This year’s British Council New Directions in English Language and Assessment conference will be held in Hà Nội on 13 and 14 October 2016.

The Education for Nature-Vietnam group has called on member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to vote against Swaziland’s proposal to legalise the rhino horn trade. 

 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has emphasised the need for Cambodia and Vietnam to intensify information sharing to develop relations. 

VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean journalist Koh Kyoung Tae is a familiar figure for many residents of Phong Nhat and Phong Nhi villages in the central province of Quang Nam. 

 Complaints and denunciations sent to state administrative agencies have tended downward in 2016 compared to last year, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate Dang Cong Huan reported. 

 Vietnam and Belgium will continue to tap their potential for cooperation in logistics, high-technology, green growth and vocational training.

Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy has hailed cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Energy and Mines over the past years. 

 Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 28-29. 

Jewelry businesses, manufacturers thirst for capital, MoIT lists pre-qualified reliable exporters, Capital's tallest apartment bloc breaks ground, Da Nang courting Japanese investors, Novaland takes over urban project from Daewon

 Hue has a complete set of antique terracotta that could tell stories of the country’s former feudal capital from pre-history. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have voiced their concern about the development strategy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) for the steel industry, saying that it would have negative  consequences, both economic and environmental.

 A group of veteran artists sang the beautiful rhythms of vi giam, folk songs from the Nghe An-Ha Tinh region, during the opening ceremony of the first Vi Giam Singing Club in HCM City recently. 

800m above sea level, Bao Loc is not as hot as Sai Gon or as cold as Da Lat. Instead, the little city has an average temperature of 21-23 Celsius degrees all year round. Little sunshine, much rain and a lot of fog typically color

 The second Van Yen cinnamon festival, themed “Van Yen luscious cinnamon”, will be held at the Central Stadium of Van Yen district, Yen Bai province from October 7 - 8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The waterfalls of Dambri, Dalanta,and Prenn enchant visitors with their wild beauty and grandeur.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the pursuit of knowledge, Tran Anh Linh, 17, a high school student in the US, also learns in order to get involved in social work.

VietNamNet Bridge – Amateur 'tuong' art troupes have laid the foundation for the development of 'tuong', as they have kept intact the original value of the traditional art form. In modern life, these troupes still have a firm position,

 U16 Vietnam on September 22 advanced to the knock-out stage as the sole representative of the South East Asia region in the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship 2016 in India after a convincing 3-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan. 

 The Fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) International Communications Centre (ICC) was inaugurated in the central city of Da Nang on September 23.

 Vietnam has made the biggest jump this year to claim 11th place in the world’s friendliest country list, according to The InterNations Survey which interviewed more than 14,000 expats living in 67 countries around the world.