Vietnamobile is in the process of expanding its 3G coverage to all 63 cities and provinces from the current 12.

 The Japanese language is being taught at some primary schools in Hanoi and HCM City, on a trial basis.

 A market management official was killed last night by a cigarette smuggler, while being on duty near Vam Co River in Long An Province.

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has requested the Environment General Department and local People’s Committee to determine the cause of the fish kill-off in central Thanh Hoa Province.

 About 109 mahogany trees, 24 of which are ancient trees on Kim Ma Street (Hanoi), will either be relocated or cut down to make way for the metro line Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station. 

 Floods in Mekong Delta region become fewer

 Taiwan has informed Vietnam about a Taiwanese citizen who was diagnosed with Zika infection after returning from Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cai Luong Theatre will attend the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival, performing a cai luong show for the first time, in Nanning, Guangxi, from September 17 to 23.

 An international workshop was held in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on September 16 to seek ways to preserve and promote cultural heritage values during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).

  Vietnamese businesses which have never exported Siluriformes fish (catfish) products to the United States have been asked to temporarily stop registering exports to that country.

 Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy system capable of generating 1,930kW of power by treating 75 tonnes of industrial waste per day was launched in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son on September 16. 

 Customers should stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 immediately, said the Vietnam Competition Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. 

 A delegation from the Vietnam Maritime Administration visited the crew abroad three foreign ships which have been abandoned by their owner – China-based Jumbo Sino Investment Development Ltd., on September 15-16. 

 Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen, who were released by Indonesia on September 14 after caught for illegal fishing in its seas, arrived in Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau safely on September 16.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to China generated conditions favourable for the two countries to continue deepening their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

  Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has called on former UNESCO General Director Koichiro Matsuura to continue bridging Japanese and Vietnamese investor.

 Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich discussed with US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius measures to strengthen the bilateral defence ties at a meeting in Hanoi on September 16. 

  “The Grapes and Wine Festival – Ninh Thuan 2016” will take place from September 29 to October 1, said Le Van Binh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan at a press conference on September 14. 

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said that it is preparing documents to sue the US Department of Commerce (DOC) over its final conclusion in the 10th administrative review. 

 HCM City launches new bus route, Vietnam’s achievements in ozone layer protection hailed; Former deputy chief inspector prosecuted for taking bribes