Vietnam won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the first day of the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017) in Turkmenistan on September 18.

 The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games kicked off in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabat on September 17 where Vietnam aims to rank between the 13th and the 15th place in the medal standings.

An international Hardware and Hand Tools exhibition in Vietnam in 2017 is scheduled to take place from December 6-9 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The 14th Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on September 21-22 to discuss orientations to expand humanitarian cooperation in the region.

 Swimmer Vi Thi Hang broke ASEAN Para Games record in the women’s 100m Freestyle event on September 18, winning the first gold medal for Vietnam at this year’s games.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team rose four places in the latest FIFA rankings to No. 130 in the world and second in the Southeast Asian region, behind the Philippines.

 Two naval ships from the Republic of Korea (RoK) carrying 633 officers and sailors arrived in the Tien Sa port on September 18 to start a four-day official visit to the central city of Da Nang.

 Vietnam will face Cambodia in the opening match of Group I of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Championship 2018 qualifying round on September 20 in Mongolia.

 The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has two more heritages named in the list of national intangible cultural heritages, raising its total to six.

Vietnam determines to transform from a consumer to a provider of future technologies and services, ready to stay at the front door of the fourth industrial revolution, according to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Dai Duong.

 The Vietnam National Space Centre under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed an agreement on satellite data exchange in Hanoi on September 18.

 Storm Doksuri leaves 121 dead and injured

  Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and Vice President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen have agreed to facilitate all-level visits, particularly the Vietnam visit by President of the European Council Donald Tusk. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has assured Liu Yunshan, Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee that Vietnam attaches special importance to ties with China. 

 The Vietnamese weightlifting team seized two gold medals and broke two records at the ongoing 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 18.

Ministers and senior officials from all the 10 ASEAN member states gathered at the second ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) in Singapore on September 18 to seek measures against cyber attacks.

Shopee has become the most popular shopping application in Vietnam after one year of launching. Mr. Pine Kyaw, Managing Director of Shopee Vietnam, talked with VietNamNet about the success story of Shopee Vietnam.

After a quiet time, theatres in the northern area have been revitalised with well-loved plays. From August, artists from Hanoi’s top five theatres have performed their typical plays at the city’s Opera House.

Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Xuan Anh has been found to “hold the main responsibility” for multiple violations by the Party Committee’s Standing Board during the 2015-2020 tenure.

 Vegetarianism is widely applied by a large number of religious people, especially Buddhist followers. Nowadays, not only as a religious belief, vegetarianism has become a choice as a healthy way of eating.