With the state’s policy of using E5 biofuel throughout the country from early 2018, ethanol projects that have been unprofitable will resume their operations, according to PetroVietnam’s CEO Nguyen Vu Truong Son. 

 The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) has called on agencies and enterprises across the country to take measures to cope with a possible advanced persistent threat (APT) that is looming large.

The Ministry of Transport and the Hanoi government have agreed on the need to develop an expansion plan in order to raise the annual capacity of Noi Bai Airport to between 80 and 100 million passengers in the future.

In spite of having bleak trading results, both subsidiaries of FPT Corporation—FPT Trading and FPT Retail—are receiving great attention from foreign investors as their stakes are put on sale.

 A tropical depression has strengthened into a new storm in the East Sea after crossing the central region of the Philippines, on the afternoon of September 12.

Aiming to meet the increasing demand for air transportation, Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) decided to mobilise capital to upgrade key existing airports with total investment capital of $1.98 billion.

 Nearly 40 Vietnamese and South Korean information and technology companies took part in the  2017 Viet Nam - South Korea ICT Partnership Program.

 Vietnamobile Telecom Joint Stock Company has been investing in infrastructure and networks for a year and is now able to serve 90 per cent of the population with 3G speed.

The digital economy and e-commerce are opening up opportunities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises to connect to global value chains, allowing access to regional and global markets, experts said at a workshop held in HCM City.

 Rushing to replace paper bills with e-invoices is expected to pose a challenge to many businesses.

 Loic Desriac of the team Bike Life VDC triumphed yesterday in the 10th stage of the VTV International Cycling Tournament, or Ton Hoa Sen Cup.

 Doctors from HCM City’s Binh Dan 115 Hospital have successfully performed a kidney transplant on a 76-year-old patient.

FTAs not only have helped reduce input costs of beer production, but have also turned Vietnam into a jumping board for foreign breweries to conquer the Southeast Asian and Asia Pacific markets, according to FPT Securities.

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stated that bordering Guangxi province plays a very important role in cementing and developing the friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has moved all flights between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Taiwan from September 13 to a day later due to storm Talim.

 Vietnam and Azerbaijan will employ measures to boost cooperation via party, government and parliamentary channels, covering economy-trade, investment, energy, transport, culture and education-training.

 Garment and textile exports may hit 30.5 billion USD in 2017, Vu Duc Giang, President of the Vietnam Textile Association said at the Cotton Day held by the association and the US Cotton Council International on September 12.

Doctors at HCM City’s Binh Dan Hospital have used a robot for the first time in the country for lung cancer surgery, removing suspicious nodules through a small incision instead of a large one.

 Renewable energy development yet to match potential

The BMW Group Asia said on September 12 that it signed a letter of intent with Vietnamese automaker Thaco, delivering its intention to choose Thaco as a new dealer of its BMW and MINI models in Vietnam from January 1, 2018.