The Government Inspectorate of Viet Nam has found a series of violations by the Ministry of Transport and the Quy Nhon provincial administration during the period of 2010-15 in regards to the equitisation process of the Quy Nhon Port.

HCM City aims to build more than 90,000 accommodations for workers which would include 15 projects for low-cost apartments and social housing accommodations for workers on a total area of 47ha.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Controversial skin-care ingredients such as hydroquinone and corticosteroid are found in skin-lightening creams that have been extensively promoted online in Vietnam over the last few years.

 The first Vietnam-France dialogue on security and defence strategy was held in Paris on September 18.

 A play featuring a rich blend of the H’Mong ethnic culture was performed at Hanoi Opera House recently. 

 Vietnam will take over the chairmanship of ASOSAI for 2018 – 2021, which has received strong support from regional and international delegates who are in Hanoi to attend the ongoing 14th ASOSAI Assembly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of hand, foot and mouth infections has surged at schools in HCM City, especially at kindergartens, 

 Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a joint vision statement on defence cooperation for 2018-2028 at their talks in Paris on September 17 as part of the former’s ongoing visit to France.

The Police has begun criminal proceedings against the case of violating provisions on the management and use of State assets that causes losses and wastefulness, and a number of organisations and individuals in HCMC related to Phan Van Anh Vu.

 The investigation agency under Hanoi police on September 18 issued a decision to institute a criminal case for the death of seven people following a music gala at Hanoi’s West Lake Water Park on September 16. 

 Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.

Four Vietnamese nationals appeared in court on Tuesday accused of stealing SG$26,000 (US$19,000) worth of women’s clothes - the biggest haul by a shoplifting syndicate in Singapore to date. 

Many people have had to leave their homes for HCMC, wile others have lodged complaints to local authorities and state management agencies as the living environment has been destroyed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Private shops stopped using Apple’s logo after the smartphone manufacturer’s representative in Vietnam sent a letter to them warning about intellectual property infringement two years ago.

Vietnam once gave investors the green light to set up a series of universities in an effort to increase the number of students. But now it has to dissolve many of the schools to ensure training quality.

Hotels have launched recruitment campaigns for middle and senior managers, as well as for untrained workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A flash flood triggered by heavy downpours has submerged schools in Yen Tinh Commune, Tuong Duong District in the central province of Nghe An.

 The 52nd meeting of the Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) took place in Hanoi on September 19 under the co-chair of ASOSAI Chairperson Madinah Binti Mohamad and Secretary General Choe Jeahyeong.

 The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018, themed “Creating Smarter City and Securer City by Digital Solutions,” kicked off in Hanoi on September 18.

As the mid-autumn festival draws near, many different kinds of traditional toys like lanterns, cardboard masks and lion-headed masks are sold along the streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.