The Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) plans to organise this month five initial public offerings (IPOs) for State-owned enterprises to sell their stakes to external investors.

 The television series Tuoi Thanh Xuan (Forever Young) won three awards at the Viet Nam Television (VTV) Awards 2015 on Sunday night.

 Nam A Bank is restructuring itself as per the plan approved by the State Bank of Viet Nam and does not plan to merge with other banks, the chairman of the bank's Board of Directors, Phan Dinh Tan, has said.

 HCM City is set to celebrate the third annual festival highlighting its international integration, development and culture this week.

 The overexploitation of sand, deforestation and natural disasters have led to increasingly serious erosion in many coastal areas of Vietnam, an expert has said.

 This new school year there are nearly 1.54 million students in Ho Chi Minh City, 85,000 more than last year. Pre-school has seen the highest growth, by 26,000 children, followed by primary school with 25,000.

 As the new school year starts, parents are worried about how much they're having to spend, especially on health insurance.

The Ministry of Transport is investigating transport companies who have failed to lower prices amid a drop in petrol costs.

  Oman plans to increase investment in highway and water supply projects in Vietnam, the Middle Eastern emirate's sovereign wealth fund said.

The 2015 Russian Cultural Festival in Vietnam will be held at the Hanoi-based Cultural and Friendship Palace from September 24-27, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

VietNamNet Bridge - The dong devaluation has caused changes to the cash flow: it will help heat up the real estate market. However, the dong/dollar exchange rate adjustment will not influence property prices.

 Vietnamese weightlifters lived up to expectations, bringing home two gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the ongoing 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Phuket, Thailand, from September 3-12.

 Thousands of lanterns are lighting up Asia Park in the central coastal city of Da Nang setting a new record for a road in the area as the longest lantern road in Vietnam.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh attended a recent meeting of the Women Parliamentarians of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 Vingroup, a leading property developer in Vietnam, has proposed an underground car park worth over 3.3 trillion VND (nearly 146.9 million USD) in Ho Chi Minh City in a bid to meet local demand for parking.

 The 27th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) will take place for the first time in Vietnam from July 17-24 next year with the participation of over 1,000 candidates from 70 countries and territories.

 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) hopes to step up trade union friendships with Vietnam through pragmatic activities for the legal rights and interests of workers.

 The General Staff of the Viet Nam People's Army was awarded the Military Exploit Order yesterday at a ceremony in Hanoi marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the General Staff on September 7th 1945.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will embark on an official four-day visit to Japan from September 15 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new retail electric tariff will be submitted to the Government for consideration in October, said Dinh The Phuc, deputy head of the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam (ERAV).