The Hanoi Taxi Association have continued their vendetta against app-based taxis with a proposal to the municipal Department of Transport to ban their rivals from using roads traditional taxis can’t use.

 Many northern localities, including Quang Ninh, Haiphong and Hanoi are forecast to see heavy rains due to the impact of a tropical low pressure.

The national and provincial solar power plans will be released next year, cutting some red tape for the wave of investors registering solar power projects in Vietnam following the introduction of a new feed-in-tariff.

 Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has promulgated decision to conduct inspections at three loss-making projects under their management.

 Investors are shifting off blue chips and flirting with speculative stocks, making it more difficult to predict market trends.

Vietnam lost 1-3 to Australia in the final Group I match of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship Malaysia 2018 qualifier held in Ulaanbaatar on September 24.

 The Ministry of Finance has developed a draft circular that provides a general legal framework on the electronic trading activities at the stock market.

An increasing proportion of Vietnamese plan to buy a car in the last six months of 2017, catching up with other ASEAN countries, according to the quarterly Financial Times Confidential Research ASEAN Auto Purchase Index.

Vietnam is in the ‘golden population period’ with a high number of working-age people, expected to last from 2010 to 2040. However, the quality of the labor force is not ‘golden’, say experts. 

The Foreign Ministry has taken measures to protect Vietnamese citizens in the Philippines after receiving reports that the Philippine coast guard force fired at fishing vessel PY 96173 TS of Phu Yen. 

The Department for Economic Zones Management (DEZM) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment is in the process of completing the draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units.

 The multi-billion-dollar Dung Quat oil refinery upgrade and expansion project is being implemented very slowly and its operator has repeatedly asked the Vietnamese Government for support and incentives.

 Viet Nam will adopt multiple solutions to reach its target of US$200 billion in total export value for the year, a year-on-year increase of 13 per cent, officials said.

A delegation from the National Assembly (NA) Office, led by Deputy Head of the Office Pham Dinh Toan, visited Italy from September 21-24 to enhance cooperative relations with the Italian parliament.

 The HCM City People’s Procuracy has asked the municipal People’s Court to abolish the ruling in the VN Pharma case due to “possible signs of failures" in bringing some suspects to court.

VietNamNet Bridge - Landfills remain the basic waste treatment method in Hanoi, causing serious pollution and a waste of land.

VietNamNet Bridge - Graduates from overseas universities tend to require higher salaries than the average level, even though they don’t have much working experience.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 35 percent of businesses said they are preparing for the 4.0 industrial revolution and are ready for it, a survey by Vinasa found. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Garment companies have yet to feel the pressure from the 4.0 industrial revolution, which is expected to replace many workers with robots as automation becomes more widespread. 

 Leaders of the business community claim that reductions in taxes and fees and the removal of irrational business conditions should be among the key measures for the government to keep enterprises afloat.