The GDP growth rate for the January-September period was 6.98 percent, the highest for the same period over the past eight years, the General Statistics Office announced on September 28.  

 Vietnam and Australia will bolster exchanges and support each other to improve professional capacity for lawyers from both sides.

 The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into real estate in Ho Chi Minh City has followed the same trend as with the FDI movement into the country, with the property sector always among the top FDI recipients in recent years.

 The 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee will organise its eighth session from October 2-6.

 A ceremony to see off a Vietnamese sport delegation to the third Asian Para Games took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28. 

 Up to 71.38 percent of computers and mobile devices in Vietnam are getting infected with malicious viruses, but only 11 percent of the users are aware they have been victims of cyber-attacks.

 Despite complicated changes in the world situation, Vietnam has shown strong performance in stabilizing prices and reining in inflation, keeping the average at only 3.57 percent in the first nine months over 2017.

 A total of 13,242 traffic accidents occurred in the past nine months, killing 6,012 people and injuring 10,319 others, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition entitled Chuối Rừng (Wild Banana) featuring nearly 40 artworks by painter Tran Ngoc Hung is opened to public in Hanoi. 

 A team from the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi won the first prize at the “Start-up Francophone 2018” competition for Asian – Pacific students at its finale in Hanoi on September 28.

 Foreign ministers (FMs) of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened an unofficial annual meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28.

 The Maius Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with Korean artists to celebrate its ninth birthday at the Hanoi Opera House on September 30.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on September 29 assigned tasks to military doctors of Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital who will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to undertake the UN’s peacekeeping mission. 

 Ho Chi Minh City should learn lessons from major cities in developed countries on how to become a smart city, speakers said at an international conference held in the city on September 28.

 Foreign ministers (FMs) of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened an unofficial annual meeting on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28.

 The US Federal Reserve (Fed)’s third interest rate hike this week would not affect Vietnam’s economy significantly as the move was foreseeable, according to experts.

 Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific Airlines have adjusted schedules of flights to and from Japan’s Osaka International Airport due to its closure over the impact of typhoon Trami.

 Vietnamese Ambassador Duong Chi Dung stressed the need for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to continue fostering constructive cooperation and dialogue when attending the UNHRC’s 39th session which closed in Geneva on September 28.

 Police of Quynh Nhai district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 28 arrested four men when they were illegally transporting about 54,000 methamphetamine pills to neighbouring Lao Cai province.

 The Hanoi Book Festival will take place on October 3-7, highlighting modern reading culture.