Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will host “Shades of the Sounds”, a contemporary music concert by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble and Dong Kinh Co Nhac on September 8, 2018, starting at 8 p.m.

 The HCMC government is expected to convene a meeting next week to discuss a plan on banning motorcycles in the downtown area.

 Many people in Ho Chi Minh City who drop litter in public places and urinate in streets are likely to incur fines without realizing it after being caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV).

 Vietnamese-Australian superstar Van-Anh Nguyen will be a major attraction in the HBSO concert in the Saigon Opera House on September 9.

Authorities of Long An have just sent a proposal to the Ministry of Industry and Trade seeking approval for developing power plants using LPG instead of coal as suggested by the ministry and the consultant, a local official said.

 Investigators at the Ministry of Public Security have taken into custody four people of three private companies on charges of illegally importing secondhand products and waste into Vietnam.

At the Government’s monthly meeting, Cabinet members said despite complex geo-political and geo-economic developments in the past eight months, the country’s socio-economic indexes have reached the highest levels.

 An exhibition showcasing 50 Vietnamese folk paintings opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi on August 29, as an event to celebrate Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

  Vietnam welcomed over 10.4 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2018, up 22.8% against the same period of last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Vietnam’s Olympic football squad lost to the Republic of Korea (RoK) 1-3 during the semifinal match of the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia on August 29. 

 Industrial production expanded 11.2% while total trade volume reached US$308.07 billion in the first eight months this year, according to official statistics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Procuracy of Dak Nong Province has begun criminal proceedings against Bui Van Khang for abusing position and power while performing duties in the case relating to Phan Huu Phuong.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc is chairing the Government monthly meeting for August on August 30, focusing on the socio-economic performances in August and over the recent eight months of 2018. 

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 will take place in Ha Noi from September 11-13 under the theme "“ASEAN 4.0, entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” with topics in the interest of ASEAN Governments, businesses and people.

A head statue of Polish archaeologist and architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowski, known as ‘Kazik’, who significantly contributed to preserving many Vietnamese heritages, was presented to the Relics Preservation Institute

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Ngoc Thi’s most prized souvenir is the red neckerchief President Ho Chi Minh gave him.

An exhibition displaying old photos and documents relating to the fight of the Vietnamese people against French-Spanish coalition forces in Da Nang in 1858-60 opened at the Nghĩia Trung Hoa Vang

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that among 12 targets assigned by the National Assembly (NA) this year, eight are likely to be surpassed and the four others to be met. 

In an effort to prevent taxis from driving around to pick up passengers and causing traffic congestion, at the beginning of this month the HCM City authorities launched a pilot programme placing five taxi stands

 There has been great variations in small-scale banks’ bad debts performance in the first half of the year, with some showing great improvements, while others struggle to cope.