VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs to draw up a long-term plan to stop receiving ODA within 15-20 years, experts say. As of June this year, it is no longer receiving preferential loans from WB.

 Hometels are the latest innovation in Vietnam’s hospitality real estate sector and like those that came before face a number of risks yet also potential.

Local employees in the information technology (IT) sector will earn much higher salaries if they have a good command of foreign languages, according to survey results of job recruitment websites VietnamWorks and TopITworks. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new and privately owned Nui Nhan Tuong (classical drama) troupe has opened in Phu Yen Province’s Tuy Hoa City.  

 Conducting business online has never been so fruitful in Vietnam as now, but whether tax authorities can extract collections remains up for debate.

The decade-long partnership between Techcombank and HSBC is coming to an end.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Thai Kim Lan gave birth to her only daughter in Germany, she always connects it to the food, customs and smells of the motherland. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – “It has been five years since our surgery, but I feel like it was recent. I remember the day when I was hospitalized. You, with your loving thick glasses, were the first person I met. 

 Several ministries have expressed concern that the Metro Line No. 2 project in HCMC might make the country’s public debt soar as its cost has surged to about US$2.15 billion from the originally planned US$1.3 billion.

 The draft cyber information security law will be submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee this month, the Ministry of Public Security said on its website.

 Some top experts in payments, e-commerce and retail gave their insights into the future of online trading in Viet Nam at a two-day seminar in HCM City this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – School years throughout Viet Nam usually start with dry sermons by school principals and sombre school songs.

HCMC has set a target that 15-20 percent students of each educational institution in the city will use school bus by 2019-2020. However statistics show that the number of students using this service has been reducing. 

 The Ministry of Construction has proposed to the prime minister to give more funding to the National History Museum project which will cost a gigantic VND11.3 trillion (US$500 million).

At the peak of the ‘mining fever’, Quy Hop District in the central province Nghe An had hundreds of sites operational. Now, due to high production costs and consumption difficulties, many mining companies have shut down

 Vietnam is consistent in the employment of multilateral and multifaceted diplomacy to enhance traditional partnerships with Balkan States, including Serbia, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh’s visit to the Republic of Korea from September 6-9 was fruitful, contributing to enhancing defence cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK as well as regional countries.

 Vietnam always respects the relations and multifaceted cooperation with Tanzania and wants to further develop the ties between their two national assemblies, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Kim Doanh.

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Hoang Binh Quan, head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, visited Canada from September 5-8.

 Vietnam has substantial potential for wind energy and it's hoped that it will play an increasingly larger role in turning the country away from dependence on fossil fuels, said leading economist Pham Chi Lan.