The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has added eight more cultural icons to the list of Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritages.

 Hanoi Urban Environment Company in Xuan Son Commune (Urenco 6) has been caught discharging untreated waste water into the environment in Ba Vi District, Hanoi.

  The rampant use of designations for apartment buildings such as “high-end,” “luxurious” and “premier” in the property market is an emerging trick to lure customers, according to the HCMC Real Estate Association.

Sri Lanka designer Sonali Dharmawardena launched her fashion collection in Hanoi on October 19 to great fanfare, drawing in large crowds despite the dreary weather conditions.

 Vietnamese film Co Ba Sai Gon (The Tailor) produced by renowned actress Ngo Thanh Van has been entertaining the audiences at the Regency Theatres Westminster 10 (Goldenwest Westminster) in California, the US.

 Vietnam is forecast to collect approximately 2.5 trillion VND (106.4 million USD) from payments of forest environmental services in 2018, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan has said.

 A range of decades-old trees in a forest managed by the two central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue have been illegally logged. 

 The unique and artistic puppetry of many countries are being on show at the 5th International Puppetry Festival in Hanoi.

Some four milllion tons of untreated  coal ash discharged from Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province, is causing serious concern among provincial authorities.

A press conference to announce the launch of Vietnam International Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018 was held in Hanoi on October 3.

 Vietnam will talk about climate change in its play at the fifth International Puppetry Festival scheduled to be held in Hanoi from October 8 – 15.

 The Hanoi Book Festival will take place on October 3-7, highlighting modern reading culture.

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

 “Shoplifters”, a film by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, will open the 5th Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) this year.

 It comes as good news for many parents in HCMC when the municipal government says all children at public schools will be exempted from tuition fees up to the ninth grade, effective from this school year. 

 More than 3.6 billion VND (nearly 155,180 USD) has been spent to restore five “nha ruong” (old garden houses built with wooden beams and pillars) in Phuoc Tich ancient village, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

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

 Environmental protection groups founded by young people have bloomed in recent years. However, the question of connectivity and how to create a network for more effective operation still remains. 

A programme entitled ‘Experimenting the arts of ‘Cheo’ was recently held at Hao Nam Temple in Hanoi, allowing the capital city’s students to learn more about the charm of ‘cheo’

 The Embassy of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam will host a ‘Korea Night’ on the evening of September 11 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi.