The British Business Group Vietnam will host the 17th annual Fun Run for Charity in District 7 on September 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Newcomer Thang Long Warriors secured their second win at the Viet Nam Basketball Association League, beating hosts HCM City Wings 79-71 on Tuesday at the Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium.

 The Ministry of Construction announced recently that the national history museum project will be implemented in 2021 at the earliest.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue began a working visit to Switzerland on September 13, aiming to boost political ties and bilateral trade.

 The Vietnam-China Bac Luan (Beilun) Bridge II was inaugurated in Mong Cai city, Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh, on September 13. 

 Nearly 500 CEOs, business owners, investors and economic experts participated in the final pitch at the Swiss Innovation Challenge Vietnam event with 21 teams competing yesterday in HCM City.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and Ethiopia Nguyen Kim Doanh on September 13 met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu who proposed that the Vietnamese Government consider reopening its embassy in Addis Ababa.

The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday discussed the Government’s draft decree on managing and using State funds for external affairs.

While labour productivity in Vietnam remains low compared with neighbouring countries, the drastically disproportionate increase of minimum wage and wages might harm the competitiveness of businesses and the development of the country.

 Health authorities in Nha Trang City – the famous beach tourism destination hit hard by HIV/AIDS – have made progress against the epidemic. However, their efforts are threatened by a lack of adequate human resources.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s statistics show that the average capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of the banking sector has been consistently falling since the beginning of this year. 

 A Gala night gathering big stars from across Vietnam will be held on September 26, 2017 in Hanoi to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association and welcome Vietnam's Stage Day.

VietNamNet Bridge - The most reputable economics schools ranked below average on a list of 49 schools surveyed by a group of six specialists from Vietnamese and foreign institutions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to the northern mountainous region of Ha Giang will immediately notice the little yellow mud houses built by local Mong ethnicity people along the road.

Rong Viet Securities estimates that if the new VAT policy is applied from 2019 with the tax rate increasing from 10 percent to 12 percent, the state budget would have VND70 trillion a year more from VAT collections. 

As Vietnamese content developers only receive 10 percent of the revenue from advertisements, they have been advised to stop uploading videos on YouTube to earn money from ads. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of trying to prevent salt water from entering land, some coastal localities have opened their doors to seawater, turning the water brackish for shrimp farming.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every guitar players in Ha Noi knows Vu Duc Hien as one of the hardest fighters for the art. Despite obstacles, Hien has stuck to his passion.

Phan Xuan Dung, Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Science, Technology and Environment, speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper about the central region’s readiness for foreign investors.

 FPT Corporation, Vietnam’s leading information technology firm, has launched Speakdi, a Vietnamese-Japanese automatic translation app, on App Store since early this month.