Saigon Classical will host a “Recollection” concert featuring pieces by world’s great composers like Bach, Haydn, Brahms and Chopin, and local composers Nguyen Thanh Nhut and Hoang Cuong on September 17 at the HCMC Southern Women’s Museum.

 A possible causal link between air pollution and Alzheimer's disease has been suggested by scientists after they conducted detailed studies of brain tissue, in a joint British-Mexican project.

A female customer in Hanoi is preparing to sue Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) for transferring VND4 billion (USD190,400) from her account without her authorisation.

E-Mart Co., South Korea's largest discount chain, has signed a memorandum of understanding with HCM City to invest US$200 million in the city, according to a report. 

Rescue teams in central Vietnam raced to save victims and determine casualties on September 13, after a dam burst in Quang Nam Province unleashing a devastating surge of thick, red toxic mud.

 Vietnamese powerlifter Le Van Cong will enjoy free AirAsia flights for life, after winning a gold medal at the ongoing Rio Paralympics in Brazil.

 Pop star Justin Timberlake's new concert documentary was a joy to make because the lack of rigid plot or story structure makes shooting such productions the "purest form of film making,"

 Experts have been baffled by losses of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co Ltd's (BSR), which operates the Dung Quat Oil Refinery, losses as the project received cost and subsidy advantages, said Masami Kojima from the World Bank.

 Ly Hoang Nam could not surprise No 6 seed Takahashi Yusuke of Japan at the VN Men’s Futures F4 tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team rose three sports from 42nd to 39th in the latest FIFA rankings.

 An exhibition of watercolour paintings about Saigon street culture by four city-based artists will open at La Saigonais in District 1 on September 16.

 Elite Artist Hoai Linh opened a 500sq.m shrine in HCM City’s District 9 on September 11 dedicated to the founders of Vietnam's theatrical arts.

Vietnamese pop stars’ live music shows at theatres and nightclubs are expected to rock the market during the rainy season.     

 Four films selected from the FIFA Mons, the Festival of Films about Love of Mons (Festival international du film d’amour de Mons), are being screened in Hanoi, yesterday through Saturday, September 17.

 U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton released a letter from her doctor declaring her fit for the presidency

A broken water valve is the suspected cause of an incident on September 13 that left two worker missing at the Song Bung 2 Hydropower Plant in the central province of Quang Nam.

 One person is reported to have died and eight others were injured in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri and Quang Binh due to Typhoon Rai.

One of the controversial points in the draft plan on restructuring the national economy in the 2016-2020 period drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment is the use of the state’s money to settle commercial banks’ bad debts.

 Vietnam’s female team rose seven steps from 16th to ninth place out of 140 teams at the Chess Olympiad on September 13 in Baku, Azerbaizan.

  Vietnam’s retail turnover is expected to rise to 179 billion USD by 2020, according to the Association of Vietnam Retailers.