A number of solutions have been proposed to build a tourism trademark for Hanoi, at a conference held on August 9 by the Hanoi municipal Party’s Committee.

 The Hanoi Forest Protection Department, in coordination with World Animal Protection, has recently completed a re-micro-chipping of over 200 captive bears on farms in Hanoi.

The KIDO Group Corporation (KDC) has announced that it will sell 14.8 per cent of its subsidiary KIDO Frozen Food (KDF), or 8.288 million shares, to strategic partners and employees. 

 Investors around Asia may share the same excitement about Vietnam’s M&A market, but their strategies are often quite different from one another.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that now is the the right time for the state to divest Sabeco shares because the shares are going for a good price.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Binh Dan Hospital in HCM City have performed the country’s first robotic surgery on a liver cancer patient.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked concerned organisations to investigate two consecutive breakdowns in which a train was derailed twice at Yen Vien Railway Station 

An abstract painting exhibition by artist Tran Nhat Thang, titled Mien Thanh Than (Serenity), has opened on 16 Trang Tien, in the capital city, marking Thang’s return after nearly 10 years. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-two sculptures in the themes of youth and love are on display at an exhibition in HCM City’s Van Thanh Tourist Park.

Humane Society International - Viet Nam (HSI - Viet Nam) is calling on the South African government to honour its commitment to protect rhinos by refusing permits for an auction of rhinoceros horns.

About $15-20 billion of state divestment, the strongly rising private sector, and a number of investment funds planning to divest, all of these promise to significantly contribute to the development of the sizable M&A market in Vietnam.

 No negotiations took place over Galaxy Cinema , says Galaxy Studio.

Vice chairman of the HCM City's District 1 People's Committee, Doan Ngoc Hai, believed that shadowy interest groups are making huge profits from businesses on local pavements.

 Complaints have continued about the waste water discharged directly onto Danang City’s beaches.

 People in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam are busy fishing when the flooding season has come.

 The opening of the Trinh Cong Son Pedestrian Street near the West Lake in Hanoi will be delayed until October due to opposition from local people.

 Total export turnover between Vietnam and ASEAN countries has increased seven-fold in the 20 years since Vietnam became a member of the bloc.

 Vietnamese music from the early 20th century will be honoured in the project “100 years of Vietnamese music” with a series of concerts at Tuoi Tre Theatre in Hanoi.

 Taxi firms are bristling over a draft regulation that will place greater restrictions over their operations in Hanoi.

 Authorities in the southern province of Ca Mau should accelerate the administrative reform process and offer the most beneficial policies for investors, business leaders have said.