Thirteen provinces in the Mekong Delta region are facing a shortage in physicians, prompting delegates to raise concerns over the issue at a conference on August 7 on healthcare specialists and staff training. 

 Most Vietnamese enterprises that have franchised their brands to other countries have done so only when these opportunities were offered by foreign firms, instead of mapping out specific strategies on their own.

VNPT has announced that it will follow instruction from the Ministry of Information and Communications to converse all of its 11-digit mobile phone numbers to 10-digit ones in September 15.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the government a draft decree on taxi transport management, under which taxi firms will have to replace vehicle tracking devices (black boxes). 

Beautiful destinations in Vietnam have enthralled many travelers at any time during the year.

The biggest problem hindering the development of 3D printing in Vietnam is not technology and equipment, but the lack of materials.

 One of Japan's most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craniosynostosis, or congenital deformities caused by early fuse of different parts of the skull, are a rare condition that reportedly afflicts six out of 10,000 children in Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese-made films are being shown in cinemas nationwide this month.   

Vietnamese representative Miko Lan Trinh has been given Lady of Talent Award in the grand finale of Lady of Brilliancy International 2018 held recently in China.

The popularity of mobile e-commerce in Vietnam has seen its strongest yearly growth with the usage of e-payment systems increasing at an estimated rate of 22% per annum.

ASIAD 2018 sees record number of athletes

 Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed.

Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) will no longer be the main driver to attract foreign capital to Vietnam in the second half of 2018 as it was in the first six months of the year.

 Vietnam’s U23 team won the U23 International Championship –Vinaphone Cup 2018 which concluded at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on August 7. 

 The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the launch of an investigation into the avoidance of paying anti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes on cold rolled steel (CRS) imported from Vietnam.   

 A low pressure system in the East Sea has forecasters concerned due to its unpredictable development.

More than 7,000 local and foreign runners from 52 countries and territories will race in the 2018 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon – one of the top marathon destinations in Southeast Asia.

The Indian-made ComBE Five vaccine will be used in a national expanded immunisation programme, replacing the Quinvaxem vaccine as of next month instead of this month as previously planned.

Many universities have lowered their admission scores for the upcoming academic year, citing lower scores on the national high school graduation examinations this year compared to last year.

 Over 140 households in Hanoi's Chuong My District have had their houses disinfected after 10 days submerged under flood water.

 As many as 2,000 children have been victims to violence and abuse annually in Vietnam according to a report by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 A man in the central province of Quang Nam has been asked to pay tax arrears after he was found to have earned USD727,000 from Google, however, he has not yet paid the required taxes.

 Lax management in the Central Highlands has led to years of illegal occupation of forested land.

 A postal worker at the Gia Lai Provincial Post Office has just been suspended after a clip showing him throwing mail packages out of a truck went viral.