People in HCM City struggled to commute on the flooded streets as the city witnessed heavy rainfall and high tides late yesterday afternoon.

 The Vietnam CEO Forum 2016 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 30, with more than 1,000 business people set to participate.

 Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 2.87 billion USD in the first eight months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Vietnam and Venezuela attach great importance to their long-standing multifaceted cooperation and will do their utmost to strengthen the friendship between the two countries.

During the wartime, Vietnamese students had to take with them a shovel to dig bomb shelters and a first-aid stretcher. Particularly, they often wore straw hats as protection from bomb and shell shrapnels.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha on Saturday instructed relevant agencies to pay more attention to how to improve the quality of teaching foreign languages, mostly English.

 Saigon Artbook, a non-profit organization that brings local and foreign artists together to promote contemporary art being made in HCMC, will mark its return with the 6th book featuring five artists from Vietnam, Canada and Sri Lanka.

 "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth straight Emmy on Sunday for her role in the satirical White House comedy on a night when politics played large in the midst of an extraordinary 2016 U.S. election campaign.

 The second Vietnam Comics Day, which was held in Hanoi on September 11, gathered numerous young artists and attracted a large number of readers of various ages.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following Thai, Japanese and South Korean retailers flocking to Vietnam, Chinese investors are now jumping into the market.  

 With romantic and spectacular beauty, natural and artificial lakes throughout the country are seen as ideal destinations for travellers who want to discover natural landscapes.

 A global fund has raised over $12.9 billion from international donors as part of a campaign aimed at effectively eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by 2030,

 A lack of restrictions on investor criteria for the upcoming public auctions of Vietnam’s leading breweries, Habeco and Sabeco, is expected to ramp up investor appeal in their forthcoming restructuring.   

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

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T are king of the V.League 2016 after their 2-0 victory over FLC Thanh Hoa in the final round match of the tournament yesterday (Sept 18) at Hang Day Stadium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City 1 defended their title at the National Women’s Football Championships after beating Ha Noi 1 2-0 in the final match at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on Saturday.

Formosa’s aboard red mud has valid documents: customs division, TV show depicts life of Vietnamese Americans in California, British cyclist raises funds to save Vietnamese children with heart disease

 Construction starts on 45-storey tower in Hai Phong, Korean firm plans US$1.5-billion racecourse complex Vinh Phuc, Vissan imports breeding pigs from US, Japanese wood processor heads to Binh Dinh

 President Sanchez Cerén of El Salvador said his country will soon open a diplomatic mission in Viet Nam, a move to strengthen economic and trade ties between the two nations.

 TheMinistry of Culture, Sport and Tourism has officially given an approval for Nguyen Thi Le Nam Em to be representative of Vietnam to join the Miss Earth 2016 pageant slated for October in the Philippines.