With the Government releasing the policy to develop the solar energy industry, it is poised for a boom, a workshop heard in HCM City on September 18.

 The Vietnam Publishing Association has proposed to raise the discount limit on books to 80 per cent instead of the current maximum rate of 50 per cent.

 The Ministry of Education and Training conducted a surprise inspection of the educational establishments in four cities and provinces to review the collection of tuition fees this academic year.

 Districts in Hanoi are successfully managing billboard advertisements that can render urban areas unsightly, officials have said.  

 Improving the quality of domestically-produced goods is critical for Vietnam to compete with imported products from and narrow the trade deficit with Thailand, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The planned pilot run of the first elevated train in Hanoi next month will be delayed amid lagging construction progress and financial difficulties.

 A solo exhibition by Indian artist Ruchika Wason Singh in Hanoi introduced her new approach to accommodation and migration - one of the biggest problems in the world today. 

 Vietnam won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals on the first day of the ongoing fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 2017) in Turkmenistan on September 18.

 The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games kicked off in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabat on September 17 where Vietnam aims to rank between the 13th and the 15th place in the medal standings.

An international Hardware and Hand Tools exhibition in Vietnam in 2017 is scheduled to take place from December 6-9 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The 14th Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on September 21-22 to discuss orientations to expand humanitarian cooperation in the region.

 Swimmer Vi Thi Hang broke ASEAN Para Games record in the women’s 100m Freestyle event on September 18, winning the first gold medal for Vietnam at this year’s games.

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team rose four places in the latest FIFA rankings to No. 130 in the world and second in the Southeast Asian region, behind the Philippines.

 Two naval ships from the Republic of Korea (RoK) carrying 633 officers and sailors arrived in the Tien Sa port on September 18 to start a four-day official visit to the central city of Da Nang.

 Vietnam will face Cambodia in the opening match of Group I of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Championship 2018 qualifying round on September 20 in Mongolia.

 The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has two more heritages named in the list of national intangible cultural heritages, raising its total to six.

Vietnam determines to transform from a consumer to a provider of future technologies and services, ready to stay at the front door of the fourth industrial revolution, according to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Dai Duong.

 The Vietnam National Space Centre under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed an agreement on satellite data exchange in Hanoi on September 18.

 Storm Doksuri leaves 121 dead and injured

  Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and Vice President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen have agreed to facilitate all-level visits, particularly the Vietnam visit by President of the European Council Donald Tusk.