Hanoi’s Department of Transport has unveiled a detailed plan for the city transportation with upgraded bridges and expressways to attempt to resolve the city’s congestion problem by 2030.

 Vietnam has been voted one of the twenty best countries in the world to visit, according to a survey released recently by US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNT).

Residents in the southern area of HCMC have been complaining that their daily lives are badly affected by a stink in the air. Some claim that this is caused by Da Phuoc waste-treatment zone. The CEO of VN Waste Solutions talks about the issue.

The government have agreed to propose to the National Assembly that Article 292 of the Criminal Code 2015 be removed due to it hindering the development of internet and telecommunications-based companies and startups in particular.

French President Francois Holland will stay at the Hotel Metropole Hanoi during his visit to the nation’s capital.

Storeowners on Cho Lon Street, also known as lantern street, in District 5 of Ho Chi Minh City are busily preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors and shoppers during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

The project to develop a road system to and from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City will need some VND3.5 trillion (US$156.25 million) in investment.

The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) consider the use of Japanese ODA loans for the funding of the two-phase construction of the Urban Metro Line No. 3a project, from Ben Thanh to Tan Kien.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed removing tax exemptions for cars and motorcycles that overseas Vietnamese, or Viet Kieu.

 Pollution has caused the deaths of 72,000 fish in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen over the past month.

 Vietnam dominated the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships’ men’s individual sabre event in Singapore on September 4.

 Vietnam’s women players tied with title candidate China 2-2 in the third round match of the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan, yesterday.

 Gaston Merlo is favoured to win the title of  "best scorer" this season after the 24th round match of the V.League last weekend.

 Nguyen Thuy Linh received a bronze medal at the Asian Wushu Championships in Chinese Taipei on September 4.

 Tran Quyet Chien finished in second place at the Guri Carom Billiards 3-Cushion World Cup in South Korea, which ended on September 4.

 Vietnam's Thong Tin Lien Viet Post Bank topped the Pool A of the Asian Volleyball Confederation Women’s Club Championships after their second win yesterday in Binan City, the Philippines.

Artworks by students from six secondary schools in Hanoi's are showing for the first time at an international exhibition titled Rivers of the World in Vietnam’s capital and London.

 A suspect has been arrested in connection with the massacre of four family members in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province during a robbery early last month, the local authority said.

 All 21 polluting factories in Dong Hung Thuan Ward in HCM City’s District 12 will be relocated or switch to other businesses before the end of the year, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

 The planted forest area in Vietnam reached 128,800 hectares in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year decline of 8.7 percent, due to floods in northern mountainous provinces in August.