The need to accelerate flood-prevention projects has become more urgent than ever as HCM City mobilised workers and pumps to remove water from flooded streets following a historic downpour on Monday evening that inundated the city. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly’s Judicial Committee yesterday convened its third session with discussions focused on the adjustment of the Penal Code 2015.

 Thailand has proposed the imposition of anti-dumping duty at a maximum of 40.49 per cent on Viet Nam's steel products imported into the country.

 As many as 340 Australian undergraduates will take short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2017 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme, unveiled the Australian Embassy on September 26.

 Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea has run a front page article saying the visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from September 27-28 will strengthen bilateral cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam continues exploiting 50 million tons of coal each year, the coal would run out after 15 years, not 50 years, as planned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge – Sun Group’s InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort has added to its long list of awards by winning the “Best Resort Hotel in Asia-Pacific” title ofthe prestigious magazineBusiness Traveler.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Pham Van Quang, 59, is one of the last moon-cake mold makers in Hanoi. He has pursued the job for several decades.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French and Vietnamese experts met recently in Can Tho to discuss how to better preserve the cultural heritage of Viet Nam, particularly in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue.

Vietnam’s major estate developer Sun Group has announced an attractive promotion campaign to celebrate the launch of Premier Residences Phu Quoc Emerald Bay and Premier Village Phu Quoc Resort on Vietnam’s largest island of Phu Quoc.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan’s scheduled official visit to Cambodia from September 27-28 aims to foster the ties between the national legislatures of Vietnam and Cambodia.

 The official visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte from September 28-29 is expected to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in politics, security, defence, and economics.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietwater 2016, the international exhibition on water supply & drainage, filtration and waste water treatment, to be held in November, is expected to attract 400 businesses from 38 countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been ranked 89th among 193 surveyed countries in the UN e-government development index (EGDI).

 Authorities and business associations met in HCMC last week to find ways for local exporters and importers to get back their containerized goods currently stranded on board ships of Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd that had filed for bankruptcy protection.

 Poor spectators can also come to enjoy the Hope musical program which features “The last summer night,” “The street of fame” and “Reachable dreams” as the ticket price is a mere VND99,000, reports Vietnamplus.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors are rushing to develop software park projects in Hanoi. Experts, warning about ‘software park inflation’, say that investors have ‘other purposes’ when eyeing such projects.

 The HCMC government has identified environmental protection and improvement of the quality of life as two of the core criteria for growth quality in the 2016-2020 period, said chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, French and German will be taught at general schools in Hanoi and HCMC before being applied on a large scale throughout the country.

 It is very easy to see vehicles that carry bulky loads of goods, causing traffic chaos and potential dangers for people, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City.