In the 39-degree Celsius heat of a summer day, carpenters in the craft village of Minh Duc in Phu Tho Province diligently chop up large wooden logs to make furniture in their home-based wood workshops.

The government’s new incentives for the renewable energy sector have triggered interest but limitations remain.

A new draft law allowing longer foreign leaseholds of property in special economic zones should give a further boost to the real estate market.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has approved a plan to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in Binh Minh Plastics (BMP) to 100 percent. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tennis Championship – Vietravel Cup 2017 will be held on October 2-12 at HCM City’s Phu Tho Club.

The best dance performances by Vietnamese and international artists won gold medals at the closing ceremony of the International Dance Festival in the northern province of Ninh Binh last Friday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thu Vong Nguyet, the biggest cultural event celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival, will be held at Ha Noi’s Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from September 29 to October 1. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Trade and Industry has confirmed mistakes and wrongdoings were found in personnel appointments at the Viet Nam National Chemical Group (Vinachem).

The Ha Noi People’s Committee has approved a project to upgrade the capital’s old railway station and surrounding areas into a Japanese-style modern urban depot surrounded by buildings of up to 70 stories. 

MICE tourism should become a staple of Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector, as the lucrative business brings added value and contributes to the city’s sustainable development, experts said.

Red Cross Society in district 8 installs medicine cabinets, HCM City seeks urgent solutions to congestion at major port, Child from Central Highlands dies of Japanese B encephalitis, Patient with V-line surgery complications in poor condition

 Registered capital of new enterprises surges in first nine months, IDICO to launch IPO next month, WB offers Vietnam US$4 billion loans, HCMC sees upsurge in registered capital of new enterprises

Foreign visitors are impressed by the stunning landscapes and inhabitants of the north-western region while joining the Vietnam Mountain Marathon in Sapa on September 22-29.

Greenpeace activists boarded a ship arriving in Britain on Thursday to stop the delivery of more than 1,000 Volkswagen cars from Germany while others sought to immobilise vehicles at a port in anti-diesel protests.

 The seventh Khmer Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival will be held in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu from November 11-19, according to the organising board.

VASEP Marine Product Committee and Vietnamese seafood processors and exporters on September 25 promised to implement the EU’s demands on fighting IUU fishing and the national action plan to combat IUU fishing.

 Vietnam welcomed more than 9.4 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 28.4 percent.

Vietnam’s trade deficit in the year to mid-September had substantially narrowed down to a mere US$701 million, equivalent to 0.5% of export revenue, owing to better export performance in recent months.

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group announced it will invest 100 billion yuan over five years to build a global logistics network and also take control of a $20 billion unit, 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon chaired a meeting in New York on September 22, where they discussed the upcoming Vietnam visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.