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.

 An international rugby 10-a-side tournament, the Saigon Rugby 10s, will be held at the RMIT University, District 7, HCM City on September 16-17.

Two years ago, the public was intrigued with the biggest deal in the history of Vietnam’s confectionery industry when Mondelēz International announced its M&A deal with Kinh Do snack business.

 Torrential rains are forecast to continue plaguing the northern region after flooding Ha Giang, Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang provinces over the past several days, affecting people’s lives and blocking traffic for hours.

 Experts voiced real concern over safety and legal status of e-money since Bitcoin, a form of cryptography-based e-money, is believed to potentially cause risks for users due to its highly volatile value.

 A delegation of 142 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities left Ho Chi Minh City on September 11 for the ninth ASEAN Paralympic Games in Malaysia in the next days.

 The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) organised the 2017 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Incident Drill (ACID) in Hanoi on September 11.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on September 11 announced the opening of a freight route connecting Vietnam and China at the Friendship International Border Gate in Vietnam’s northern province of Lang Son.

 Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Truong Hoa Binh had a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Nanning city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 11.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Slovak Ambassador to Vietnam Igor Pacolak in Hanoi on September 11.

 Both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira have expressed their hope that more and more Vietnamese and Brazilian would invest in each other’s countries.

 According to reports by the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), Vietnam’s derivatives market has finished its first month in operation with significant results and growing attention from investors.

 Vietnam beat Indonesia 3-0 in a Group B match of the 2017 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U18 Championship held in Myanmar on September 11.

First Solar has returned and other investors are coming to Vietnam with large-scale production plans in anticipation of domestic demand and export opportunities for solar panels thanks to preferential tariffs.

Pham Nhat Vuong has kicked off an automobile manufacturing project Vinfast. Nguyen Duy Hung has successfully protected Bibica brand. 

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