Rong Viet Securities estimates that if the new VAT policy is applied from 2019 with the tax rate increasing from 10 percent to 12 percent, the state budget would have VND70 trillion a year more from VAT collections. 

As Vietnamese content developers only receive 10 percent of the revenue from advertisements, they have been advised to stop uploading videos on YouTube to earn money from ads. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of trying to prevent salt water from entering land, some coastal localities have opened their doors to seawater, turning the water brackish for shrimp farming.

 FPT Corporation, Vietnam’s leading information technology firm, has launched Speakdi, a Vietnamese-Japanese automatic translation app, on App Store since early this month.

 U.S.-bound shrimp shipments in the year to July had dipped 5.5% to US$344.7 million, but the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said the decline was not cause for concern as general seafood exports still fared well.

 The HCMC government has just announced a decision disallowing construction of apartments smaller than 25 square meters, saying such small-sized condos will put pressure on the city’s infrastructure and give rise to slums in the sky.

The Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City has opened to public the tourist medical center, the first –ever of its kind in the city, in the General Hospital Sai Gon at 125-127 Street Le Loi in District.

 According to Dr. Johnathan Halevy from Family Medical Practice infirmary, half of preschool students and 40 percent of Vietnamese adolescents sleep less than a normal sleep of 8 hours.

 The Vietnamese and Brazilian governments have signed a maritime transport agreement to strengthen bilateral trade in the future.

 The Vietnam Football Federation has decided to find a foreign coach to replace Nguyen Huu Thang as no local coach meets the criteria they set to lead the national team.

 Green Park JS Company which operates the 29-3 Park in the central city of Danang has proposed to the municipal authorities to close the zoo in the park.

 Two Iranian men have been arrested after being accused of stealing a gold watch in a shop in the northern province of Lang Son.

 Three customs officers in HCM City have been arrested after being suspected of being involved in the theft of 213 containers from a local port in mid-2015.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has proposed to keeping an illegally built project on the banks of the Saigon River.

 Many hard-working women are receiving unexpected termination letters from their employers and finding it difficult to get another job, says the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.

 Mavin Group, an Australian-Vietnamese joint venture, has pledged to invest some US$80 million in the north-central province of Nghe An, mainly in the husbandry sector.

 Following an improvement in the first half of the year, the positive performance trend would continue for the banking industry in the second half thanks to high credit growth and supporting policies on settling non-performing loans (NPLs).

 Samsung on Wednesday launched its mobile payment service Samsung Pay in Việt Nam in partnership with the National Payment Corporation of Viet Nam.

 A collision between a North-South cargo train and a truck occurred early on Wednesday at a railway crossing in Nhi Khe Commune, Hanoi's Thuong Tin District. The accident caused serious traffic congestion for hours. 

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan paid a working visit to the US from September 10 to 13.