Nearly 23 million pupils nationwide attended the opening ceremony for the 2016-2017 academic year on September 5.

 The Prime Minister has decided to approve the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction for the period 2016-2020.

 19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem district will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.

 The increase in the number of workers at foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) this year as at August 1 was the highest in the country, according to figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Trinh Dình Dung has urged relevant agencies to expand HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport by using a section of military land to raise its capacity to 40-50 million passengers a year by 2025.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Daddy, bring me a gold medal, ok?” Le Tuan Anh always tells his father, Le Van Cong, whenever he calls him during his training courses or competitions far from home.

Hotels from three to five stars in Vietnam will be inspected by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

 Martial arts expert and actor Jackie Chan will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday.

Telecommunications giant VNPT targets to conduct its equitization in the 2016-2020 period, Chairman Tran Manh Hung told Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a recent meeting.

Most of the criteria Vietnam has set to become an industrialized country by 2020 appears to be unattainable. 

 Illegal hunting in Democratic Republic of Congo has wiped out 70 percent of Eastern gorillas in the past two decades and pushed the world's biggest primate close to extinction,

Attempts by Ba Ria-Vung Tau to salvage the long delayed $4.1 billion Saigon Atlantic Hotel invested by Winvest LLC Group from the US hit insurmountable obstacles as the province’s mandate seems to fall short to grant the investor’s requests.

 The Ministry of Finance may use a “book building method” in selling the State’s holdings in State-owned enterprises (SOEs), Vu Bang, Chairman of the State Securities Commission, told local media.

Vietnam’s (B1 stable) credit profile is supported by its robust economic growth and diversified economy, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

VietNamNet Bridge - Lao Cai province’s chair Dang Xuan Phong said the Red River’s water from the other side of the border with China is becoming more seriously polluted.

 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with batteries it has found to be fire-prone and halted their sales in 10 markets, denting a revival of the firm's mobile business.

Vietnam has deployed drastic measures to boost tourism in an effort to turn it into an important pillar of the economy, according to an analysis of the Economist Intelligence Unit.  

A cajuput forest in Vi Thuy district, Hau Giang province is set to become the largest ecotourism site in the Mekong Delta, covering an area of 150 hectares.

Hong Kong budget airline HK Express is set to launch direct flights to Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa in November. 

 A series of new policies are coming into effect this month, including regulations relating to foreign diplomats and policies to support poor students, raise awareness of legal assistance and tighten State control of chemical substances.