Hanoi’s officials have proposed eight key measures to boost the city’s tourism development in the 2016-2020 period, including promoting high quality tourism products in line with building the city’s tourism trademark. 

 Police in the northern province of Hung Yen and authorised agencies on August 9 busted a ring producing and trading substances to make drugs.

 The occupancy rate at active industrial parks (IPs) nationwide in January-July was about 73 percent, according to the Management Department of Economic Zones under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drawing up a plan for restructuring the service sector from 2016-2020, making it compatible with the economic restructuring plan for the same period.

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 As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.

The Ha Noi Police Department has proposed to move the Ha Noi Railway Station and all the inter-provincial rail tracks to the suburbs to avoid traffic congestion and fatal accidents in the inner city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance,

 It took Ly Hoang Nam nearly three hours to beat Arata Onozawa in the first round match of the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday in Nonthaburi Province.

Starbucks will start re-selling Viet Nam’s Da Lat coffee globally this year after a year of disruption, the company announced in a session with the Starbucks Coffee Ambassador on Tuesday. 

Rescue forces are trying to prevent an oil spill incident that might occur after a ship carrying 18 tonnes of diesel sank in the waters between Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces on Sunday.

 A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

 The award-winning Notos Quartet will play works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms under the direction of Tran Thi Nguyet Sa at the third Da Nang Chamber Music Festival on August 15.

Vietnam has made substantive contributions to the success of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) and related meetings held in the Philippines from August 4-8.

 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including six tourists, and injuring 247,

 The price of pepper in Vietnam has gone up and down recently, allegedly due to unexpected Chinese purchases.

 Vietnam’s key sport events like track & fields, swimming, shooting and gymnastics are expected to help its sport delegation secure the third place at the Southeast Asia Games 29, the position that it has retained since 2003.

 The Vietnam National Assembly will continue its close cooperation with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia in the time ahead, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the NA Tong Thi Phong has said. 

 U.S. trade officials have agreed to investigate Qualcomm Inc's allegations that Apple Inc infringed on patents with its iPhone 7 and other devices, 

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have said that the increased trade deficit with South Korea is not expected to lead to changes in Vietnam’s economic structure.

 The world's leading journal of botanical systems and biodiversity, Phytotaxa, has just announced their discovery of a new plant species found in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam.

The recent spikes in the region-based minimum wages have put great pressure on employers. However, the coming rises will be less sharp as the current wages almost meet workers’ minimum living needs.

The 100-year-old alley in HCMC’s District 5, better known as Hao Si Phuong, is worth visiting as tourists can take a close look at Chinese-influenced unique architectural features. 

 The average room rate at three to five-star hotels in HCMC was VND1.9 million per night in the first half this year, 11.3% lower than in 2014, as there were new hotels up and running in the city, resulting in price competition.

 The government of HCMC, which is facing rising inundation triggered by rain and flood tides, is seeking an allocation of US$43.96 million from the central State budget to fund 36 flood control projects in 2016-2020.