The Hanoi Taxi Association have continued their vendetta against app-based taxis with a proposal to the municipal Department of Transport to ban their rivals from using roads traditional taxis can’t use.

 Events to be held in Hanoi and HCM City from September 25 to October 1.

 Many northern localities, including Quang Ninh, Haiphong and Hanoi are forecast to see heavy rains due to the impact of a tropical low pressure.

Vietnam’s northwestern region welcomes September and October with golden terraced rice fields. Here are some pictures of yellow season in Mu Cang Chai, Y Ty, and Hoang Su Phi taken by Le Viet Khanh.

 Vang Sin Phin, a musical maestro from the northern province of Lao Cai, has dedicated himself to collecting musical instruments and preserving the folklore melodies of his people.

Pork Summer Roll is a specialty of Da Nang that satisfies even the most demanding gourmet. Made from common meat such as pork, this dish has gained a universal reputation in Da Nang and many other regions in Vietnam.

The national and provincial solar power plans will be released next year, cutting some red tape for the wave of investors registering solar power projects in Vietnam following the introduction of a new feed-in-tariff.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has promulgated decision to conduct inspections at three loss-making projects under their management.

 Investors are shifting off blue chips and flirting with speculative stocks, making it more difficult to predict market trends.

Vietnam lost 1-3 to Australia in the final Group I match of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship Malaysia 2018 qualifier held in Ulaanbaatar on September 24.

 The Ministry of Finance has developed a draft circular that provides a general legal framework on the electronic trading activities at the stock market.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently recognised several new items as national intangible cultural heritage, raising the total number to 228. 

An increasing proportion of Vietnamese plan to buy a car in the last six months of 2017, catching up with other ASEAN countries, according to the quarterly Financial Times Confidential Research ASEAN Auto Purchase Index.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As Viet Nam’s wealth and population have increased, so, too, has something altogether less pleasant: the amount of the country’s waste.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a victory for turtle conservation efforts, about 421 baby turtles were released to the sea on Cham Island yesterday.

 Internet giants, including Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, are moving to compromise on several major policy issues as they adjust to an abrupt shift in the political winds in Washington.

Vietnam is in the ‘golden population period’ with a high number of working-age people, expected to last from 2010 to 2040. However, the quality of the labor force is not ‘golden’, say experts. 

 Models for Italian luxury group Salvatore Ferragamo strolled through a garden of daisies in the heart of Milan on Saturday evening to wrap up the city’s fourth day of fashion week.

 Germany’s Angela Merkel turns to the complex task of sounding out partners in a potentially fragile coalition after securing a fourth term as chancellor in Sunday’s election

The Foreign Ministry has taken measures to protect Vietnamese citizens in the Philippines after receiving reports that the Philippine coast guard force fired at fishing vessel PY 96173 TS of Phu Yen.