The freshly-ended visits to Indonesia and Myanmar of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong marked a new milestone and created a new momentum for reinforcing political trust and boosting all-round cooperation between Vietnam and the two countries.

Vietnam has a lot of advantages to join regional trade agreements (RTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs), said delegates to the APEC SOM Dialogue on RTAs/FTAs in HCM City on August 27.

Binh Ba Island in Cam Ranh Bay, Khanh Hoa province, possesses a primitive, poetic beauty and is famous for its lobsters, which are raised in floating cages and served fresh daily.

 Vietnamese shares have risen during the last three sessions on both the local exchanges, but this rally is not expected to sustain through the last trading week of August.

 A unique exhibition displaying the million faces of Hanoi has opened in the city’s Old Quarter.

The foreign investment is looking up, as the total capital pledged for investment in the country until August 20 was nearly equal to that for the entire 2016.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to increase cooperation programmes to support the city in enhancing human resources quality.

 A group of university students from the southern province of Dong Nai have won the Asia-Pacific robot contest, known as Robocon, held in Tokyo, Japan.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has appointed Mai Duc Chung as acting head coach of the national men's football team.

 Vietnam fell to third place in the medal tally on August 27 at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with 53 gold, 38 silver and 50 bronze medals.

Vietnam welcomed more than 8.47 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of the year, up 29.7 percent against the same period of last year, and served 52.8 million domestic tourists. 

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VietNamNet Bridge - Property investors in Vietnam have been scaling up their business, while more and more new investors have concluded M&A deals in the real estate sector. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have expressed concern over plans to build a cable car system in Bach Ma National Park in Thua Thien-Hue province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of Vietnam’s precious rice varieties only exist in the national plant gene bank and yet to be used commercially. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi National University and HCM City University of Science & Tech nology produce the highest number of graduates who go on to become entrepreneurs, according to a survey.  

The tuong play Vo Dong So-Bach Thu Ha (Love Story of Vo Dong So and Bach Thu Ha), a production by scriptwriter Moc Quan, will be restaged in a new version 89 years after its first release.

A 18km bypass in southern Dong Nai Province is in serious disrepair with thousands of trucks and containers using it every day to avoid weighing and toll stations.

Serveone Vietnam Co., Ltd., a supplier of LG Electronics, will not be able to enjoy reimbursement of import tax, according to the Ministry of Finance.

The forthcoming spikes in the region-based minimum wages are expected to improve workers' incomes but production costs in labor-intensive industries will certainly pick up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s People’s Committee has asked the management boards of coach stations to ensure that tickets are not illegally overpriced during the National Independence holiday, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Test results at 38 central hospitals in Ha Noi have been mutually recognised since August 1, but the move seems to have done little to improve healthcare so far.

Life in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho in 1994 was recorded in pictures by Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert.

The Five Continents Food Festival – World Food 2017 will be held at Hoa Lu Stadium at the corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Dinh Tien Hoang streets in District 1, HCMC from October 5 to 8.

To Mong people in general and Mong people living in Mu Cang Chai district in particular, Pao throwing has been an indispensable folk game in holidays and traditional festivals, including Gau Tao spring festival.