Google Maps has announced a new motorbike mode in ASEAN countries, including Viet Nam this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran actress Hong Nga, one of the southern leading cai luong (reformed opera) performers, will stage a live show in HCM City next month. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Students Vovinam Championships is taking place in Hue with the participation of 480 martial art practitioners from 28 teams across the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has lured big investments into the textile & garment industry, but the projects are unwelcome in localities for fear for pollution.

As anticipated, soon after the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) removed the floor mark scheme, some universities decided to admit students who got only an 11 score on three exam subjects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Soobin Hoang Son of Vietnam is collaborating with singer and actress Park Jiyeon of South Korea to introduce a music video titled Dep Nhat La Em (Between Us).  

 The People’s Committee of the northern province of Hai Duong recently granted approval for the investment of a waste-to-electricity plant in Luong Dien commune, Cam Giang district.

 Many banks have reported impressive profit growth in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period last year, thanks to the high credit growth and the improvement from the retail banking segment.

 The Canada Border Services Agency has launched an investigation into whether or not carbon steel welded pipes from Vietnam, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Turkey are being sold at unfair prices in this country.

 Cargo shipping has seen positive growth in the first six months of the year, with 254.8 million tonnes handled via the country’s seaports, up 17 percent on last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in a friendly tournament from September 16-23 in Qatar with Uruguay, the Ivory Coast and the hosts, 

 A bowl of instant “pho”, made by a Vietnamese company - VIFON - on the occasion of 55th anniversary of the firm, was recognised by the Guinness World Record as the world’s largest of its kind on July 21.

 Vietnam has launched a series of action plans to realise the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong.

 Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia Tony Smith began an official three-day visit to Vietnam on July 23.

 A government decision on solar power projects in Vietnam, for example, calls for electricity buyers to purchase all the electricity generated from grid-connected projects at the price of 2,086 VND/kWh (excluding VAT).

 The tourism sector in the central coastal city of Da Nang is making efforts in improving hotel competitiveness. It is providing local staff with knowledge about hotel operation and management.

 A photo gallery in Lai Xa village in Hanoi’s outlying district of Hoai Duc is dedicated to featuring the beauty of Hanoi. It is owned by photographer Nguyen Anh Tuan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty years since the launch of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in District 2, many people amongst the 15,000 having to relocate, are still living in temporary shelters.

Authorities in Kien Giang Province have been tasked to coordinate with the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to retrieve 1,029 original land use rights certificates reportedly missing 

 A drug to treat malaria - the first such pill to get approval in 60 years - has been given the green light by authorities in the United States.

 Hello, a UK weekly magazine has announced its annual list of Asia’s best destinations for backpackers.

Can Tho City seeks investment for 54 projects worth $5.4 billion, Listed pharmaceutical firms told to withdraw drugs containing Valsartan, HSBC launches app to track transactions, China consumes 98% of Vietnamese longan output    

VietNamNet Bridge - The most powerful investment fund in the country continues to pour money into Vietnam's leading companies despite capital withdrawal from emerging and frontier markets. 

The difference between made-in-Vietnam and foreign-made smarthome solutions is that the former can be controlled by demands in Vietnamese, regardless of whether the house owners speak with northern, central or southern accents.

Many international hotel brand names have made their presence in Vietnam in the wake of the robust development of the country’s tourism sector and infrastructure.