Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, bid an early farewell to the ongoing 2017 Chess World Cup in Georgia after conceding a 0.5-1.5 defeat to Indian GM, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, in the second round on September 7. 

VietNamNet Bridge - No report exists about the scale of the counterfeit drug market in Vietnam, but experts believe that the market is large and that many drugs are easily faked.

According to the World Bank, Vietnam has integrated into the global value chain and improved national economic progress and productivity through creative policy making for the transportation, service, border control and regional co-operation sectors.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Wednesday to hasten the handling of 12 inefficient projects under its management.

 Vietnam’s Vu Thi Trang won a berth in the quarter-finals of the Vietnam Open badminton tournament yesterday.

 Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai is visiting Cambodia from September 8-10 to reinforce friendship and cooperation between Hanoi and Phnom Penh.

 Vietnam has considered human rights as both widely-recognised and traditional values of a peace-loving nation.

 Vietnamese businesses have not yet made the most of opportunities from the Vietnam-Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) to increase exports to the Republic of Korea (RoK) market.

 Ho Chi Minh City will build an industrial zone for new businesses, including startups, and aid firms with business registration procedures, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi concluded his two-day State visit to Vietnam on September 7 with fruitful results.

 Vietnam’s U18 football team defeated Brunei 8-1 in the squad's first match at the 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship.

Vietnam always attaches great importance to developing the traditional friendship with South Africa, the only African country that it has set up the partnership for cooperation and development with, stated Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh Minh

 Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang is in Cuba for an official visit from September 8-11. 

 The European Union (EU) wants to ratify the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in 2018 and put it into force as soon as possible, the EU’s chief negotiator Mauro Petriccione has said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have repeatedly issued warnings about air pollution, especially the presence of PM1.0 and nano dust, and the link between air quality and disease.

Truong Duy Nghia, chair of the Vietnam Association of Science & Technology, says the country will be able to pursue renewable energy as a main source of power only when the country becomes wealthy. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Overlapping duties in state management have been found in 18 fields.

 Without consumers of ash, Mong Duong 1 thermal power plant is facing possible closure, wasting VND37 trillion ($1.6 billion) of state investment.

“I am sure that doctoral training quality will improve. There will not be many candidates who can meet the requirements to be trained for a doctorate and not everyone can become a PhD students’ instructor,” said MOET Deputy Minister Bui Van Ga.

 South Korea is boosting its investment and exports to Vietnam in a bid to cash in on tax cuts under new trade pacts.