The Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage Association (VBA) has requested the Ministry of Finance to withdraw its proposal to apply a special consumption tax of 10 or 20 percent on soft drinks.

FECON has raised the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to 75 per cent as the premise for its plan to raise chartered capital in the coming period.

VietNamNet Bridge - The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community is expected to open new markets for tourism, but Vietnam still cannot exploit the advantage. 

Viet Nam’s sizeable trade in wild birds is going unchecked and could harm wild populations if not managed, a new study by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC warns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The investigative police of Binh Dinh Province has detained two suspects over a recent destruction of more than 60ha of forest in An Lao District.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Nam will check on the illegal logging of 110ha of protected forest in Tien Phuoc District’s Tian Lanh Commune.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday reviewed the development of the marine economy along with national defence and security in 2011-16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The choirs representing districts 10 and 11 won the third HCM City Choir Festival that ended on Wednesday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Runners will go the distance in the Viet Nam Mountain Marathon (VMM) from September 22-24 in Sa Pa.

 SCG Concrete Roof Vietnam Ltd., a subsidiary of SCG Cement-Building Materials has become the first concrete roof tile manufacturer in Vietnam to be granted with three major certifications for its management system.

 Staff of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio (VFS) have strongly opposed policies of their new management board after equitisation, worrying that they would kill the firm. 

 Farmers in Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces started investing shrimp farming as prices have been on the rise since March.

 The construction of a bus rapid transit (BRT) line linking HCM and the neighbouring province of Binh Duong is expected to be started in 2018 and completed in 2019.

 The General Department of Taxation has asked localities to increase inspections at FDI firms that suddenly incur losses after the periods they have received incentives expire.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has approved the extension of credit growth limits for many commercial banks to support the country’s economic growth.

Bui Yen Ly secured the only gold medal of muaythai for Vietnam at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) yesterday in Turkmenistan.

 Bilateral relations between Vietnam and Egypt are expected to be elevated to a new height following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Vietnam earlier this month, said a Vietnamese diplomat.

 Muaythai fighter Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat will present Vietnam at the Asia Fighting Championship in Singapore on Saturday.

 Percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa of Hanoi will stage a solo performance at the House of Ao Dai - Once Famous Point on Friday featuring Vietnamese folk music and other genres.  

 Hong Kong contemporary artist Yiu Chi Leung will launch his “An Era of Half-Humanity” multimedia exhibition at Vin Gallery from September 22 to November 20.