The Bac Binh district People’s Court in Binh Thuan handed out prison sentences ranging from two to four years to 15 defendants involved in disturbances of social order at Phan Ri Thanh commune on June 11 at a trial on September 26.

 Vietnam has made great strides in the fight against wildlife crime, said Bui Thi Ha, Deputy Director of Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV), a non-governmental organisation on the reservation of nature and the protection of the environment.

 More than 140 Vietnamese and 100 foreign players will compete at the BRG Golf Hanoi Festival 2018 slated for October 2-4. 

Vietnamese rice exports are expected to grow stronger by the end of the year after a brief lulling period, said Tran Van Cong, Deputy Director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

 Vietnam’s fruit sector should focus on gaining trust from domestic consumers before focusing on exports, said Deputy Director of the Plant Cultivation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Nhu Cuong.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many forwarding companies have opened recently, creating a cutthroat market.

VietNamNet Bridge - iPhone XS Max unexpectedly lost half of its value just after one day in Vietnam, with the price falling from VND79 million to VND40.5 million.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them, American author Ernest Hemingway once said. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hungarian author Lackfi Janos will host an exchange with Vietnamese readers tomorrow to present a Vietnamese translation of one of his books.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players made progress on the third day of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad 2018 in Batumi City, Georgia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minh Hang, a resident of Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, carries four to five plastic bags home from the market every day. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overloaded vehicles using road they are not allowed to be travelling along are causing problems for other motorists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of drivers using fake environmental ID badges on the Ha Noi – Hai Phong Expressway to avoid paying the toll fee has increased recently, 

Since Pham Thi Bach Ngoc, who is majoring in English at the HCM City Open University, plans to go to a European country for a master’s degree, she applied for a professional bachelor’s degree in international trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese engineers and technicians joined hands to change lives in a remote area of Africa.

 The Vietnamese economy continued its strong performance in the first half of 2018, although external and domestic challenges could affect the country’s growth outlook for this year and next year, the ADB said in a new report.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in New York on the morning of September 27 (Vietnam time) to attend the high-level general debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly.

 Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has committed to wiping out tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam by 2030 while addressing the High-Level TB Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 

 Vietnam joined the United Nations more than 40 years ago. The cooperation between Vietnam and the UN has become a role model of cooperation between the UN and its members.

The first HBF Boxing Tournament also known as Pro Boxing Tournament will be held from 6pm on September 30 at Lan Anh Theatre, 291 Cach Mang Thang 8 Street, HCM City’s District 10.