HCM City has proposed that the Ministry of Construction not allow the development of commercial apartments with area less than 45sq.m.

 The Ministry of Construction will submit a plan to the Prime Minister on promoting stable and healthy development of the local real estate market in this year’s fourth quarter.

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged seafood processors, importers and exporters to participate in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

 Cantho Catfish beat defending champions Danang Dragons 76-68 in their Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA) League match on home turf in the southern province of Cantho on September 15.

A festival for fans of rock, hiphop and street arts will be held tomorrow at Hanoi Creative City.

 The first exhibition in HCM City to feature photographs of female nudes opened yesterday at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

Together with Pham Nhat Vuong, four other businesspeople who head powerful conglomerates in important business fields are expected to make influential contributions to the Vietnam economy in the future.

 Ethnic Khmers in the Mekong Delta provinces have received congratulations and support from authorities on the occasion of the upcoming Sen Donta Festival on September 19-21.

 Located some 30km east of Mekong Delta city of Soc Trang, Tran De District is well-known for its mud flats that span over dozens of kilometres. 

 Police in this central province have arrested a man for operating a ring that smuggled some 50kg of explosive material to process bombs in Tam Ky District.

Parents of more than 40 Dao-ethnic students at Tran Boi Co Primary School in Dak Mol Ward, Dak Song District rent houses near schools for their children to stay while they study.

 Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, caused five deaths and dozens of injuries in six hours in Vietnam yesterday.

 More people will receive legal aid following changes to the Law on Legal Assistance.

 The latest instructions from the State Bank of Vietnam require credit institutions and commercial banks in Vietnam to strictly comply with the bank's regulations on mobilising capital in foreign currencies.

 Vietnam has been voted one of the 20 most beautiful countries in the world by readers of Rough Guides, the renowned British travel site.

 Accessing discerning markets is the main issue facing the Vietnamese tea sector although this product has a lot of opportunities abroad.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong attended a meeting of the Executive Board of the 38th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the Philippines.

 Vietnam is working towards becoming a destination for startup businesses in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region.

 Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, is forecast to move towards central Laos and weaken to a low pressure in the next six hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade and the Vietnamese Government have agreed that they have to make concerted efforts for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in the next eight or nine months.