Many visitors on Saturday took a tour of the French consul general’s heritage residence in HCMC’s District 1 to gain an insight into the nearly-150-year-old building in the heart of the city.

 Banks in Vietnam are to be classified into five rating categories, A (Excellent), B (Good), C (Average), D (Bad), and E (Weak), the State Bank of Vietnam plans in a draft circular on issuing ratings for credit institutions and foreign banks.

In cancer treatment, next-generation and expensive drugs do not always mean the best therapies for patients, according to Nguyen Le, a physician at Military Hospital 103.

VietNamNet Bridge - Increasing the localization ratio in industrial products and becoming more involved in the global production and supply chain are the top concerns of Vietnamese enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge - A survey of lecturers’ incomes has found that 70 out of 984 lecturers at the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities are paid less than VND4 million a month.

 There has and continues to be broad support and a large degree of talk focused on creating a unified, national brand for produce of Vietnamese agriculture, says the Ministry of Finance.

 Thanh Chiem bastion in Quang Nam province has been officially recognized as a national relic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A home delivery, home-cooking service has started up in Ha Noi. All you need to do is pick up the phone and deliver an order.

 Many farmers in Vietnam's largest dairy farming area in HCM City have changed to selling beef instead due to its profitability.

Nguyen Anh Tuan, head of Viet Nam’s National Productivity Institute, tells the Kinh te & Do Thi newspaper that business managers should play a leading role in increasing labour productivity.

 Lady Gaga on Monday called off the European leg of her world tour, saying she was suffering from severe physical pain and was seeking medical treatment.

 The United States will concentrate its resources on 13 countries with high levels of HIV that have the best chance of controlling the AIDS epidemic under a strategy unveiled on Tuesday.

 Apple Inc’s newest operating system for iPhones and iPads introduces changes to its marketplace for third-party software to satisfy app developers and add new so-called augmented reality apps.

 Country singer Thomas Rhett’s latest album debuted at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, leading six new entries in the top 10.

Although the amount of remittance flows into HCM City in the first eight months of 2017 slightly increased compared to the same period last year, it is forecasted that the city’s overseas remittances might still decrease by the end of the year.

 Switzerland’s financial watchdog has closed down what it said was the provider of a fake cryptocurrency and is investigating around a dozen other possible fraud cases, in the latest clamp-down on the risks involving virtual money.

Unilever and P&G alone hold up to 80 percent of the domestic detergent market, pocketing huge profits.

 Vietnam spends $174 million on auto import per month, Vietnam not export various sand, Shares maintain upward trend, Rubber exports surge in first eight months, Investment promotion forum held in Brussels

 Tougher administrative punishments for flood prevention and control violators, 5-alarm fire tears through high rise office building in Hanoi, HCM City cops arrest petrol thieves at Nhà Bè Petroleum General Depot

Around 800 local and international traffic experts and policymakers shared vision and discussed action programmes for safe, green and integrated transport at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City.