With more than ten years of standing on her toes, ballerina Tran Hoang Yen from the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) has won a number of dance prizes. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous specialities of Ha Noi will be featured during the Ha Noi Cuisine Culture Festival from October 5-7.

The People’s Procuracy of Phu Tho on August 31 completed the indictment for Phan Van Vinh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department.

 Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang performed at the Hanoi Opera House on August 31 night in a show organised as part of the Hublot Loves Art programme produced by the Swiss luxury watch brand.

 The Kien Giang University signed a cooperation pact, on Phu Quoc island on August 31, regarding training and scientific research with two Cambodian universities.

 The central province of Thua Thien – Hue will offer free admission to the Complex of Hue Monuments, an UNESCO heritage site in Hue City, for Vietnamese visitors on National Day (September 2).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed on offering to host a Formula One Race, however, the My Dinh National Sports Complex area, not Hoan Kiem Lake was proposed instead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky recently paid a three-week visit to Romania as the Romanian Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.

 President Tran Dai Quang’s recent State visits to Ethiopia and Egypt have created new momentum for relations between Vietnam and the two countries as well as African region.

 Many classrooms in Thanh Hoa and Son La provinces have been ruined by heavy rains over the past two days.

 The Department of Construction of Hanoi has proposed to recall and auction resettlement apartments if they are not used in two years to recoup investment.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called for measures to prevent the African swine fever from spreading to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Months after its opening the Golden Bridge in Da Nang continues to grab the world’s attention.

 The rising cost of paper materials caused by a fall in supply is presenting a challenge for the printing and paper industry, experts said at a conference held on August 30 in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of cultural activities will be organised across HCM City to entertain residents and visitors during the National Day holiday on September 1-3.

When you think of musical instruments for stage productions, you do not typically conjure up cooking pots, knives or cutting boards.

 Local people in Bao Dap village of Hong Quang commune, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh province, are busy making star-shaped lanterns as the Mid-Autumn Festival is soon to arrive.

 The official opening of bilateral border gates Chi Ma (Vietnam) – Ai Dian (China) is scheduled to be held on September 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of 20-50 year old pine trees have been illegally cut down or poisoned with chemicals in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

 The United Nations (UN) should optimise its existing tools in preventive diplomacy and its intermediary role in supporting reconciliation, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

 The Ministry of Finance has topped 19 governmental agencies with public services in the Vietnam ICT Index for six years in a row after earning 0.926 points this year.

 The People’s Procuracy in the central province of Binh Thuan on August 29 approved the launch of legal proceedings against 17 more people concerning the disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters last June.

 Though the Olympic Vietnam squad lost 1 – 3 to the Republic of Korea in the ASIAD 2018 men’s football semifinals on August 29 but they have left great impression on international media with their fighting spirit until the last minute.

 The police force in Ho Chi Minh City has devised numerous measures to increase the helmet-wearing rate among local children. 

Dozens of works of art and literature by winners of the Ho Chi Minh Prize and the State Prize in 2016 are on display in downtown Hanoi to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day.