VietNamNet Bridge – The first collaborative movie between Vietnam and Japan, ‘Hoa Cung Lan Gio Viet’ (‘Betonamu No Kaze Ni Fukarete’ or ‘Final Days of Life in Vietnam’), was screened at the National Cinema Centre, No. 87 Lang Ha Street,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Using design software, Dong Ho votive village has produced many new items like Macbooks, women's lingerie, scooters and luxury cars for the dead.

VietNamNet Bridge - The real estate buying power of Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) increased rapidly as soon as the new policy on allowing Viet Kieu and foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam took effect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Considered the most livable city in the country, Da Nang, the largest city in central Vietnam, attracts both domestic and international visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition, featuring the relic site where President Ho Chi Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence, officially opened at the house at 48 Hang Ngang Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on August 18,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A three-year pilot project to educate children with disabilities through information technology (IT) would help equalise opportunities for all Vietnamese children,

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring the 1945 August Revolution is being held in Ha Noi to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

VietNamNet Bridge - A special multifunctional wheelchair has been introduced which can switch from a chair to bed, especially suitable for the elderly and disabled.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Van Phong, deputy head of the Hanoi Party Committee’s Propaganda & Education Committee, has denied that 90 percent of students who score at the top of university graduation exams refuse to work for Hanoi state agencies.

Binh Thuan provincial authorities have fined 23 Chinese businessmen for illegal collection of dragonfruits in the locality. Ca Mau provincial authorities have stopped the  illegal crab collection by Chinese traders.

 35 excellent contestants who were selected from hundreds of competitors in the Southern regional qualifying round will enter the semi-final round of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015.

Vietnam is not actively participating in a currency war or a race-to-the-bottom as some headlines may suggest, according to a note sent by ANZ Bank, despite its third dong devaluation in the year.

 Cargo Bar to host Ibiza beach party, Korean music weekly at Up Station bar, Flea market to feature arts and crafts

  Authorities in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday slapped the Dai Nam Joint Stock Company, which owns Dai Nam Tourism Park, with back taxes and fines of VND99 billion (US$4.5 million).

Thich Viet Hoang is a talented and creative young photographer whose images are bursting with powerful emotions. Each photo starts with a dream or a fragment of a dream. Some people think I am a little crazy, he shared.

Europe continues to dominate the list of favoured international cruise travel destinations, thanks in large part to the softer euro, and Italy has been the summer's top destination, according to leading international luxury travel network, Virtuoso.

 Pham Thanh Binh, a representative from USAID Governance for Inclusive Growth (USAID GIG) talks to Viet Nam Economic Times about adjustments made to import and export laws.

 The August Revolution launched by the League for the Independence of Vietnam against French colonial rule on August 19, 1945 marked a new era of national independence and socialism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having heard about the fame of the wine made by Co Tu ethnic minority in the mountainous district of Tay Giang in Quang Nam Province, we took a trip there to learn more about the unique beverage.

 Vietnam is willing to pour up to 300 million USD into an oil and gas exploitation project in the Caspian Sea of the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation, said Dagestan’s Government Office on August 18.

 The prices of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel were reduced by 768 VND per litre as of 3 pm on August 19, the 14th adjustment so far this year.

Many Vietnamese tourists have dropped their Thailand tour plans after a bomb blast in Thai capital Bangkok on Monday killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners.

 National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung hosted a reception on August 19 for Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen who came to say goodbye at the end of his tenure in the country.

 Ho Chi Minh City and South Africa’s Johannesburg city should coordinate closer to realise signed agreements and make their affiliation deeper and more effective, proposed Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council.

 Vietnam and Pakistan held the first political consultation in Hanoi on August 19, during which they affirmed their special attention to the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation.