Weightlifter Hoang Tan Tai brought home a bronze medal, the last medal for the Vietnam delegation, from the final competition day of the Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia today.

 Miss Vietnam 2016’s first runner-up Huynh Thi Thuy Dung will compete at Miss International 2017, to be in November in Japan.

 Artist Le Thuy will show her silk paintings at a solo exhibition in ION Art Gallery,  Singapore, from September 1 to 24.

 Two cats, a 1979 lacquer painting by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Sang, has fetched US$101,000 at the 6th session of Chon’s Auction House in the capital city. 

 Hanoi’s Department of Transport has proposed to make it compulsory for all taxi transport businesses to use a common taxi operating software from July 1, 2018.

 Doctors from Paediatric Hospital No 2 and Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City have collaborated and successfully separated 13-month-old conjoined twins who were joined below the torso.

 The Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security will prosecute Dao Tan Cuong, a resident of Da Nang City’s Hai Chau District, for threatening to murder an official.

 Hundred couples who work at the city’s numerous factories will hold a group wedding on September 2,  organised by the Young Employee Assistance Centre (YEAC).

 The HCM City Music Centre, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a special music and song programme on Saturday in the Ben Thanh Theatre to mark the 8th anniversary of Vietnam Music Day, September 3.  

 National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty paid an official visit to Iran from August 28-30.

Athletics athletes’ achievements at the SEA Games 29 have lived up to expectations and made up for other sports participated in by Vietnam, said Tran Duc Phan, who headed the Vietnamese team at the event.

The 5th Vietnam-Japan defence policy dialogue took place in Nha Trang city on August 30 under the co-chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and his Japanese counterpart Manabe Ro.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ministries, departments and localities to concentrate on addressing administrative procedure problems, especially removing tax and fee burdens imposed on businesses.

 Singapore is always an important partner of Vietnam during its development process, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Nguyen Tien Minh at a meeting on August 29 to mark Vietnam’s 72nd National Day.

 SEA Games 29: Final medal tally

 Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have approved a proposal from the city’s Department of Transport to pilot a technology app for car parking in District 1 over a three-month period.

 E-commerce revenue in Vietnam is forecast to reach $2.1 billion this year and with annual growth of 6.5 per cent is expected to hit $4 billion in 2021, according to Statistic Portal.

 Nghi Son refinery and petrochemical complex’s preparations for its debut in the fourth quarter of 2017 have been completed, so the complex is in a rush to finish all minor remaining tasks for a perfect launch on time.

Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG)’s shareholders agreed with an 85.93 per cent approval rate to spend VND2.5 trillion ($110 million) on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the coming period.

The failing state-funded Dinh Vu polyester plant will be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy if foreign investors refuse to co-operate with PVTEX to revise the plant’s operations.