Vietnam will send seven young golfers, of average age 18, to take part in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

A red-shanked douc langur was handed over to the Cuc Phuong national park by forest rangers in Phu Loc district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14.

The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has successfully conducted a trial run of an international container train connecting China’s Guangzhou province and Hanoi’s Yen Vien town.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) had invested in 141 businesses as of July 31 with total State capital of $860.6 million among their combined charter capital of $4.18 billion.

 Lawmakers of Vietnam and Thailand should continue to share common viewpoints and support each other in issues of common concern at international and regional inter-parliamentary forums.

Several villas with European-style windows in the central coastal city of Nha Trang are a new check-in location for many Vietnamese young people.

HCM City, the country’s commercial hub, is a food paradise not only for Vietnamese but for people from all over the world, including tourists and diverse communities of expatriates 

VN’s exports of gems and precious metals drops, Equitisation plans of seven more SOEs receive approval in July, Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam Airlines cooperate in tourism promotion, Mekong Delta set to focus on three national seafood products

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said it disagrees with education experts who believe that questions on this year’s high school final exams were too easy. 

Thousands of households in the Thach Khe iron mining area in Thach Ha district of Ha Tinh province have endured tough lives for the last 10 years. 

HoREA has sent a dispatch to central agencies, proposing to amend articles of the 2013 Land Law. It believes that foreigners buying houses in Vietnam need to be recognized as land users (for no more than 50 years). 

VietNamNet Bridge - Legal obstacles are hindering the construction of smart cities in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s track and field athletes have departed for Malaysia to participate in the 29th SEA Games.

 “War Letters”, an outstanding book by Colonel Dang Vuong Hung, was honored during the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will hold a floral lantern night festival in Ninh Kiều District from August 19 to 21.

A representative of the Viet Nam Road Administration on Monday worked with the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang’s Department of Transportation on the problem related to the local Cai Lay toll station.

Two more construction projects in coastal Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son districts of Da Nang have been found discharging untreated waste water into the city’s household sewage system.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism will organise a programme to promote Vietnam’s tourism in China from August 18-23, an activity that has been designed in the 2017 national tourism promotion programme.

 Seven State-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) equitisation plans were approved in July, bringing the total number for the first seven months of 2017 to 26.

 The People’s Committee of Ha Tinh central province has decided to withdraw the licence for an iron exploitation project that is yet to be implemented after nine years.

 The National Financial Supervision Commision has assessed in its financial report for July that declines in the interest rate for the rest of 2017 will be supported by both domestic and international factors.

 SEA Games 29: in figures

 HCMC Industry and Trade opens more outlets to sell Vietnamese goods, Land prices up after proposal to open more entrances to airport, Condotels’ legality to be clarified amid rising demand

 Ben Tre Province culture, tourism week opens Aug. 29, Danang pulls out all the stops for APEC Summit 2017, Arrests shutdown major Lao-Vietnam drug pipeline, Tornado rips apart 40 buildings in central highlands of Vietnam

Vietnamese sculptor Nguyen Lap Phuong is one of 13 international artists showcasing their artwork at the Kohler Bold. Art. exhibition opening this week in Ha Noi.