VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of a database on geological conditions underground is the biggest setback for planners of the capital city’s transport system.

The Biodiversity Conservation Centre of GreenViet, an NGO in Da Nang, will launch a warning application for smart phone users to alert of violations against animals and vegetation in the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

 Construction workers in the northern province of Thanh Hoa discovered a 1m-long, 30cm-diameter bomb buried in the ground while building an asphalt road in Ham Rong Ward on Monday.

Thang Long, Nhat Tan, Long Bien, Chuong Duong, Vinh Tuy and Thanh Tri are six most important bridges in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese artist Linh Huyen has been nominated as the Goodwill Ambassador at the EG3 Paris film festival 2018.

 More Australian students will head to Vietnam in 2018 to study and undertake work placements under the New Colombo Plan mobility programme, announced the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.

 Vietnam's shipping group Vinalines are looking to keep holding at least 65% of the chartered capital in large-scale seaports in Haiphong, Danang, and Saigon, which are considered geese that lay golden eggs.

 Old Navy, one of the famous brands under Gap Inc. from the US, officially opened its first store in Hanoi at a prime location in Vincom Nguyen Chi Thanh.

 Vietnam’s biggest air carrier Vietnam Airlines will finalise the schedule to auction call options over 57.8 million shares before the end of the third quarter of 2017.

 Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam won the 14th IGB Dato Arthur Tan International Open Chess Championship 2017, which closed on Monday in Malaysia.

 Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao will be awarded the Vassilis Sgoutas Prize by the International Union of Architects (UIA) at a ceremony held in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday.

 The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on Monday declared state of natural disasters level 1 (the lowest level) due to land erosion.

 The PAN Food empire marches on: the company just announced its successful acquisition of Bibica Corporation with 50.07 per cent of total share ownership.

 It’s expected to be a strong September on the local stock market, as investors are maintaining confidence after positive economic data in August and a period of prolonged net buying by foreign traders.

 Savills: Da Nang real estate in good shape in 1H, CGV opens 50th cinema in Vietnam, Import taxes on auto parts may be cut, Tourists to Ca Mau increase by 11 percent in eight months

 The government plans to sell 53.59 per cent of its shares in the country’s largest brewery Sai Gon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco).

 Handling super small and skinny houses in Hanoi remains a headache for local officials.

 Hanoi’s People’s Committee recently issued regulations on basement areas for parking at new construction projects in the inner city, part of the effort to tackle the severe parking space shortage.

Techcombank has no foreign stakeholder following HSBC Bank plc’s divestment in July, and has requested shareholders to approve zero foreign ownership temporarily.

 Credit growth rate in the first eight months of 2017 has been estimated at 11.5 per cent compared to the end of 2016, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reported.