Member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) need to further strengthen solidarity to deal with security challenges at present, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has said.

 Waste water from the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC is suspected to have killed nearly 50 tonnes of farmed fish in Thanh Hoa Province earlier this month.

 The Police Bureau for Economic Management Order Offences has said that the four leaders of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) have been arrested for the investigation into the firm's loss of $142 million.

 The Ministry of Health has asked Son La Province Department of Health to review an incident where the body of a woman was carried home by motorbike by relative.

 The Ninh Binh People’s Committee has proposed the Prime Minister a selection of plans to rescue Ninh Binh nitrogenous fertiliser plant, invested by Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem).

 The film ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” directed by Victor Vu has been nominated to compete at the 89th Oscar held on February 26, 2017.

It has been unveiled that Miss Jewelry 2015 Dang Pham Phuong Chi will represent Vietnam at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2016 pageant set for September 12-28 at Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

 Viet Nam's new import tariff, part of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) for 2016-18, has come into force.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Truong Manh Tien, Chairman of the Viet Nam Environmental Economics Society, speaks to the Suc khoe & Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper about the Ca Na steel mill

 A national badminton tournament is scheduled to kick off from September 20-24 in the northern province of Thai Binh.

 The last living musician of the Nguyen Dynasty (1908-1945), Lu Huu Thi, died of old age in his home in Hue on Thursday. He was 106.

 Vietnamese and Korean pianists and vocalists will host two concerts in the HCM City this week at the Conservatory of Music and the Opera House.

 Vietnamobile is in the process of expanding its 3G coverage to all 63 cities and provinces from the current 12.

 The Japanese language is being taught at some primary schools in Hanoi and HCM City, on a trial basis.

 A market management official was killed last night by a cigarette smuggler, while being on duty near Vam Co River in Long An Province.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has requested the Environment General Department and local People’s Committee to determine the cause of the fish kill-off in central Thanh Hoa Province.

 About 109 mahogany trees, 24 of which are ancient trees on Kim Ma Street (Hanoi), will either be relocated or cut down to make way for the metro line Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station. 

 Floods in Mekong Delta region become fewer

 Taiwan has informed Vietnam about a Taiwanese citizen who was diagnosed with Zika infection after returning from Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cai Luong Theatre will attend the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival, performing a cai luong show for the first time, in Nanning, Guangxi, from September 17 to 23.