U16 Viet Nam bid goodbye to the ASEAN Confederation Cup (AFC) U16 Championship after losing 0-5 to U16 Iran late Thursday night in Malaysia.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa on September 29 chaired a regular meeting of the ASEAN Committee in The Hague (ACTH).

Analysts say Vietnam is facing dual difficulties: it has to prepare for the period when ODA (official development capital) capital will decrease, and must also bear pressure as 50 percent of domestic debts will be due in three years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Like many mothers, 30-year-old Ly Thu Trang doesn’t want to see her children cooped-up indoors glued to the television set or sat playing video games.

Vietnam’s authorised Apple distributors now count a new member, as IPPG has launched its first APR store called eDiGi. However, IPPG’s chances for success seem thin. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi in the morning of September 29, successfully wrapping up his working visit to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly has passed a new decree on the general education curriculum and textbook reform, which approves the circulation of different textbooks for each subject. 

More and more skyscrapers are appearing in major urban areas of Vietnam such as HCM City and Hanoi, as the race to build highrises is heating up as land is increasingly scarce.

 Vietnam has been accelerating the equitisation of its state-owned enterprises in order to seek more investment capital and raise their competitiveness. But how effective has this effort been so far?

Dang Kim Phuong has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in training and coaching teams, helping employees to improve their learning, working and soft skills. She is also a popular guest speaker and trainer 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 1922, the last chèo tàu folk singing festival took place in the ancient villages outside the capital. It seemed that the art form, which had been celebrated in festivals since 1683, would be lost to history.

Nguyen Hong Minh, Director General of the Directorate of the Vocational Education and Training speaks to the Hà Nội Mới newspaper on the need for strong co-ordination between vocational training institutions with labour markets.

Thai Duy Sam, vice president of the Viet Nam Association for Building Materials, speaks to Kinh te & Do Thi (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper about the need to use green construction materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When doctor Nguyen Van Chuong, decided to retire, he wasn’t ready to put his feet up.

VietNamNet Bridge - A lot of questions about Bamboo Airways, the newest airline in Vietnam, remain unanswered, from the quality of the fleet to the competitiveness of the air carrier.

 Vietnam is strengthening its efforts to remove EC’s “yellow card” warning on its seafood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Butterflies have very short life spans. I wanted to find a way to keep their colours forever,” said artist Vu Thi Nguyet Anh, who owns a painting workshop in Bao Loc City in Lam Dong Province.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Vu Dai Thang shares his views about the role of FDI in Vietnam’s development, while stressing the need for changes in the country’s FDI attraction strategy in the 4.0 era.

 Vietnamese players lost to stronger opponents on Thursday in the fourth day of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad 2018 in Batumi City, Georgia.

 Hanoi authorities have started to hold cultural activities at the Van Lake in the Temple of Literature which was closed off for years.