The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi will reopen for visitors from August 16 after the temporary closure for annual maintenance and renovation in 2018.

 Indian investors interested in denim production in Vietnam, Vietnamese start-ups seek opportunities in Malaysia, All public procurement will be taken online by 2025, Bac Giang province facilitates Australian investment

Vietnamese students gather in sport festival in RoK, Vietnam joins Army Games for the first time, Vietnamese journalists make study tour of RoK, Experience in attracting resources from foreign NGOs highlighted

 Socio-Cultural Community has special position in ASEAN Community, 19th National External Affairs Conference convenes in Hanoi, External activities help boost localities’ growth, Can Tho, US extend multifaceted cooperation

 In recent years, to cope with unpredictable weather patterns, the Vietnamese government has made great efforts in natural disaster prevention and control. 

 The approved land-use master plan for HCM City will have significant impact on the city’s development in the future, Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the municipal Natural Resource and Environment Department, said.

 Vietnamese designers are for the first time heading to a major exhibition in London next month.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has lit up the historic flag tower Ky Dai in the citadel built by the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), since February.

 A festival promoting the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 was held by the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake on August 12, aiming to introduce the host country and the regional sporting event.

 The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy taxes on laminated woven sacks produced in Vietnam.

 Vietnamese students brought home one silver and four bronze medals from the World Mathematical Olympiad 2018 that recently ended in the US.

 Women’s football will be the first event of the Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 18) to be held in Palembang of Indonesia, promising a treat for football fans there.

 Products serving babies grew 12 percent in the second quarter of 2018, the highest recorded in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) categories after months, according to a report of Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company.

 The southern province of Kien Giang has seen complicated developments of riverbank and coastal erosion which is affecting local infrastructure and people’s daily lives, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh affirmed at the 30th Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hanoi on August 13 that the diplomatic sector has completed the major tasks set by the 12th National Party Congress. 

 Shortcomings in implementing policies on ethnic minority groups and sustainable poverty reduction heated up the Q&A session for Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Do Van Chien on August 13.

 The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) gained 9.57 points to settle at 978.04 points on August 13, with 213 million shares worth over 5 trillion VND (215 million USD) traded. 

Amid concerns about the negative impact of the US-China trade war on Vietnam, a recently released report by Harris Interactive shows optimistic prospects.

VietNamNet Bridge - The common characteristic of all the scams was that the heads of the cryptocurrency mining firms’ all promised sky-high interest rates for short-term investments.

 Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam lost 2-4 to Mes Sungun Varzaghan of Iran at the final match of the 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship in Indonesia on August 12.

 The Yonex – Sunrise Vietnam Open 2018 Badminton Championships concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on August 12.

 The Hanoi Train Street has become famous to foreign tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge - The nation’s foreign debts had reached VND2,451,978 billion as shown in the government’s report to the National Assembly on using loans and managing public debts as of the end of December 2017.

 Born in 1995, Tran Bach Hai is now a doctoral student at the University of Chicago. The young man born into a Vietnamese family was a member of the jury at the 2018 International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) held in Romania.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two hydropower dam collapse accidents occurred in Laos with the last two years.