The upcoming official visit to China by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is expected to maintain the positive development trend in the bilateral relations.

 Leaders of ASEAN countries and the bloc’s partners participated in the closing ceremony of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane on September 8 afternoon. 

  The third session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee is scheduled to open on September 12.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the ASEAN Plus One Summits with the US and India and the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on September 8, within the framework of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings. 

 The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has suggested the Party’s Secretariat expel Trinh Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hau Giang provincial Party Committee, from the Party. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid courtesy visits to former Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone and former Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Vientiane on September 8. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Vientiane, Laos on September 8, during which he asked for Australia’s assistance in climate change response, sustainable development, and education. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Residents in HCM City's Phu My Hung area in district 7 and in Binh Chanh and Nha Be districts have asked local authorities to help control the bad odor affecting the areas. 

VietNamNet Bridge - While universities struggle to search for students for the new academic year, prestigious vocational schools have nearly fulfilled their enrollment plans. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Any nature lover or adventure-seeker will have an unforgettable experience on Cu Lao Cau, the wildly beautiful island totally lit by solar power rather than hydro-electricity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Throughout the decades of history since it finally made its appearance in Viet Nam at the end of the 19th century, coffee has found ways to adapt itself to the tastes of the citizens in this tropical country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new theatre offering traditional shows aimed at visitors opened in downtown HCM City this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - It is still too early to say how the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has affected Vietnam's economy. In the last eight months, since the AEC took shape, Vietnam has encountered many difficulties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Creator endows humans a life to live, but also sets a deadline for life to come to an end. Nothing or no one can defy nature, but it is unbearable that in just a week,

VietNamNet Bridge – Former Minister of Planning and Investment, Professor Nguyen Mai, speaks to the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper, suggesting that HSG should focus on the manufacture of high grade alloy rather than steel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Xam” singing is a traditional art form which originated in Vietnam’s northern regions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If the State and citizens are not well aware of their responsibilities and obligations, “the tolerance for corruption” by chance will become a prolonged practice.

  Potential threats to the nation's economic sovereignty, natural environment and social fabric should be limited to the maximum extent possible, a foreign investment expert has said.

 The Vietnam Space Technology Museum inside the Space Technology Centre, located in Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, is scheduled to open to the public in late 2017.

Tran Bac Ha, former chairman of the management board, will no longer represent the 40 per cent state stake in BIDV following his retirement on September 1.