A series of award-winning movies will be on screen for the first time and free at the fifth Hanoi International Film Festival, which will take place in the capital city from October 27-31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction work on eastern section of the North-South Expressway will start next year, and is scheduled to finish by 2021, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced yesterday.

 US President Donald Trump appreciated steps of development in the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership when receiving a letter of credentials handed over by Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc on September 17.

 One more club “Reading with Children” has recently opened in Hanoi, creating an additional playground for young book lovers in the capital city.

The Ministry of Transport and Hai Phong’s People’s Committee on Monday launched a pilot programme to promote passenger transport on the Hai Phong – Ha Noi – Kunming route, aiming to promote cross-border travel between Vietnam and China.

Nearly 5,000 deals involving foreigners buying into Vietnamese businesses have been reported so far this year, an increase of 50 percent compared with 2017.

 Torrential rain is still forecast for northern regions of Viet Nam today, although super typhoon Mangkhut weakened into a tropical low-pressure system and made landfall in China’s Guangxi Province yesterday morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - The proposal to buy electricity from Lao hydropower plants has been facing opposition from many researchers, who say that benefits are small compared with the costs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs a digital ecosystem with focus on made-in-Vietnam social media instead of foreign owned players such as Facebook and Google.

Conversations have heated up on Internet forums about Ho Ngoc Dai, the father of the ‘education technology’ program, who wrote a textbook for first graders.

 Vietnamese beauty Duong Nguyen Kha Trang was crowned Super Model International 2018 at the final night of the pageant in Thailand on September 14.

 The Government has issued Decree 117/2018 directing local credit institutions and branches of foreign banks to ensure that information remains confidential about their clients, and only provide information.

 Despite the constantly strong growth posted by the wood industry over the past few years, wood enterprises are aiming for a higher target: sustainable development, environmental protection and greater export turnover through higher added value.

 Vietnam has been seeing a new wave of technology firms and co-working operators, creating new opportunities for the real estate industry.

 Ong Hao Village in Hung Yen Province is rushing to complete thousands of drums for the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on September 24.

 Despite the efforts of Hanoi authorities to prevent congestion, the number of personal vehicles has grown much faster than the city’s infrastructure.

 Hundreds of people in Hanoi often a swim in the West Lake with their children and pets despite the recent mass deaths.

 After merging all of neighboring Ha Tay province, Me Linh district and four communes in Luong Son district in Hoa Binh province, modern-day Hanoi is the 17th largest capital in the world.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has proposed to the Ministry of Finance to end tuition fees for secondary schools.

The 12 swans which were brought to Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi have adapted to the local environment.