A forum on  Big Data Innovation Summit 2016  will take place in August 26, 2016, in HCM City 

 Standard & Poor's Global Ratings has affirmed its ratings of three large Vietnamese banks.

 A large crack has appeared in National Highway 217 in the central Thanh Hoa Province’s Muon Min Commune, forcing households living nearby to shift to ensure their safety.

 At least seven people died and four were injured, while one person was missing after torrential rains hit the northern and north-central regions over the past few days.

 Residents in Block N5 of Dong Tau apartment building in Hanoi's Thinh Liet Ward are concerned about their safety after the lobby floor partially caved in last week.

Viet Pride Hanoi 2016 Week will be held from Aug 17 to Aug 21, with film screenings, exhibition, workshops, Work with Pride, Viet Pride scholarship, PFLAG, queer disco, and the signature Viet Pride bicycle rally plus a new Pride parade. 

 This beautifully and sentimentally hand-drawn animation is a lively song about life of a unique fiction jungle tribe.

 Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was unable to pull off a miracle win against Lin Dan, the two-time Olympic champion, on the ninth competition day of the Rio 2016 Olympics, August 14 (local time). 

 The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang is developing eco-tourism products based on its rivers, fruit orchards, and rural sights and life, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The Management Board of Hoa Lo Prison historical relic site in Hanoi on August 15 received valuable remembrances from the family of Water Eugene Wilber, a US pilot who was detained in the prison from 1968 to 1973. 

 Laptop sales have plateaued despite companies launching new products to stimulate the market, with insiders blaming it on the economy and a switch by consumers to tablets.

 The Maritime Bank is operating as usual with ensured liquidity, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has confirmed. 

 The tourism sector is focusing on developing high-quality human resources in order to become a spearhead economy.

 The Lao National Assembly sought closer links in many fields with its Vietnamese counterpart, Lao National Assembly Vice Chairman Somphan Phengkhammy has remarked.

A draft law on the guard force was discussed for the first time at the second session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee that opened at the parliament’s headquarters in Hanoi on August 15. 

 SBIC expects to earn $341 million in 2017, Over 50 Vietnamese firms showcase goods in Thailand, Australia is potential market for VN's seafood exports, PM agrees to support policy for Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical

 Vietnamese are coming to terms with corruption as only 3 per cent of those who were forced to pay under the table said they would go to the police, according to UNDP research.

 Disco band Boney M and Chris Norman, former lead singer of the Smokie band, will perform in Hanoi this October.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is developing a plan on restructuring the economy by 2020 aiming to renovate the growth model towards improving efficiency and competitiveness of the economy. 

 The State Bank of Vietnam early this month approved in-principle Woori Bank’s proposal to set up a wholly-owned bank in the country.

 Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) divers on August 14 recovered the remains of a Vietnamese fisherman who went missing when a fishing boat sank in waters off Bintulu 11 days ago.

Vietnamese cultural television channel NetViet - VTC10 has recently officially launched terrestrial digital broadcast in the US state of California, under the system of the television station Kaza TV.

 The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 2 in Da Nang has rescued a Singaporean sailor who fell serious ill on the Cook Islands flagged vessel Sam Young offshore central Da Nang city.

 More streets in Hanoi will be shut to traffic at weekends so pedestrians can enjoy Hoan Kiem Lake from October. 

 Chinese authorities refused to allow Vietnamese fishing ships, which encountered bad weather at sea, entry to Bong Bay Island for shelter.