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2018 VFW Spring-Summer honours traditional material

 The Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2018, to be held at Vietnam Television's studio S14 in Hanoi, from September 29 to October 2, will introduce collections that are made entirely from traditional materials from Vietnam.

Mobifone beats Viettel in 4G speed tests

 The 4G download speed of Mobifone, one of the three major mobile carriers in Vietnam, is slightly faster than that of Viettel, according to test results announced by the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

HCMC rejects information on termination of bus rapid transit project

Head of the Office of HCM City's People Committee Vo Van Hoan has affirmed that the city does not have a policy to suspend the building of the first-ever bus rapid transit line, which runs along Vo Van Kiet and Mai Chi Tho avenues.

Heavy incentives prerequisite to North-South Expressway

 To complete the construction of an approximately 700-kilometre section of North-South four-lane expressway in the east, worth VND130.2 trillion ($5.7 billion) by 2020, specific policies to attract foreign and domestic investments are necessary.

Four Vietnamese ads in YouTube Top 10 in Asia-Pacific

 Vinamilk heads list of Top 10 advertisements in region over last 12 months.

Savills: Vietnam's office rentals still modest in region

Vietnam's real estate market sees solid performance in office segment, according to latest Savills report.

Surgeons remove 10kg tumour from a woman's leg

 Pham Thi Lan, a woman from Nam Sach, Hai Duong Province, had lived with a 10kg tumour for 39 years.

Hanoi: Man killed by restaurant dumbwaiter

 A young man has been killed after being stuck in a restaurant dumbwaiter lift in Hanoi.

Paintings highlight struggle between Vietnamese and foreign brands

The domination of many foreign companies in the Vietnamese market has been featured in funny paintings by a local blogger, attracting great attention from the public.

In France, Snap's Discover news feature gets 10 million monthly users

Snap Inc, searching for ways to reinvigorate a slowing growth rate and increase advertising revenue for its Snapchat messaging app, said this week it has racked up 10 million users for its Discover news and video feature

109 food poisoning patients released from central hospital

 A hundred and nine food poisoning patients in the central province of Thanh Hoa were released from a local hospital on Wednesday.

Top ten honeymoon resorts in Vietnam

The global travel site TripAdvisor has listed the top ten resorts in Vietnam that foreign newlyweds often choose for their honeymoon destination.

Vietnam's Liem, Son win blitz event at AIMAG

 Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son brought home the last gold medal for the Vietnam delegation in the men’s team’s blitz chess category at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which concluded in Turkmenistan on September 27.

Rapper Suboi appears on L'Officiel Singapore fashion magazine

 Vietnamese rapper Suboi has appeared on the cover of L'Officiel Singapore fashion magazine in October.

US tightening anticipated minor impact on inward remittances

 US President Donald Trump’s announcement of tightening control over money outflows from the US, gave rise to concerns over possible impacts on inward remittance flows to Vietnam. Financial expert Huynh Trung Minh scrutinises the issue.

More Vietnamese using electronic payments: Visa

 Vietnamese consumers are continuing to embrace electronic payments making 38 per cent more transactions in the year ended June 2017, Visa said in a release on September 27.

KB acquires Vietnamese securities firm for US$33mil

 KB Securities is set to acquire Viet Nam’s Maritime Securities for about 37.8 billion won (US$33.16 million), according to news reports on September 27.

Consumer lending potential in VN untapped: experts

 Researchers at Vietnam National University (VNU) on Wednesday presented results of a consumer lending survey showing that the majority of Vietnamese people have never used a consumer loan.

WHO reports 25 million unsafe abortions a year, sees higher risk from U.S. cutbacks

 Nearly half of the estimated 56 million abortions performed worldwide every year are unsafe and women in poor countries face even higher risks due to U.S. funding cuts to family planning programs abroad,

Equitisation progress disappointing

 The Ministry of Finance has said that efforts to equities State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been hamstrung by a lack of accountability and bottlenecks in defining enterprises’ asset value.