Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam will open the 26th Couture Fashion Week New York with his Golden Lotus Ao Dai Collection on September 8. The collection showcases traditional Vietnamese costumes with a rendering of images

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and seven others were injured during a landslide in the northern province of Yen Bai’s Tram Tau District late Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land use efficiency in cities in Viet Nam remains low due to delayed projects, unused houses and improper land use planning, 

Quang Loi Lagoon, about 30km in the north of Hue city, is part of the Tam Giang lagoon system. It covers almost 800ha in Quang Loi commune of Quang Dien district, central Thua Thien-Hue province.

 A film festival will be held in five big cities in Vietnam from September 6-16, screening new German movies including the award-winning 24 Weeks.

Vietnam’s health insurance fund is forecast to struggle with an enormous deficit of $434.8 million this year, according to a newly released information from the Vietnam Social Insurance (VSI).

 Retail U.S. gasoline prices surged to two-year highs on Friday and global shipping routes were scrambled, even as some U.S. oil refineries began restarting in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Whenever a new year approaches, low-income workers start to fret about finding schools, tuition fees, and arranging to drop off and collect their children at school. 

 Cross-ownership in Vietnamese banks will be controlled with stringent new regulations.

 A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is attending the 20th Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada from September 4-6. 

 The Coast Guard ship Badaro of the Republic of Korea (RoK) docked at Tien Sa port on September 4 for a four-day trip to the central city of Da Nang.

The Vietnam-Laos Youth Friendship Meeting 2017 will be held from September 5-9 in Vietnam as part of a cooperation agreement between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union.

 Fifty-eight people died and 58 others were injured in traffic accidents nationwide during the three-day holiday.

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s official visit to Vietnam from September 6-7 is expected to usher in a new chapter in the bilateral relationship, according to Egypt’s Al Messa daily on September 3.

 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on September 2 posted a status on his Facebook praising the patriotism and nationalism of late President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate him on the occasion of his 48th death anniversary.

 Vietnam’s total output of caught fish in the first eight months of 2017 reached nearly 2.3 million tonnes, up 3.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Destructive human activities have put coral reefs, sea grass beds and many other marine species off Ly Son Island at risk, with local authorities urged to make more efforts to preserve the unique ecosystem.

According to the International Labour Organisation, it is estimated that there will be some 86,000 unemployed labourers in the textile and garment industry due to changes brought by the fourth industrial revolution.

 The mossy and riddled with posters streets in Dong Khe hamlet seems to have a new coat, becoming the most beautiful in the area thanks to an array of large scale and colourful murals.

 About six to eight storms and low pressures are forecast to operate in the East Sea in the rest of the year, with two or three of them directly affecting Vietnam, especially the central region.