Uber Viet Nam CEO, Dang Viet Dung, on Saturday denied rumours that Uber would temporarily halt operations in Viet Nam until its tax dues were paid.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue taking the lead in administrative reform, said Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, head of the ministry’s Legal Department, on Monday.

 The Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) has proposed that the Prime Minister privatise State-owned hospitals to reform the healthcare system and improve the quality of healthcare services.

Many Vietnamese exporters are seeking new markets for tra (catfish) as they face high tariffs in the United States, long one of the biggest consumers of Vietnamese tra fish.

 The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention on Monday requested its subordinate agencies “not to underestimate” and proactively prepare to respond to a tropical depression.

 Japanese doctor Nagato Natsume has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Nagoya city of Aichi prefecture.

Singer Tung Duong, who has been dubbed ‘divo’, will hold his latest live show entitled Troi va Dat (Heaven and Earth) last weekend. An avant-garde artist in Viet Nam whose music isn’t for everyone, 

 Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh hosted a reception for Canadian Ambassador in Vietnam Ping Kitnikone in Hanoi on September 25.

The Vietnamese Government always creates favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from the US, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a reception for President of the US’s Harbinger Capital Partners LLC Philip Falcone.

 Hungary’s contemporary porcelains are being introduced to visitors to the Museum of Fine Art at No. 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi at a fortnight exhibition that opened on September 25 by the Hungarian Embassy in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese sport got a boost when swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien bagged another gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan on September 25.

 Vietnam have earned a slot to compete in the final round of the AFC U-16 Championship 2018.

 Tran Duy Quang, a Vietnamese national, won the 100km race at the fifth edition of the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM).

President Tran Dai Quang has called on Vietnam and Hungary to continue their close coordination to soon select projects to use Hungary’s preferential loans effectively and pragmatically, for the sake of the two countries’ people. 

More than 1,000 local and international delegates met in Can Tho today (September 26) to discuss measures to ensure sustainable and climate-resilient development of the Mekong Delta.

As demand is high, ghostwriting has become a source of income for many people. In the past, it was a part-time job which helped them earn extra money, but it is now a “racket” which can bring a stable income.

VietNamNet Bridge - Uninterested in iPhone 8 and hesitant about the high price, many Vietnamese are choosing to buy the iPhone 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market has never made such big leaps as it has in the last few months. The prices of a number of stocks have climbed to an all-time peak, enriching businesses.

 China is now Vietnam’s largest rice importer and the local rice export sector will continue depending on the neighboring market in the coming years.

As the amount of ash and slag left untreated at coal-fired thermopower plants is increasing, some ministries have proposed lowering the required environmental standards to help the plants deal with the problem.