VIETNAM TODAY

The 2016 Vietnam International Motor Show (VIMS 2016) will take place at the International Exhibition Center at 91 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi, from October 5-9, with the participation of twelve car brands.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked China Railway Sixth Group Co. Ltd, the main contractor of Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project, to promptly address existing problems to ensure the project’s scheduled progress.

19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem District will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese government is striving to improve business climate and offer all possible support to firms during meetings with Chinese banking and corporate executives in Beijing on September 13.

The Ministry of Construction is calling for the quickening of work specifying areas in cities and provinces where foreign ownership of apartments and houses is banned.

Many commercial banks have recently raised their deposit interest rates in an attempt to satisfy new State Bank of Vietnam’s regulations that are due to take effect in 2017.

Experts from Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Đảo National Park have rescued an Asian black bear and two monkeys from Buôn Ma Thuột City in the central highlands province of Đắk Lắk.

After making landfall in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai central provinces on early September 13, tropical storm Rai has been weakened into a tropical depression.

Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung and javelin athlete Cao Ngoc Hung won medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil on September 13.

The Ministry of Construction has said solutions should be found to boost the development of affordable housing projects after the VND30trn (USD1.3bn) low-interest home loan package ends.

Vietnam is preparing to sue the US Department of Commerce for its latest antidumping duty administrative review on Vietnamese shrimp, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors.

General Motors is recalling 1,240 Chevrolet Aveo’s in Vietnam due to an error in the ball joint.

Ya Tao, the elephant of local Ksor Cham in Gia Lai Province, is now the only living domesticated elephant in the northern Highland region, a place once famous for its elephant residents.

The US’s Quantus, Inc is planning to invest in a hi-tech hospital at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9.

North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Monday, three days after the reclusive North's fifth test drew widespread condemnation.

The Hanoi Transport Corporation has just put 25 new buses with free WiFi into operation.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has issued a new tax plan for Uber taxi service after its recent rule requiring drivers to pay tax on behalf of the ride-hailing company proved unpopular.

The Hanoi People’s Court has accepted the request for extraditing eight Indonesian pirates from Vietnam to Malaysia for trial.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday held talks at the Great Hall of the People following the welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.