Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chair of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Bernd Lange discussed the signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement during their meeting in Hanoi on September 14.

 Vietnam is stepping up the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and wants foreign investors to pay attention to this area, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on September 14.

The Communist Party of Vietnam always treasures traditional friendship with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), said Politburo member Nguyen Van Binh.

 Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam suggested Vietnam and Cambodia join hands in aquaculture when visiting Kampong Chhnang, one of the five Cambodian provinces adjacent to Tonle Sap Lake. 

Among the most five impressive paintings Ha Phuong, a 10-year-old girl, has created, the “Mua nguoc” (upside down rain) was gifted for charity in her first exhibition. The painting was also sold for 267 USD 

 The national weather forecasting centre upgraded the Typhoon Doksuri barreling toward Vietnam from level 11 to 12 (of 18), with winds at its eye expected to reach 150km per hour.

 Around 130 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, Tra Vinh province possesses rich potential in both natural landscapes and culture and is considered as an attractive destination for visitors to the Southwest region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Irrigation reservoirs throughout the country, capable of containing 13.5 billion cubic meters, are now being called ‘water bombs’, threatening people in lowland areas. 

Dr Le Van Tri, who has dozens of patents, is a businessman who leads a conglomerate with annual revenue of hundreds of billions of dong. He is loyal to one principle: doing business on the basis of his research work.

VietNamNet Bridge - Easing the lending interest rate further by 0.5 percent and obtaining a high credit growth rate of 21-22 percent as instructed by the PM will not be an easy task.

VietNamNet Bridge - A recent report shows that 50 percent of titled professors and PhDs are working at state management agencies. 

A recent exhibition in Ha Noi brings audiences the work of eight photographers from France and Viet Nam who have shot images of contemporary dancers in the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young man from northern Son La Province has travelled to Israel to learn modern farming techniques and apply them to his homeland.

 A celebrity-packed telethon for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma raised some $44 million, organizers said on Wednesday, after more than 130 stars including George Clooney, Beyonce, Oprah Winfrey 

The administration of the central city of Da Nang has failed to comply with the Prime Minister’s request for detailed plans to resolve the clash between the need to preserve the Son Tra Nature Reserve 

VietNamNet Bridge - After separating from HSBC, Techcombank plans to spare no room for foreign investors, and VP Bank, which has been prospering in the last four years, is no longer eager to seek foreign partners.

 Banks cool but VN-Index hits new peak, Aluminium extrusion, galvanised steel escape Australia's anti-subsidy duties, Supplier Day 2017 organised in HCM City, Cotton Day event opens in HCM City

Pacific Angel 2017 comes to central Quang Nam province, Can Tho, Hiroshima cooperate in environment treatment, Thai Embassy aids flood-hit northern provinces, Young Vietnamese, Cambodian military officers hold exchange

 Doksuri, the biggest storm to hit Vietnam in many years, is forecast to make landfall in the central region late on September 15 and early September 16, said Hoang Duc Cuong, head of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Vietnamese airlines have announced their plans to increase airfares to resellers after an airport service price increase, which is set to come into effect from Oct. 1, following the Ministry of Transport's approval.