VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, total investment value in startups in SE Asia reached $1.5 billion, but less than $100 million was poured into Vietnam. 

Yesterday Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai held a press conference to give out official comments on the problematic equitisation of the state-owned Viet Nam Feature Film Studio

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won a double title yesterday at the Malaysian ninth ParaGames in Kuala Lumpur.

 The village of Ong Hao in northern Hung Yen Province has a national reputation for its tradition of making drums for the mid-autumn festival each year.

 Death Wish Coffee Co, a New York coffee maker that sells what it says is the “World’s Strongest Coffee,” is recalling cans of its Nitro Cold Brew because of the risk that some could contain the deadly toxin botulin.

 Apple Inc’s launch of iPhone 8 kicked off in a less lively mood in Asia, versus previous debuts, as fans held out for the premium iPhone X due out in early November.

 The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) wrapped up its 14th session in Hanoi, on September 21, following eight days of meetings.

 Deputy Director of the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center Le Thanh Hai said the weather agency has just updated operation of ENSO phenomenon and weather forecast in the last months of the year.  

 At present, the rate of Vietnamese kids aged 12 with asthma has reached at the highest level in the Asia, said the participants at the press brief in the central city of Da Nang on September 21.

The Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage Association (VBA) has requested the Ministry of Finance to withdraw its proposal to apply a special consumption tax of 10 or 20 percent on soft drinks.

FECON has raised the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to 75 per cent as the premise for its plan to raise chartered capital in the coming period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community is expected to open new markets for tourism, but Vietnam still cannot exploit the advantage. 

Viet Nam’s sizeable trade in wild birds is going unchecked and could harm wild populations if not managed, a new study by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC warns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The investigative police of Binh Dinh Province has detained two suspects over a recent destruction of more than 60ha of forest in An Lao District.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Nam will check on the illegal logging of 110ha of protected forest in Tien Phuoc District’s Tian Lanh Commune.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday reviewed the development of the marine economy along with national defence and security in 2011-16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The choirs representing districts 10 and 11 won the third HCM City Choir Festival that ended on Wednesday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Runners will go the distance in the Viet Nam Mountain Marathon (VMM) from September 22-24 in Sa Pa.

 SCG Concrete Roof Vietnam Ltd., a subsidiary of SCG Cement-Building Materials has become the first concrete roof tile manufacturer in Vietnam to be granted with three major certifications for its management system.

 The authorities in Hue City have started to restore an old wooden house for tourism.