French newspaper Le Figaro has cited Tra Que village in Hoi An ancient town and culture of ethnic minority groups in the northwestern mountainous areas equally as attractive as Ha Long Bay and Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral.

 Forest officers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has found the carcasses of five endangered douc langurs in a forest but no poachers inside.

 A geological park featuring the largest volcanic cavern system in Southeast Asia is expected to open in 2016 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

 Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying about 500 migrants sank off Libya, officials say.

 The Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (HHTP) is calling for projects on researching, applying and developing advanced technologies in a bid to help foster hi-tech industries nationwide.

 The central province of Quang Nam on August 25 publicised an antiquity recently recognised as a national treasure and some pieces of the national intangible cultural heritage.

 More than 200 photos and 100 documentaries featuring Vietnam are to be shown at an exhibition in Moscow, Russia.

 Over 1-trillion-VND MDF factory built in Bac Kan, Consumer confidence falls in August, HCM City: Economy grows stably in August, Farming bivalve molluscs for export favourable in Vietnam, Anti-dumping review request on imported steel welcomed

 Austrian officials now say more than 70 bodies, thought to be migrants, were in an abandoned lorry found on a motorway.

 User feedback improves public service, Hanoi gears up for National Day celebrations, Residents affected by Son La power plant see improved livelihood, Hanoi opens new waste treatment plant, Ho Chi Minh City reveals 28,000 vacancies in September

  The country's crude oil export value fell sharply by nearly 2.5 billion USD in January-August 15 due to the slumping global oil price, according to the General Department of Customs.

 Viet Nam will have eight representatives taking part in an athletics tournament in Thailand on September 6-9.

 The Tokyo-based outsourcing giant Transcosmos has acquired a 30 percent stake in Hotdeal Co Ltd, which owns Vietnam's largest e-commerce marketplace hotdeal.vn, a representative of the Japanese company in Vietnam told Viet Nam News.

 Tumbling stocks and gold prices may drive investors away to the real estate market as property is traditionally a favourite channel for investment in Vietnam compared to gold, stocks and bank savings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All eyes will be on the crucial match between Dong Nai and Hoang Anh Gia Lai) in the 23rd round of the Toyota V.League today, August 28.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have predicted that many business fields will derive benefits from mobile technology as smartphones and desktop computers become more popular.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Pham Trinh Phuong Thanh took first prize for best cartoon in a contest entitled Talk ! Talk ! Korea launched by the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) yesterday (August 27) announced an exclusive three-year deal for the broadcasting rights for the UEFA Champions League on pay-TV in Viet Nam.

The Hai Van (Ocean Cloud) Pass is the longest and highest mountain pass road in Viet Nam with a length of 21km.  Its summit is 496m above sea level and is at the geographical boundary between Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Nguyen Duc Chinh wasted numerous chances in Viet Nam's 0-0 draw against Malaysia in their second round match of the ASEAN Football Federation's U19 Championship yesterday in Laos.

 Vietnam attracted $13.33 billion in FDI in the first eight months of this year, an annual increase of 30.4 percent, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given the green light to a proposal on building the National Exhibition and Fair Centre covering 300 ha in Co Loa commune, Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.

 Vietnam is hastening the authority of Hong Kong (China) to consider the grant of working visa to Vietnamese citizens, according to Vietnamese Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau Hoang Chi Trung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes were swept out of the Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Open after national top player Nguyen Tien Minh lost yesterday in HCM City.

 A book on contemporary Vietnam compiled by a research centre for Vietnam and ASEAN under the Russian Academy of Science (RUS) is set to be released shortly.