Autumn is a great time of year to visit the capital city of Hanoi thanks to cool winds, the sweet scent of milky flowers, and the plashes of sunshine reflecting off the watercolour blooms and foliage.

 HCM City’s Can Gio District is preparing for its annual Nghinh Ong Festival, to be held next week to show fishermen’s respect for the whale and gratitude for a bumper catch.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that existing steel mills, plus the Formosa mega steel complex, are ‘more than enough’ for Vietnam.

The $100 million Da Phuoc solid waste treatment complex in Da Phuoc Commune, Binh Chanh District, HCM City is considered the most modern of its kind in Vietnam but it is also a source of pollution for the surrounding area. 

The public is still anxiously waiting for official results of an inspection into Lee&Man Vietnam Paper Co Ltd’s pulp mill which is feared to pollute a river in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang.

VietNamNet Bridge - When autumn comes and the weather is cool, with light winds, it is the time to see terraced fields covered with ripening yellow rice n northern Vietnam. 

 The Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has written to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Government seeking approval for selling its shares to Singapore’s GIC Pte Ltd and Japan’s Mizuho Bank Ltd.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s Hoan Kiem District authorities said they would soon take measures to address problems arising from the opening of pedestrian areas around iconic Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword).

Investment promotion conference held in US, Most consumers wary about making complaints, HCMC receives $2.9b in remittance in 8 months, Novaland sets up agency to help customers buy, lease property

Model Kim Chi will represent Vietnam at the Top Model of The World 2016 competition in Egypt.

 Facebook Inc on September 9 reinstated a photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the American war in Vietham, after a public outcry over its removal of the image including harsh criticism from Norway's prime minister.

Illegal wildlife trade is rampant at many areas in some provinces in the Mekong Delta Region, especially around the Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap Province.

 Viet Nam's biggest dairy company, Vinamilk (VNM), is seeking to buy second company in the United States as part of its accelerating merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy, Bloomberg reported.

 Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC began construction on an international terminal at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa yesterday.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on Thursday ordered the Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company to raise fish in its tank containing treated wastewater.

 The Mid-Autumn Festival 2016 will take place in Hanoi from September 13-15 with one of the highlights being an exhibition on moon festivals of Vietnam and other ASEAN member nations.

 Dozens of ancient tombs and objects of various kinds have been excavated at the Ba Hoe Cave in Ham Thuan Bac District, south central Binh Thuan province, the Vietnam National History Museum announced on September 10. 

 Vietnamese women suffered their first defeat at the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan on September 9. 

  Vietnam’s disabled athletes failed to perform at their best in swimming and powerlifting on the second day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, September 9 (Brazil time). 

Ousmane Dione will assume the position of Country Director for the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam from September 12, the WB announced on September 9.