Hanoi’s leaders had a working session with visiting Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Hiroshige Seko on September 14. 

The World Bank Vietnam launched on September 14 the Country Partnership Framework for Vietnam for the 2017-2022 period, which aims to support the realisation of the targets set in the country’s socio-economic development plan for 2016-2021.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Ngo Huong Nam presented credentials to Governor General of Australia Peter Cosgrove in Canberra on September 13. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue met leaders of international organisations based in Geneva, Switzerland on September 14. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assured visiting Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hirosighe Seko that the Vietnamese government offers all possible support to Japanese investors in Vietnam. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chair of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee Bernd Lange discussed the signing of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement during their meeting in Hanoi on September 14.

 Vietnam is stepping up the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and wants foreign investors to pay attention to this area, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on September 14.

The Communist Party of Vietnam always treasures traditional friendship with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), said Politburo member Nguyen Van Binh.

 Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam suggested Vietnam and Cambodia join hands in aquaculture when visiting Kampong Chhnang, one of the five Cambodian provinces adjacent to Tonle Sap Lake. 

 The national weather forecasting centre upgraded the Typhoon Doksuri barreling toward Vietnam from level 11 to 12 (of 18), with winds at its eye expected to reach 150km per hour.

VietNamNet Bridge - Irrigation reservoirs throughout the country, capable of containing 13.5 billion cubic meters, are now being called ‘water bombs’, threatening people in lowland areas. 

Dr Le Van Tri, who has dozens of patents, is a businessman who leads a conglomerate with annual revenue of hundreds of billions of dong. He is loyal to one principle: doing business on the basis of his research work.

VietNamNet Bridge - Easing the lending interest rate further by 0.5 percent and obtaining a high credit growth rate of 21-22 percent as instructed by the PM will not be an easy task.

VietNamNet Bridge - A recent report shows that 50 percent of titled professors and PhDs are working at state management agencies. 

VietNamNet Bridge - After separating from HSBC, Techcombank plans to spare no room for foreign investors, and VP Bank, which has been prospering in the last four years, is no longer eager to seek foreign partners.

 Doksuri, the biggest storm to hit Vietnam in many years, is forecast to make landfall in the central region late on September 15 and early September 16, said Hoang Duc Cuong, head of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Vietnamese airlines have announced their plans to increase airfares to resellers after an airport service price increase, which is set to come into effect from Oct. 1, following the Ministry of Transport's approval. 

Thailand’s SCG last month signed an MoU confirming a partnership with PetroVietnam in the Long Son Petrochemicals Co. (LSP). Mr. Roongrote Rangsiyopash, SCG’s President & CEO, disclosed more details about the project.

 In the period from 2004 to 2015, average wage and labor productivity increases in Vietnam were different from those seen elsewhere in Asia.

 The World Bank Group will help Vietnam develop a strong private sector, which will be able to get fairer treatment in a level domestic playing field.