.25 percent of the population, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS). 

 The Vietnamese Women’s Museum is one of the top destinations in Hanoi. It gives visitors an insight into the Vietnamese culture through the lens, beauty and lives of Vietnamese women.

HCMC’s Department of Transport plans to set up three new compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations to meet refueling demand of CNG buses this year, according to the director of the department’s Public Transportation Management Centre.

Vietnam participates in embassy festival in Netherlands, HCM City hosts banquet to mark 73rd National Day, Ho Chi Minh museum opens in northern Thailand, National defence officials visit South Africa

 A programme was held at the My Dinh national stadium on September 2 evening to honour outstanding athletes of the Vietnamese sports delegation for their successes at the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia. 

 Credit growth in the first eight months of this year rose by 8.18 percent over the end of last year, the lowest level since 2015, a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed.

 Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, along with heavy losses in property, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

 The line-up for Southeast Asia’s biggest underground dance music festival has gotten even bigger.

 The UK Royal Navy's amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, commanded by Colonel Tim Neild, docked at the international port of Ho Chi Minh City on September 3, beginning its four-day goodwill visit to Vietnam.

 A large number of Koreans have demanded referee Kim Dae-yong to be banned following his poor performance in the Vietnam- United Arab Emirates (UAE) match at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Two siblings hired to sell heroin, Buddhist Vu Lan festival held in Czech Republic, Over 1,500 runners join Hue Half Marathon 2018, Over 38,600 people visits President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Import-export turnover hits over 308 billion USD in eight months, VinaCapital launches venture investment fund, Vietjet to attend Modetour Travel Mart 2018 in RoK, HCM City fights fake goods, trade fraud

Foreign real estate brokers, one after another, have landed in Vietnam to take advantage of a market that has been heating up in the last four years.

 Lawmakers should detail conditions, criteria and procedures for investors to benefit the country’s investment incentives, aiming to ensure the implementation of the policy more transparently and effectively.

Foreign investors have registered to pour tens of billion of dollars into the real estate market, but many projects are still on paper.

If solar power projects do not start prior to June 30, 2019, investors will not be able to sell electricity to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) at the price of 9.35 cent per kwh for 20 years, under a new decision.

Dr Trinh Quang Toan from the UC Davis University has introduced a technology that calculates precipitation, meteorology, hydrology and groundwater for real-time natural calamity forecasting in Vietnam.

Vocational schools all have reported an increasing number of enrollees in recent years. Unemployed university graduates are also going to vocational school.

 The government’s plans to improve the quality of FDI inflows have brought initial results with more foreign investors targeting to set up high-tech projects in the country.