Traders at An Dong Market in HCM City's District 5 are protesting and complaining about the facility's severe deterioration.

 Vietnam defeated hosts Turkmenistan 1-0 to advance to the men’s futsal quarter-finals at the ongoing Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, total investment value in startups in SE Asia reached $1.5 billion, but less than $100 million was poured into Vietnam. 

 The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) wrapped up its 14th session in Hanoi, on September 21, following eight days of meetings.

 Deputy Director of the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center Le Thanh Hai said the weather agency has just updated operation of ENSO phenomenon and weather forecast in the last months of the year.  

 At present, the rate of Vietnamese kids aged 12 with asthma has reached at the highest level in the Asia, said the participants at the press brief in the central city of Da Nang on September 21.

The Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage Association (VBA) has requested the Ministry of Finance to withdraw its proposal to apply a special consumption tax of 10 or 20 percent on soft drinks.

FECON has raised the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to 75 per cent as the premise for its plan to raise chartered capital in the coming period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community is expected to open new markets for tourism, but Vietnam still cannot exploit the advantage. 

 SCG Concrete Roof Vietnam Ltd., a subsidiary of SCG Cement-Building Materials has become the first concrete roof tile manufacturer in Vietnam to be granted with three major certifications for its management system.

 Farmers in Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces started investing shrimp farming as prices have been on the rise since March.

 The construction of a bus rapid transit (BRT) line linking HCM and the neighbouring province of Binh Duong is expected to be started in 2018 and completed in 2019.

 The General Department of Taxation has asked localities to increase inspections at FDI firms that suddenly incur losses after the periods they have received incentives expire.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has approved the extension of credit growth limits for many commercial banks to support the country’s economic growth.

Bui Yen Ly secured the only gold medal of muaythai for Vietnam at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) yesterday in Turkmenistan.

 Bilateral relations between Vietnam and Egypt are expected to be elevated to a new height following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Vietnam earlier this month, said a Vietnamese diplomat.

 Muaythai fighter Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat will present Vietnam at the Asia Fighting Championship in Singapore on Saturday.

 A new luxury hotel in Hanoi has set a record as the country’s highest.

 The Authority of Information Security (AIS) on Wednesday released an official document warning financial institutions and commercial banks of a malicious code Red Alert 2.0 on Android-powered devices.  

 The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam yesterday announced that it will launch a special inspection of the Ministry of Health, following revelations of fraud within the MoH’s pharmaceutical licensing process.