Dr Nguyen Van Tham from the National Academy of Public Administration talks about obstacles facing the country in administrative reform through a writing to chinhphu.vn.

 The Danang authorities hesitate to transfer Danang IT Park to Trung Nam Land over doubts of the developer’s financial capacity.

VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Vietnamese-French movie director Tran Anh Hung marks his return after years working in silence premiering the latest film Eternite (Eternity) at cinemas from September 9.

Vietnamese fishermen in Nghe An Province often exaggerate when boasting just how big their latest catch was.

 The HCMC government has passed a plan to build a water pumping station as a temporary measure to control chronic floods on Kinh Duong Vuong Street and in other parts of Binh Tan District.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2014 Housing Law, which allows foreigners to own houses in Vietnam, has prompted real estate developers to introduce their projects overseas.

 Up to 12 resort projects along Ke Ga Beach in the southern central province of Binh Thuan have been left abandoned for more than 10 years due to continual policy changes by local authorities and the central government.

The government has confirmed that the management of the vocational training system will stay with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the management of the education system will remain with the Ministry of Education and Training.

 The legal framework on startups doesn’t bear too many shortcomings as the Law on Enterprises is relatively similar to American law. The shortcomings mostly come from administrative procedures and policies from ministries.

After a long period of delay a number of horse racecourse projects are now being planned around Vietnam. One to suffer from the long delay is the Thien Ma Madagui project in the central highlands province of Lam Dong. 

 The HCMC government plans to call a press conference next week to publicize the cause of odor which has recently plagued the southern districts of Binh Chanh, Nha Be and 7, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.

 The first Vietnam Junior Fashion Week is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22- 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – What are new-generation bilateral free trade agreements? What should be done for domestic enterprises to truly benefit from FTAs?

 Member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) need to further strengthen solidarity to deal with security challenges at present, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc has said.

 Waste water from the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC is suspected to have killed nearly 50 tonnes of farmed fish in Thanh Hoa Province earlier this month.

 The Police Bureau for Economic Management Order Offences has said that the four leaders of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) have been arrested for the investigation into the firm's loss of $142 million.

 The Ministry of Health has asked Son La Province Department of Health to review an incident where the body of a woman was carried home by motorbike by relative.

 The Ninh Binh People’s Committee has proposed the Prime Minister a selection of plans to rescue Ninh Binh nitrogenous fertiliser plant, invested by Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem).

 The film ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” directed by Victor Vu has been nominated to compete at the 89th Oscar held on February 26, 2017.

It has been unveiled that Miss Jewelry 2015 Dang Pham Phuong Chi will represent Vietnam at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2016 pageant set for September 12-28 at Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.