National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s scheduled official visit to Cambodia from September 27-28 aims to foster the ties between the national legislatures of Vietnam and Cambodia.

 The official visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte from September 28-29 is expected to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in politics, security, defence, and economics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietwater 2016, the international exhibition on water supply & drainage, filtration and waste water treatment, to be held in November, is expected to attract 400 businesses from 38 countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been ranked 89th among 193 surveyed countries in the UN e-government development index (EGDI).

 Authorities and business associations met in HCMC last week to find ways for local exporters and importers to get back their containerized goods currently stranded on board ships of Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd that had filed for bankruptcy protection.

 Poor spectators can also come to enjoy the Hope musical program which features “The last summer night,” “The street of fame” and “Reachable dreams” as the ticket price is a mere VND99,000, reports Vietnamplus.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors are rushing to develop software park projects in Hanoi. Experts, warning about ‘software park inflation’, say that investors have ‘other purposes’ when eyeing such projects.

 Uber [UBER.UL] is making a broad international push into meal delivery, with fresh hiring and aggressive marketing as it prepares to take on local rivals in dozens of countries.

 The HCMC government has identified environmental protection and improvement of the quality of life as two of the core criteria for growth quality in the 2016-2020 period, said chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, French and German will be taught at general schools in Hanoi and HCMC before being applied on a large scale throughout the country.

 It is very easy to see vehicles that carry bulky loads of goods, causing traffic chaos and potential dangers for people, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City.

 VND28 bil scholarships given to freshmen, 117 inhabitants in southern province infected with A/H1N1, Vietnam takes more samples for testing Zika, Foreign arrivals to Vietnam up 25.7% in nine months

 The IVS Boarding School under the Institute of Research and Development of Vovinam and Sports is the first centre in Ho Chi Minh City to teenagers and those with gaming or internet addictions.

 Vietnam was one of the most vulnerable countries to rising sea levels, said former prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 The US Navy has announced its guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) will moor at Tien Sa Port in Danang to participate in bilateral training exercises from Sept. 28-Oct.1 with their counterparts from the Vietnam Navy.

 The central city has granted an investment licence to Da Nang Pharmaceutical joint-stock company (Danapha)'s first nano-technology and biotech project.

The Hoi An Full Moon Festival is held on every 14th day of the lunar month. During the evening, the old town is transformed by flickering candlelight, multi-colored lanterns and hoards of visitors. 

  The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint-stock Bank, or Techcombank, appointed Nguyen Le Quoc Anh, its former deputy chief executive officer, as its new chief executive officer on September 23, 2016.

 South Korea retained its position as Việt Nam's leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, the latest report from the Foreign Investment Agency has revealed.

 Viet Nam ranks second among six rated ASEAN countries and 19 globally in HSBC's 2016 Expat Explorer league table of 45 host countries.