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War correspondent's memoir published

 The memoir of a 75-year-old Vietnamese-French woman, Tran To Nga, who was correspondent for the Liberation News Agency, the predecessor of the Vietnam News Agency, was released in HCM City on August 30.

US Secretary of State congratulates Vietnam on National Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has extended a message of congratulations to the Vietnamese Government and people on Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

Phu Quoc set to live up to its special economic zone status

With its advantages fully recognised, the southern “emerald island” of Phu Quoc off of Kien Giang Province is set to live up to its title of a special administrative-economic zone.

Shopping in Hanoi Old Quarter for Mid-autumn Festival

When autumn comes, Hang Ma Street in Hanoi Old Quarter is bustling with the selling and buying of Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes, traditional handmade lanterns and other toys.

HCM City to auction investment packages in Vietnam’s largest stadium

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee will organise an auction to select investors for Vietnam’s largest stadium of 50,000 seats at Rach Chiec sports complex in the second city's District 2.

HCM City launches first ‘food street’ for local vendors

 VietNamNet Bridge – After months of anticipation, the first official “food street” in HCM City opened on Monday (August 28) in District 1.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/9

Unofficial fees being charged at Dinh Vu Port, Experts: Production chains vital for pork industry, Vegetable exports in August hit nearly US$300 million, Over 700 businesses to attend Int’l Travel Expo HCM City

Sugar mills await policies to produce electricity from bagasse

VietNamNet Bridge - The amount of bagasse, a sugarcane byproduct, that Vietnamese throw away every year could be used to generate billions of kwh of electricity.

Education Ministry’s decision on suspending online competitions stirs controversy

Many people have supported MOET's decision to temporarily stop Math and English competitions because they think the competition puts pressure on teachers and students, while others believe it would be unreasonable to remove them.

Land in Hanoi’s old quarters as expensive as gold

VietNamNet Bridge - The land price in old quarters is quoted at nearly VND1 billion per square meter, but few plots are available for sale.

Inky-black waste water polluting My Khe sea near Da Nang

VietNamNet Bridge - A clip on Facebook showing dark waste water flowing into the My Khe sea near Da Nang has shocked the public. 

New ’ginseng’ revitalizes highlands commune

The early onset of the monsoon has prompted ethnic minority residents of Ngoc Lay Commune in the Central Highlands to look for faster ways to cultivate duong quy.

Indian monks brought Buddhism to Vietnam

As Vietnam and Indian developed ties in the third century, Buddhist monks played a major role in cementing the relationship.

Tool eases cassava uprooting

A secondary school student, Vo Hoang Khanh, from Thua Thien-Hue Province, has designed an agricultural tool that allows farmers to easily uproot the cassava plant during harvest.

VN to make $835 million on radical divestment bout

The Vietnamese government continues to publicise the portfolio of investment assets to be restructured. This time, it laid out the detailed list of state-owned enterprises marked for divestment during the 2017-2020 period. 

Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology

A conference took place in Thua Thien – Hue on August 31 to discuss the protection and resilience of the marine ecosystem in the waters in the four central regions that suffered from mass fish deaths last year.

State budget collection hits $27bil. in eight months

 The total State budget collection hit upwards $27 billion in the first eight months this year, meeting 64.4 percent of the yearly estimate and rising by 10.8 percent annually.

Social News 31/8

 Many works open to traffic in HCMC, HCMC calls for private investors to remove houses along canals, Da Nang runs pilot safe food management program, Continuous activities held to mark National Day

English teachers need to be culturally sensitive

Teaching and learning a foreign language is not easy. If the teachers themselves began learning the language late in their lives, and if they learnt it from non-native speakers, the task becomes even more difficult.

Internet traffic insignificantly affected by undersea cable rupture

The rupture of two undersea cable lines Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and Intra-Asia (IA) in waters off Hong Kong’s coast on August 28 has insignificant impacts on Internet traffic in Vietnam, said domestic Internet service providers.