The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its fourth meeting on October 3 to prepare for the legislature’s second session scheduled to begin on October 20.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 30 paid a courtesy visit to President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw as part of her official visit to Myanmar and attendance of AIPA-37 in Nay Pyi Taw.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has thanked Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Martin Chungong, for his help to the Vietnamese NA in building the new Constitution.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called for bringing AIPA forward on the back of the solid foundation it has built over the past four decades in her speech at the first plenary session of the 37th General Assembly of AIPA yesterday. 

 The Vietnam Web Summit (VWS) 2016 will kick off in HCM City on October 22.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), the largest mobile phone distribution chain, shut down its 22 shops at Big C Vietnam after the retailer fell into Thai hands. Cdiscount, an e-commerce website, will stop operation from December 31.

 The sight of people crawling along Da Nang beach on their stomachs in the early morning draws the attention of passers-by. It is all part of the novel free exercise classes being run by 33-year-old Do Quang Anh to improve his community’s health. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Van Ba, who has lived on the Son Islet in the middle of the Hau (Rear) River for nearly 50 years, fears that he will have no choice to move to the mainland as erosion is destroying his farmland.

Before the mid-20th century, Non ba tam and other hats with big rims were common in the literature, photos and art from Northern Vietnam, however, since 1940 they have all but been replaced by the ubiquitous conical hat,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A longtime resident of Hang Chieu Street, 75-year-old Nguyen Van Loi has for many years maintained the daily habit of walking around the Old Quarters for exercise.

 VietNamNet Bridge – House address chaos in Ha Noi will be completely solved this year, according to a decision from municipal authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tewfic El-Sawy just published his first book of colour photographs, Hau Dong: The Spirit Mediums of Viet Nam, an outgrowth of his passionate interest in indigenous religions and cults.

 Abortion rate in Vietnam highest in Asia, Over 19,000 Vietnamese jobs lost to Formosa mass fish deaths, Scarce water resources threaten Phu Quoc tourism, HCMC seeks to ease waste treatment pressure

VietNamNet Bridge - The Southern Food Corporation, also known as Vinafood 2, one of two of Vietnam's largest rice exporters, has reported an accumulative loss of VND1 trillion. 

Here are some great images taken by amateur photographer Manh Hung of the quiet foggy rivers, peaceful rice fields, and other landscapes of the Central Highlands region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Opera director Nguyen Phi Phi Anh will soon launch his opera project titled Hope with 35 shows at the L’Espace on 24 Trang Tien Street.

Ministry proposes publicizing State budget reports, VNDirect Securities: Economic policies to be loosened, HCMC customs sees year’s tax target as obtainable, PVN to step up oil extraction, Housing stimulus package disbursement exceeds 86 percent

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government of Viet Nam continues to stress tourism’s key role in the country’s socio-economic development, and it hopes that sports and athletics will help play a big part in doubling the tourism industry’s future growth.

The HCM City authorities have set specific goals and decided to apply more serious measures in the action plan to reduce flooding in the 2016-2020 term with hopes of eliminating many ‘hot spots’. The plan is estimated to cost VND97.3 trillion.

 Hydropower-related incidents cause heavy losses