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. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the elephants killed in Africa are carried to Asia, with Vietnam becoming the center from which elephant tusks are forwarded to other markets.

While educators continue to argue about whether to teach children to read and write at the age of six, Vietnamese parents are practicing both skills with their children aged 4-5.

A recently-announced tax reform proposal from the Ministry of Finance will result in both revenue losses and gains.

 The Adsota Joint Stock Company has appeared on Facebook’s Agency Directories as a Gaming Agency since late August.

Danish brewer Carlsberg is keen on increasing its stake in the Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Corp. (Habeco) to at least 51 percent, a local news website has reported, citing an executive from Habeco. 

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities have decided to halt plans to build the first bus rapid transit BRT project which is expected to cost around USD144 million.

 Artificial-intelligence technology surrounds our everyday lives, in the form of voice assistants like Apples’ Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana or Amazon’s Alexa, say the computer experts.

 The Vietnamese Party and State have yearned for a fair society where all citizens have the right to contribute and enjoy benefits. Vietnam is now set to narrow the wealth gap to realize the long-term goal of social fairness.

 Two students from HCM City have successfully developed a product called talking gloves to support the communications of deaf and mute people.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say that the ecosystem for startups is not well organized to give substantial support to entrepreneurs.

 A rise in Vietnam’s retail and consumption service revenue reflects growing local purchasing power and retail-related activities.