Instead of opening e-commerce floors in the old way, some businesses have tried new solutions to develop online sales to avoid repeating the same mistakes made by their predecessors.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has allowed the Ministry of Health to grant licenses to tissue banks, including privately run banks. However, it is still unclear who would invest in the field. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of listening to teachers and discussing solutions to improve teaching and learning at school, parents are busy playing with their smartphones at school meetings, as seen in a picture posted on the internet.

 The National Academy of Music in Hanoi will host a concert directed by the Spaniard David Gómez on October 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 500 youth of Cat Hai Island District in the northern port city of Hai Phong participated in a coastal cleanup campaign on Cat Ba Island yesterday morning, Sept 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate found many violations with over VND92.7 trillion (US$4.15 billion) and 14,266 hectares of land involved after it conducted 200,000 inspections last year.

 Despite the good news from the latest report on the safety of seafood in the central region by the Ministry of Health, fishermen in Quang Tri province are still worried about the warning against deep sea fishing.

 After missing out on the final, Vietnam performed brilliantly in the match for third-place at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on September 24, thrashing Timor Leste with a score of 4-0 to claim the bronze medal of the 2016 AFF U-19 Championship.

 Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien brought home the first professional tennis title for Vietnam after pairing-up to beat the second-seeded duo Gao Xin (China) and Imai Shintaro (Japan) 2-0.

 MayBank Kim Eng Securities has outlined three scenarios for the VN-Index in late September and October.

 Vietnam Tourism Ambassador to France Anoa Suzanne Dussol Perran introduced the “Vietnam House” project at a ceremony on September 22.

 Vietnam ICT Summit 2016 officially launched on September 24 under the theme “Digital revolution - Opportunities and Challenges”.

 The European Union and Vietnam are set to implement their bilateral free trade agreement in early 2018.

 Representatives from 182 member countries of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora are gathering at the 17 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 The government is determined to grasp opportunities from the fourth industrial revolution and develop Vietnam into an IT power, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 Twenty-three photos by French artist Thiery Beyne are on display at the Eastin Grand Hotel Saigon in HCM City. The Back Photography exhibition features the backs of Vietnamese women he photographed during his travels in the country.

 A ceremony was held in the central province of Ha Tinh on September 25 to receive a certificate recognising the Woodblocks of Phuc Giang School as a documentary heritage by UNESCO’s Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.

 Vietnamese athletes won three gold, four silver and 11 bronze medals on the first day of competition at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 6) in the central city of Da Nang, helping the host country lead the medal tally. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has attended informal meetings between foreign ministers of ASEAN and the US and the United Nations in New York. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will pay an official visit to Laos from September 26-27 at the invitation of her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotou, aiming to enhance legislative ties between the two countries.