After missing out on the final, Vietnam performed brilliantly in the match for third-place at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on September 24, thrashing Timor Leste with a score of 4-0 to claim the bronze medal of the 2016 AFF U-19 Championship.

 Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien brought home the first professional tennis title for Vietnam after pairing-up to beat the second-seeded duo Gao Xin (China) and Imai Shintaro (Japan) 2-0.

 MayBank Kim Eng Securities has outlined three scenarios for the VN-Index in late September and October.

 Vietnam ICT Summit 2016 officially launched on September 24 under the theme “Digital revolution - Opportunities and Challenges”.

 The European Union and Vietnam are set to implement their bilateral free trade agreement in early 2018.

 Representatives from 182 member countries of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora are gathering at the 17 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 The government is determined to grasp opportunities from the fourth industrial revolution and develop Vietnam into an IT power, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 Vietnamese athletes won three gold, four silver and 11 bronze medals on the first day of competition at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 6) in the central city of Da Nang, helping the host country lead the medal tally. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has attended informal meetings between foreign ministers of ASEAN and the US and the United Nations in New York. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to Laos from September 26-27 at the invitation of her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou, aiming to enhance legislative ties between the two countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had bilateral meetings with high-ranking diplomatic officials of Argentina and Italy in New York on September 24 on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council’s meeting. 

Vietnam has expressed its hope that the UN will pay more heed to the respect for and observance of international law during the 71 st Session of the UN General Assembly.

 The Vietnamese Government has taken multiple measures to facilitate the operation of foreign investors, including those from Germany, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung affirmed during his visit to the European country from September 22-26.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called on countries to work together to “promote multilateralism and adherence to international law, for peace, cooperation and sustainable development.”

 Mr. Michael Crawford, Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank, tells how he views the financial autonomy scheme for Vietnam’s public universities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Indian car manufacturers may find it hard to enter the Vietnamese market because of a new decree. 

After 10 years of consideration, Vietnam still has not made a clear statement about whether it will join EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative). The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has been blamed for the delay.

 Dozens of households in Hanoi's Hai Ba Trung District could be lost due to river erosion following August’s Typhoon Dianmu.

 Foreign-invested enterprises are expending great effort on improving the quality of young Vietnamese human resources by closely cooperating with universities and supporting students.

 Vietnam's textile-garment exports still increased in the first first eight months of this year but at a slower pace than in the same period last year.