VietNamNet Bridge – Recent building collapses in Ha Noi resulted from poor management and supervision by the State offices responsible for regulating construction, 

 Study ballet at the age of four, Meritorious Artist Ngo Thuy To Nhu has had up to 40 years experience keeping balance on her toes with ballet slippers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The 9th Thai Festival in Hanoi will be organized at the Thong Nhat Park on September 30 – October 1.

 As the sun sets on Japan’s solar energy boom, companies and investors are rushing into wood-burning biomass projects to lock in still-high government subsidies.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the People’s Committee of Hanoi to exert caution while planning the renovation of the Hanoi railway station.

 The People’s Court of Hanoi on September 29 sentenced Nguyen Xuan Son, former Director General of Ocean Bank, to death and Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, to life imprisonment. 

The total investment for the offshore fishing industry for the 2018-30 period has been projected to reach VNĐ42.2 trillion (US$1.87 billion). 

 A collision between a cargo train and a truck occurred on Thursday afternoon at a railway crossing in Canh Thuan Commune, Van Canh District, Binh Dinh Province, blocking traffic for hours.

The Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam has detected violations related to the project to convert 50,000ha of substandard forest area into rubber farms in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

 HCMC looks to develop medical tourism, Vietnam raises rice export target for 2017 amid rising orders, Thanh Cong Group partners with Hyundai, EU, promising market of Vietnamese chicken meat

 An Giang tax fraud trial begins, Wanted notice issued against CRB Company chairman, Hanoi on track to fulfil annual revenue target, VOV launches smart phone application for medical consultations

Hanoi made the top 10 on the world’s fastest travel destinations list with a 16.4% annual growth rate in the 2009-2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

 Those not having enough time on the weekend for a long trip could take note of the following destinations in HCMC.  

 The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet is presenting A Night of Ballet in the Saigon Opera House on Saturday, September 30. It contains a very varied program.

 More than 100 artists across the country has come together to sing a song giving a blessing to the stage’s ancestor by musician Nguyen Minh Anh.

 The first-ever German book stall was inaugurated at Fahasa bookstore at 42 Nguyen Hue Boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on September 29.

 Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first nine months of 2017 grew about 6.41 percent as compared to the same period last year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). 

VietNamNet Bridge - Though provincial real estate developers are less known than bigger firms in Hanoi, HCMC and Da Nang, they are rivals with powerful financial capability.

The Mid-Autumn Festival programme officially opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, in Hanoi on September 28, as part of the activities to promote the world heritage values of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.

Ambassador Tran Thi Hoang Mai, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to the UNESCO, presented her credentials to UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova at the organisation’s headquarter in Paris, France, on September 28.