The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has cancelled the result of Mongolian wrestler Orkhon Purevdorj in the women’s 62kg category of the freshly-concluded Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD) in Indonesia due to testing positive to doping.

 The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) will receive more than 1,000 delegates, including high-ranking government representatives and executives of regional and world-leading corporations.

Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of many cooperation agreements on September 6, within the framework of the former’s ongoing visit to Russia.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Hungary from September 8-11 at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. 

 The Vietnam-Russia Oil and Gas Joint Venture Vietsovpetro has pumped up more than 230 million tonnes of crude oil and provided 34 billion cubic metres of associated gas so far.

 The Vietnam U23 football team has been nominated in three categories of the VTV Awards 2018, making them the first football team to receive the honour.

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 6 handed over a decision on the extension of the term of Vietnam-Japan Special Ambassador Ryotaro Sugi. 

Vietnam became the second largest textile and garment supplier in South Korea, just after China, with export turnover of $1.5 billion in the first seven months of the year. The number 1 position, according to analysts, is within reach.

As the number of students is increasing sharply, many schools in HCMC are refusing to accept day-boarding students. And in Hanoi, the number of students in many classes is double what is permitted.

Scientists attending a workshop on the management of marine environmental resources held several days ago warned that coastal areas are becoming more polluted because of poor control over waste sources from the mainland.

Japan is known as a difficult-to-be-please market, but Vietnam’s IT firms meet Japanese standards thanks to their qualified engineers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors hold a stake in about 60 percent of 5-star hotels in Hanoi and HCMC, and are continuing to pour money into the profitable hotel sector.

 It is Vietnam’s consistent policy to take Russia as one of the most important and reliable partners of Vietnam, Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong reiterated during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi city on September 6.

 As the Mid-Autumn Festival nears, many streets in Hanoi’s city centre have been illegally used by mooncake stalls.

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed an increase in the registration fees for pickup trucks and vans with carriage capacities of less than 1,500kg and fewer than five seats in order to ensure fairness for cars with fewer than nine seats.

 Viet Nam continued to lead the ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rankings in August, despite a slower improvement in its goods-producing sector, Nikkei’s IHS Markit reported on Tuesday.

 Since its inception, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park has become an incubator for innovation and a centre for technology transfer in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region.

 VKFrontier Co., a cosmetics company of the Republic of Korea, has announced its a sponsor package worth 12,000 USD for Vietnamese athletes who will compete at the upcoming 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, which begin in October.

 Many provinces and cities have licensed projects worth billions of US dollars through their investment forums this year. But experts said the key issue remains how to push these projects from the planning to the action stage.

 HDBank has been chosen as the bank to disburse World Bank and Asian Development Bank loans worth a total of US$250 million to two projects.