Viet Nam's new import tariff, part of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) for 2016-18, has come into force.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Truong Manh Tien, Chairman of the Viet Nam Environmental Economics Society, speaks to the Suc khoe & Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper about the Ca Na steel mill

 A national badminton tournament is scheduled to kick off from September 20-24 in the northern province of Thai Binh.

 The last living musician of the Nguyen Dynasty (1908-1945), Lu Huu Thi, died of old age in his home in Hue on Thursday. He was 106.

 Vietnamese and Korean pianists and vocalists will host two concerts in the HCM City this week at the Conservatory of Music and the Opera House.

 Vietnamobile is in the process of expanding its 3G coverage to all 63 cities and provinces from the current 12.

 The Japanese language is being taught at some primary schools in Hanoi and HCM City, on a trial basis.

 A market management official was killed last night by a cigarette smuggler, while being on duty near Vam Co River in Long An Province.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has requested the Environment General Department and local People’s Committee to determine the cause of the fish kill-off in central Thanh Hoa Province.

 About 109 mahogany trees, 24 of which are ancient trees on Kim Ma Street (Hanoi), will either be relocated or cut down to make way for the metro line Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station. 

 Floods in Mekong Delta region become fewer

 Taiwan has informed Vietnam about a Taiwanese citizen who was diagnosed with Zika infection after returning from Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cai Luong Theatre will attend the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival, performing a cai luong show for the first time, in Nanning, Guangxi, from September 17 to 23.

 An international workshop was held in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on September 16 to seek ways to preserve and promote cultural heritage values during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).

  Vietnamese businesses which have never exported Siluriformes fish (catfish) products to the United States have been asked to temporarily stop registering exports to that country.

 Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy system capable of generating 1,930kW of power by treating 75 tonnes of industrial waste per day was launched in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son on September 16. 

 Customers should stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 immediately, said the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

 A delegation from the Vietnam Maritime Administration visited the crew abroad three foreign ships which have been abandoned by their owner – China-based Jumbo Sino Investment Development Ltd., on September 15-16. 

 Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen, who were released by Indonesia on September 14 after caught for illegal fishing in its seas, arrived in Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau safely on September 16.

 Japan will increase its engagement in the East Sea as part of efforts to maintain a rules-based maritime order in the sea, stated Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada.