“Defeat makes me stronger as I learn a lot for the next competitions,” said Nguyen Thi Ngoan after a historic gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League in Halle/Leipzig.

 A whirlwind struck this central province on Monday evening, damaging more than 120 buildings.

 Five people caught illegally trading explosives were taken into custody on Monday in Thuan Nam District of the central coastal province.

Before becoming the first chair of VAMC, Dang Thanh Binh was Deputy Governor of the State Bank, responsible for taking care of bad debt and credit institution restructuring.

 The General Statistics Office (GSO) is in the process of finalising a set of statistical indicators for Viet Nam’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), the office said.

 Hanoi expects to move eight departments to a concentration zone on Vo Chi Cong Road in Tay Ho District next year.

 Credit must go to productive sectors if higher growth is to successfully raise GDP growth, HSBC warns in latest report.

The draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units has been officially submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

As an active member of the ASEAN Community, Vietnam supports ASEAN-China cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stressed at an event in Nanning on September 12.

Vietnam’s population and housing census is conducted every ten years on April 1 and the fifth survey will be conducted in 2019, aimed at meeting national targets and several indicators for sustainable development.

 Several lawyers and officials have expressed concerns over the difficulties in realising the regulations on dogs supervision in public places which will take effect on September 15.

 Authorities in Hanoi have awarded $100,000 to the winner of the contest to seek solutions for the city’s traffic problems.

 A whirlwind triggered by heavy rains on the evening of September 11 blew away the roofs of 130 houses and uprooted many trees in the district of Huong Khe, central Ha Tinh Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of changes in key personnel in some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are not expected to affect the enterprises’ production and business, experts say.

 Overall, the global tea market continues to grow steadily, with an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) retail volume of 4.2% through 2022, according to a recent marketing report by IMARC Group.

 Police of Muong Nhe district, northern mountainous province of Dien Bien broke six drug trafficking cases from Laos to Vietnam with seven suspects arrested on September 11.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially set up a legal entity in Viet Nam to support its customers using the company’s products, an AWS representative said at a conference last week. 

 Airline passengers will have to pay more for tickets starting October 1 when the Ministry of Transport starts applying increased airport service charges to cover investment costs of the airport system and raise service quality. 

 The National Assembly Standing Committee opened their 14th session on Monday, with discussion centred on the draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units, which will be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in October.

 Vietnamese athlete Le Tu Chinh, who has emerged as the queen of sprint of the Southeast Asian (SEA) region, will undergo training in the United States this year.