Authorities in Hanoi have awarded $100,000 to the winner of the contest to seek solutions for the city’s traffic problems.

Local designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has recently introduced his latest Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) collection at the Couture Fashion Week in New York.

 Authorities in Quang Ninh will clear 225 beach houses popular with tourists on the Co To Islands, saying they were illegally built by local people.

 A whirlwind triggered by heavy rains on the evening of September 11 blew away the roofs of 130 houses and uprooted many trees in the district of Huong Khe, central Ha Tinh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As Viet Nam develops its thermal power plant system to meet increasing energy demands, the country faces a new environmental risk arising from the waste generated by those plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In recent years, Ha Noi City has relegated aspects of food safety oversight to local-level governments. The implementation, however, has not always gone according to plan.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of changes in key personnel in some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are not expected to affect the enterprises’ production and business, experts say.

 Overall, the global tea market continues to grow steadily, with an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) retail volume of 4.2% through 2022, according to a recent marketing report by IMARC Group.

 Police of Muong Nhe district, northern mountainous province of Dien Bien broke six drug trafficking cases from Laos to Vietnam with seven suspects arrested on September 11.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially set up a legal entity in Viet Nam to support its customers using the company’s products, an AWS representative said at a conference last week. 

 Airline passengers will have to pay more for tickets starting October 1 when the Ministry of Transport starts applying increased airport service charges to cover investment costs of the airport system and raise service quality. 

 The National Assembly Standing Committee opened their 14th session on Monday, with discussion centred on the draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units, which will be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in October.

 A new exhibition shows audiences the perspectives of eight photographers from France and Viet Nam on contemporary dance in the two countries.

 Vietnamese athlete Le Tu Chinh, who has emerged as the queen of sprint of the Southeast Asian (SEA) region, will undergo training in the United States this year.

 An international rugby 10-a-side tournament, the Saigon Rugby 10s, will be held at the RMIT University, District 7, HCM City on September 16-17.

Two years ago, the public was intrigued with the biggest deal in the history of Vietnam’s confectionery industry when Mondelēz International announced its M&A deal with Kinh Do snack business.

 Torrential rains are forecast to continue plaguing the northern region after flooding Ha Giang, Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang provinces over the past several days, affecting people’s lives and blocking traffic for hours.

 Experts voiced real concern over safety and legal status of e-money since Bitcoin, a form of cryptography-based e-money, is believed to potentially cause risks for users due to its highly volatile value.

 A delegation of 142 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities left Ho Chi Minh City on September 11 for the ninth ASEAN Paralympic Games in Malaysia in the next days.

 The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) organised the 2017 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Incident Drill (ACID) in Hanoi on September 11.