A surge in exports pushed Vietnam’s trade surplus to 2.85 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Vietnamese marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh has been knocked out of the 10m air pistol event at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018  in Indonesia on August 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Plans to close down universities in provinces and improving the way higher education centres are run in big cities across the country are causing controversy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese track and field athletes will leave for Indonesia tomorrow, aiming for at least one gold medal at the ongoing 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018.

 The HCMC Real Estate Association (HoREA) has written to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Construction dismissing as baseless the concern of investors over legal loopholes in the condotel segment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been advised to carefully consider whether to borrow from Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans in the future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional products made of natural materials like bamboo, rattan and rice straw have become bestsellers in HCM City, replacing items made with plastic or metal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Southeast Asian migrant workers are no longer just emigrating to developed countries, increasingly they’re moving within the region.

 Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016.

 A techno DJ, research scientist and banker are just three of the contestants vying for this year's Great British Bake Off crown.

 The obsession of periodical power blackouts during the dry season seems to have been fallen into oblivion. 

The Dong Chau-Khe Nuoc Trong Forest in the central province of Quang Binh is considered to be a region of high biodiversity that needs special preservation, however, after four years of research and discussion ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in Kien Giang Province have asked Phu Quoc Economic Zone Management Board to take away the licence of a waste treatment centre that is causing headaches for them.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts say the legal framework for consumer financing is still not open enough, creating difficulties in attracting foreign capital.

 Kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools in mountainous areas of the central province of Nghe An were unable to open for the new school year after devastation caused by Typhoon Bebinca.

Citizens from five European countries will enjoy visa exemptions for the next three years, from the beginning of July, 2018. The policy and tourist promotion activities create incentives for businesses to work on longer-term market expansion plans

 VietNamNet Bridge – An open-air cai lương (reformed opera) show starring one of the region’s most talented young artists will be held at the Le Thi Rieng Park in Bac Lieu City this weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan brought home the country’s first silver medal at the Asian Games (ASIAD) yesterday.

 Nguyen Tri Hieu, a banking expert, tells Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper that the Government should appoint an agency to develop an official transaction floor for buying and selling debt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With space limited in downtown Hanoi, parking spaces are at a premium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Ethnic Groups’ Culture Museum in the northern city of Thai Nguyen hosted various exhibitions, folk shows and traditional games over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Do Duc Dinh, from the Ha Noi Institute for Socio Economic Studies, speaks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper on performance-based pay.

 Vietnam’s merger and acquisition (M&A) has been attractive to foreign investors in recent years, but there remain obstacles hindering the M&A market to further grow, experts said.

Shark Tank, a TV reality show for start-ups, had a pleasant shock for viewers last month in the form of Le Hong Thao Quyen, CEO of ViralWorks. Quyen, 26, is one of the rare start-up entrepreneurs in the show to receive investment offers.

 With Vietnam’s growing industrialisation which is producing more and more waste, collecting and recycling this waste as alternative fuel for cement plants is a new and practical way to save energy and protect the environment.