The US’ ExxonMobil Corporation and Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam’s multi-billion dollar gas-to-power complex is a step closer to implementation as Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the project location.

 A bright economic outlook and strong foreign capital inflows have made Viet Nam's financial market among the five best performing markets in the world, a press conference held by the State Securities Commission yesterday announced.

 More than 200 Vietnamese and foreign scientists and researchers in history, culture and language gathered in the central province of Quang Nam on August 24 to discuss issues related to Thanh Chiem Palace and the introduction of Vietnamese script. 

 Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team beat Spain’s UMA club 2-0 on penalties in a friendly match during their training in Spain on August 23.

 Vietnam’s Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Championship 2017 qualification campaign kicks off on August 25 in Hanoi.

 Foreign capital inflows into Vietnam’s securities market in the first half of this year increased 3.5-fold on a yearly basis, reaching 722 million USD. 

 Hundreds of Pokemon Go enthusiasts caused a stampede in Taipei on Sunday (August 21) in a rush to 'catch' rare Pokemons.

An external policy of peace, self-reliance, multilateralising and diversifying ties has allowed Vietnam to maintain peace and expand equal and win-win cooperation with big countries globally to serve its nation building and defence.

 It is necessary to promptly devise a national plan on environmental protection to serve as the foundation for appraising and approving investment projects in regions across the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors have poured money into industrial zone (IZ) projects again and many large-scale projects will be completed in the time to come.

 Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria,

A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education led by the commission’s deputy head Mai Van Ninh paid a visit to Russia from August 20-24.

From Vietnam's Farming Kindergarten to Germany's cat-shaped Kindergarten Wolfartsweier, here are the top 11 best places for kids to start school off on the right foot, according to Business Insider.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tan Ky, general director of Vinacafe Bien Hoa, a big coffee producer in Vietnam, admitted that under market pressure, two product lines of Vinacafe had been mixed with soybeans.

VietNamNet Bridge - With disappointing results of the English test in the 2016 national high-school finals, experts have raised questions about the effects of the 2008-2020 national program on teaching foreign languages at general schools.

Many people in Quang Tho commune in Quang Dien district in Thua Thien-Hue province considered a banana tree under 15 cm high with 6 inflorescences as a god. So they worshiped it for luck.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many air monitoring stations in HCM City have not been working well for the last four years, so the city wants to build new stations to monitor inceasing air pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cam cu bon (Hoya bonii) flowers have been discovered in Cat Ba Island of the northern port city of Hai Phong, over 100 years since this species was announced (1884).

 VietNamNet Bridge – When it comes to talking about the weather these days, topics people in Ha Noi must discuss are the storms, wrong forecasts, falling trees and floods.

The government’s economic restructuring efforts since 2011 have resulted in some positive results with the economy returning to stability and further slowdowns averted, but much still needs to be done to bolster the economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – I wouldn’t have had the chance to visit the But Thap Pagoda last week if it wasn’t for my mother asking me to take her back to her favourite pagoda in the country.

The exhibition “Hanoi – The Future Metropolis” with the participation of French curators Sylvie Fanchette, Emmanuel Cerise, and Amélie Codugnella will be held at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on September 1-2.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As usual, VietNamNet's annual concert “Dieu Con Mai” (Things Everlasting) will be held at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on the National Day, September 2.

VietNamNet Bridge - While many airports in the Mekong Delta are still idle, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) is considering building new ones.