The domestic market is being dominated by foreign brands, but Vietnam-made products are still available, targeting low-income earners.

 The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday confirmed that it was looking into the case of a high-level official in Bình Định Province who was awarded a number of promotions in quick succession.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam is mostly focused on mining and labour-intensive industries.

The new north-south high-speed railway connecting Hanoi and HCM City over a distance of 1.545km are expected to run mainly on elevated sections and below ground to avoid creating more level crossings.

 The People's Committee of Binh Phuoc province has approved in principal and granted investment certificates to 24 FDI and domestic projects worth over US$1 billion, at the Binh Phuoc Investment Promotion Conference.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Abortion service at 10 weeks of pregnancy is being advertised on several websites and provided at some obstetrics clinics in HCM City, 

 More than 1 million students from primary to high schools in Ho Chi Minh City officially entered the new school year on August 20.

 The Ministry of Finance have proposed closing state universities which operate ineffectively to reduce the burden on the state budget during a meeting about the education sector in 2018.

Three Vietnamese teams have hacked their way into the final ten of the global-scale cyber security competition, Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, after surviving the 24-hour online qualification round on August 18 and 19 in Hanoi.

During his working trip to Vietnam to co-host the 42nd Pacific Armies Management Seminar, the US Army Pacific Command Commanding General Robert B. Brown and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink visited the Hai Ba Trung Temple.

Homestay services have been booming in some tourist destinations in Vietnam, pushing up local land prices.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines inaugurated a flight simulation complex (SIM), the first of its kind in Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City on August 21, marking a breakthrough in the firm’s pilot training strategy.

 Madonna has hit back at critics who claimed her tribute to Aretha Franklin at Monday's VMAs was self-indulgent.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will select cooperatives for participation in development of hi-tech agriculture, based on their operation efficiency and criteria set by the Government.

 Vietnam has seen remarkable development in artificial intelligence (AI) and the country needs to take full advantage of AI for its development, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy. 

 The third Indian Ocean Conference is scheduled for August 27-28 in Hanoi, heard a press briefing on August 21. 

The 14th International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from September 6-8.

 Archaeologists unveiled new findings in the recent excavation of Phong Le relic site dating back to the Champa era (from the 2nd century until 1832) in Hoa Tho Dong ward of Cam Le district, in the central city of Da Nang, on August 21.

 Facebook and Twitter say they have suspended or removed accounts linked to Iran and Russia over "inauthentic" or "manipulating" behaviour.

 Vietnamese wushu artists bagged two more medals on August 21, the third official competition day of the ongoing 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

 The Bat Xat Fall Festival 2018 recently opened in Muong Hum commune, Bat Xat district of the northern mountainous of Lao Cai, offering visitors a series of ethnic tribal life experience and adventure activities.

State agencies removed 39,823 officials from the pay list from 2015 to August 2018, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ spokesperson Vu Dang Minh.

 The UN peacekeeping sapper units of Vietnam and Japan have been exchanging experiences under a programme that officially kicked off in Hanoi on August 21. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) and the Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) kicked off the Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2018 in Hanoi yesterday. 

 The border guard force in the central province of Nghe An said it has caught a suspect who was trafficking 3,000 synthetic drug pills from Laos to Vietnam.