Even though retail premises in the central business district (CBD) of HCMC are becoming more scarce and the rents are increasing, premises far from the center are still unpopular with new retailers.

 Vietnam is willing to serve as a bridge to support Bulgaria and the EU in enhancing relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member nations.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has voiced her hope that there won’t be any barriers and bias against women, and female leaders in businesses and economic organisations will make up 50 percent and even higher.

 This year might be the gloomiest year of the full moon cake market as high cake prices have not attracted customers to purchase for presents as they used to in previous years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Becamex Binh Duong inched closer to the final of the National Cup after beating SHB Da Nang 3-1 in the first leg of the semi-finals yesterday.

Thach Thanh Binh, the young owner of a new photo-studio recently received more than 20,000 on line "hits" when photos he took and posted of them went viral. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese translator, Giap Van Chung, living overseas in Hungary, has been awarded the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit or Magyar Arany Érdemkereszt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Drama Theatre will perform Dream of the Red Chamber for the first time with staging by Singaporean director Dr Chua Soo Pong. 

 Businesses must remove their headquaters, factories and other properties from defense land west of Da Nang Airport to hand over the premise to Air Force Division 372 from September 29 to October 6.

 The Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2018, to be held at Vietnam Television's studio S14 in Hanoi, from September 29 to October 2, will introduce collections that are made entirely from traditional materials from Vietnam.

 The 4G download speed of Mobifone, one of the three major mobile carriers in Vietnam, is slightly faster than that of Viettel, according to test results announced by the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

Head of the Office of HCM City's People Committee Vo Van Hoan has affirmed that the city does not have a policy to suspend the building of the first-ever bus rapid transit line, which runs along Vo Van Kiet and Mai Chi Tho avenues.

 To complete the construction of an approximately 700-kilometre section of North-South four-lane expressway in the east, worth VND130.2 trillion ($5.7 billion) by 2020, specific policies to attract foreign and domestic investments are necessary.

 Vinamilk heads list of Top 10 advertisements in region over last 12 months.

Vietnam's real estate market sees solid performance in office segment, according to latest Savills report.

 Pham Thi Lan, a woman from Nam Sach, Hai Duong Province, had lived with a 10kg tumour for 39 years.

 A young man has been killed after being stuck in a restaurant dumbwaiter lift in Hanoi.

The domination of many foreign companies in the Vietnamese market has been featured in funny paintings by a local blogger, attracting great attention from the public.

 A hundred and nine food poisoning patients in the central province of Thanh Hoa were released from a local hospital on Wednesday.

 Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son brought home the last gold medal for the Vietnam delegation in the men’s team’s blitz chess category at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which concluded in Turkmenistan on September 27.