The draft cyber information security law will be submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee this month, the Ministry of Public Security said on its website.

 Some top experts in payments, e-commerce and retail gave their insights into the future of online trading in Viet Nam at a two-day seminar in HCM City this week.

HCMC has set a target that 15-20 percent students of each educational institution in the city will use school bus by 2019-2020. However statistics show that the number of students using this service has been reducing. 

 Vietnam is consistent in the employment of multilateral and multifaceted diplomacy to enhance traditional partnerships with Balkan States, including Serbia, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh’s visit to the Republic of Korea from September 6-9 was fruitful, contributing to enhancing defence cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK as well as regional countries.

 Vietnam always respects the relations and multifaceted cooperation with Tanzania and wants to further develop the ties between their two national assemblies, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Kim Doanh.

 A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Hoang Binh Quan, head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, visited Canada from September 5-8.

 Vietnam has substantial potential for wind energy and it's hoped that it will play an increasingly larger role in turning the country away from dependence on fossil fuels, said leading economist Pham Chi Lan.

If the flight operation process is changed and advanced technologies are used to improve organizational and management capability, the capacity of Tan Son Nhat Airport will improve, experts say.

Although traffic infrastructure has significantly developed in the Mekong Delta but some congestions need to be cleared for traffic connectivity in the region.

Pham Dinh Thi, director of the Ministry of Finance’s Tax Policy Department talks with a Vietnam News Agency reporter about the ministry’s proposal to increase VAT from 10 to 12 percent.

 More international groups are rushing to supply medical equipment for healthcare facilities in Vietnam to cash in on the lucrative medical equipment market, which is forecast to hit $1.4 billion in value in 2018.

 Like many of its startups, Vietnam is navigating an array of apparent contradictions. It’s a country where nearly half the population works in agriculture but which aims to escape the middle-income trap by becoming a startup nation. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The low-cost aviation market has attracted many investors, but some low-cost carriers (LCC) have had difficulties in obtaining operating licenses.

 Vietnam is making consistent efforts to build a smart energy industry, where investors can easily find good investment opportunities.

 Former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh has been prosecuted in relation to an economic crime worth 666 million USD at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB). 

Microsoft Vietnam has officially announced it was appointing Aung San Maung from Myanmar as its new acting CEO in Viet Nam, a position which was held by Vu Minh Tri for seven years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese have bought properties in the US, but this has not generated cash flow from Vietnam to the US, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

 Brazil’s FM Aloysio Nunes Ferreira will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from September 9-12 at the invitation of Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

Hungary’s senior leaders showed a consensus on developing friendship with Vietnam at their meetings with Politburo member and head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai.