After a period of focusing on importing cars to sell domestically, foreign invested automobile manufacturers have returned to their initial work – assembling cars domestically.

The Vietnamese online food ordering market worth $33 million is controlled mostly by foreign players.

 The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on September 19 sent a document proposing the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 4.5 trillion VND (193.5 million USD) for upgrading two key runways in the country’s largest international airports.

 A joint venture of the Viet Phuong (VPG) Investment Group and Quarzwerke Group of Germany on September 19 began construction of a low-iron sand and quartz powder processing plant in Thua Thien - Hue.

The People’s Court of Hoa Binh on September 19 sentenced Dao Quang Thuc to 14 years in prison for conducting “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Clause 1, Article 79, the 1999 Penal Code. 

 Canadian Ship Calgary will be conducting a port visit to the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam from September 26- 30, 2018, with daily events scheduled to support the mission of building and reinforcing international relations.

 HCM City authorities are planning to expand the pedestrianised area to Ben Thanh Market and 23th September Park.

Unmuzzled dogs still often appear on pedestrian areas by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi despite a local ban.

 The National Assembly has approved the proposal to ban advertising for alcohol products with volumes of more than 15%.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will meet with State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on September 28 in Ha Noi.

Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc received the chairmanship of ASOSAI from Malaysia at the first plenary session of the 14th ASOSAI Assembly in Hanoi on September 19.

At least five banks are running against the clock to list shares on the bourse this year. Other banks are silent or have delayed listing plans for an indefinite time.

The move to slash prices of Sony’s models has raised doubts that Sony is trying to dump stock before leaving Vietnam. But Sony has denied this.

The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. 

The first textbook replacement campaign in 1981-1992 finished just before the Ministry of Education and Training began implementing a project on compiling new textbooks for the second time in October 1993, using ODA capital.

 The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting wrapped up on September 19, after two days of working, in Nha Trang city, in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) will take over the rotating chairmanship of the ASEAN Social Security Association in the 2018-2019 term. 

 A Japanese man was charged 10 times more than his trip should have cost in a taxi in Hanoi.

 Transparency is critical to enhance the efficiency of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as Viet Nam enters a new phase of equitisation which will focus on quality rather than quantity.

 Viet Nam needs to improve the quality of its technical and vocational education and training to meet the requirements of digitisation and industry 4.0, a conference heard in HCM City on Tuesday.