Vietnam topped the World Vovinam (a Vietnamese martial art form) Championships, which concluded in New Delhi, India, on August 5.

 An art photography project, I Femme, has been launched to help poor girls access education and to fund schools for poor children in Viet Nam, India and Nepal.

Vietnam will impose a ban on all kinds of antibiotics in livestock farming after 2020, and those currently used in animal feed are only allowed until the end of this year.

The Vietnam Rivers Network on August 2 proposed the Prime Minister immediately cancel an urban development project that aims to encroach on a section of the Dong Nai River due to numerous potential consequences. 

 Hanoi book street has recently become one of the favorite destinations for Hanoi’s readers since its launch three months ago.

HARNN Heritage Spa of the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort was named “2017 Global Spa of the Year” at the World Luxury Spa Awards 2017 in late July.

 Vietnam is leading the world on the rate of people living with diabetes accounting for 5.4 percent of the country’s population or five million people.

 The HCMC Department of Transport has announced that all vehicles will be banned in many streets in Districts 1 and 4 starting August 8 for celebration activities of ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary.

The risk of cyber attacks targeting ships' satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back through history and develop back-up systems with roots in World War Two radio technology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan’s Izawa Satoshi clocked a time of 2hr 39.53min to win the men’s 42km race at the fifth annual Manulife Da Nang International Marathon on Sunday.

BTC-E, a large virtual currency trading floor sudden ‘closure for maintenance’ has  caused anxiety among many Vietnamese investors about the fate of their billions of dong stuck at the floor.

Die Fledermaus (The Bat), an operetta by Johann Strauss II, will open the biennial Autumn Melodies arts festival in HCM City, to be held from August 19-27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Ha Tinh has asked the Government not to resume activities of the Thach Khe iron mine, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some expensive construction works built within the new rural development programme in Ha Noi have either never been used or are rarely used.

Rampant deforestation in the Central Highlands left to fester for many years by forestry authorities’ negligence has cost the region hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest, 

Ha Noi resident Nguyen Phung Hung didn’t get into his first choice university, Ha Noi Medical University, despite a high score of 29.25 points in the national high school exam. 

 'Tao pho' (sweet tofu pudding) is a very common and popular sweet dessert made from soy beans. Tofu pudding has the smooth, creamy texture of a light flan, but the taste of soy milk.

 Réhahn Croquevielle admitted that he had a “crush” on Vietnam after his first visit to the country in 2007. 

 Although detailed information about the electronics chain to be acquired by Mobile World Investment Corporation has not been released yet, according to rumours, the chain might be Tran Anh Digital World JSC.

 Vietnam will work with Japan and Mekong nations to implement the 2015 Tokyo Strategy on Mekong-Japan cooperation and the Mekong-Japan Action Plan for Realisation of the New Tokyo Strategy for 2016-2018.

 A wedding of a young man with his wife who is a transgender in the northern province of Thanh Hoa has received lots of support from the public.

The fast-growing tourist development coupled with thousands of fishing vessels operating off its coast has resulted in large amounts of rubbish being dumped into the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay.

 The Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) is optimistic that the casino industry in Vietnam will thrive when the locals are allowed to gamble.

 A total of 9.11 million passengers arrived at Vietnamese airports in July, up 12.2% over the same period of 2016, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). 

 Software and legal documents on cybercrime prevention will soon be launched in Viet Nam.