VietNamNet Bridge - Hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores are competing with single-price chains which have been cementing their positions in Vietnam.

Due to the excessive exploitation of ngan (Austriella corrugata), the number of oysters has declined seriously. Quang Ninh provincial authorities are taking serious measures to conserve the precious gene.

Truong Ba Tuan, deputy director general of the Institute for Strategic and Financial Policies under the Ministry of Finance, speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the MoF’s proposal to restructure the national budget.

Literature on Hue royal architecture was honored as a world documentary heritage, the third of the Nguyen dynasty which ruled Vietnam between 1802 and 1945. 

Construction of two bridges linking Cao Lanh City and Lap Vo District in Dong Thap Province and Dong Thap with Can Tho, which are under way, will be a big boost to transportation and connectivity

 Exports of coconut-based products are sluggish due to challenges and difficulties facing the coconut processing industry and coconut cultivation, according to the Ben Tre Province Agricultural Promotion Centre.

 Vinh Long lost to Cambodia 0-3 in the opening match of the Vĩnh Long International Volleyball Tournament in the southern province of Vinh Long on September 11.

 “Defeat makes me stronger as I learn a lot for the next competitions,” said Nguyen Thi Ngoan after a historic gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League in Halle/Leipzig.

 A whirlwind struck this central province on Monday evening, damaging more than 120 buildings.

 Five people caught illegally trading explosives were taken into custody on Monday in Thuan Nam District of the central coastal province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A documentary about internationally renowned Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh will be shown in American theatres beginning on September 12.

Before becoming the first chair of VAMC, Dang Thanh Binh was Deputy Governor of the State Bank, responsible for taking care of bad debt and credit institution restructuring.

 Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has ordered an investigation into a primary teacher who has been accused of beating 11 pupils with a ruler.

 The General Statistics Office (GSO) is in the process of finalising a set of statistical indicators for Viet Nam’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), the office said.

 Hanoi expects to move eight departments to a concentration zone on Vo Chi Cong Road in Tay Ho District next year.

 Credit must go to productive sectors if higher growth is to successfully raise GDP growth, HSBC warns in latest report.

The draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units has been officially submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

As an active member of the ASEAN Community, Vietnam supports ASEAN-China cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stressed at an event in Nanning on September 12.

Vietnam’s population and housing census is conducted every ten years on April 1 and the fifth survey will be conducted in 2019, aimed at meeting national targets and several indicators for sustainable development.

 Several lawyers and officials have expressed concerns over the difficulties in realising the regulations on dogs supervision in public places which will take effect on September 15.