VietNamNet Bridge – In a rapidly developing modern city, the cyclo acts as a unique reminder of the past.

 Vietnam, Cuba customs share experience, Employment law conference opens, Deputy PM urges stronger financial sector reform, Police force nationwide celebrate traditional day, Congratulations to India’s Independence Day

 The legal principle of presuming those being investigated were innocent unless proven guilty must be respected until a verdict was announced, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee said at its regular meeting on August 13.

The Vietnam Coast Guard convened the fourth Party Congress for the 2015-2020 tenure in Hanoi on August 14.

 The National Assembly’s Standing Committee discussed the draft Law on Belief and Religion during its 40th meeting on August 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Talking about dishes from silkie, most people would think of the “silkie steamed with Chinese herbs”, a dish which is not only delicious but also highly nutritional.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities and colleges in northern Vietnam are worried about a possible shortage of students for the upcoming years as the number of applicants seems to be on a falling trend.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The role of Thai business in Vietnam’s marketplace has grown significantly over recent years, and experts expect this trend to continue — particularly in light of the ASEAN Economic Community coming to fruition later this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 34 per cent of labourers surveyed recently said they were not satisfied with their jobs or pay, a workshop on the subject was heard yesterday.

Museums in Vietnam have become a hot topic after the local media reported about plans for the VND11 trillion National History Museum project in Hanoi and the HCM City Museum project in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rooftop apartments with modern amenities and luxury living standards are commonly the most-sought after properties on the real estate market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Co Tu ethnic minority's clan homes are seeing the dark side of modernisation: the destruction of tradition. But the district is working to change that. Nguyen Thanh-Trung Hieu reports.

The message at the Ministry of Transport's meeting yesterday in Da Nang was clear - ministries, agencies, investors and city authorities need to speed up work on the international airport construction and the railway station demolition.

Railway sector targets modernity, Financial Times reports on Vietnam-EU free trade deal, Concerted efforts needed to optimise ODA use, Tra fish exports to China on sharp rise, HCM City property rebounds

 Export turnover in the textile and garment sector continued to grow at double-digit figures in the first half of this year, by 10.26 per cent compared to the same period of 2014 and reaching $12.18 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The European Union (EU) will remove 85.6% of tariff lines for Vietnam’s goods exports immediately after a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the two sides comes into force.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new national high school examination this year was a failure, forcing students to gamble on their futures, a veteran educator said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hoan Kiem District has proposed to the Hanoi authorities to pave 11 walking streets in the Old Quarter with flagstones instead of cement.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has been asked by electors from Long An province to reconsider or review the opening of a number of commercial banks there several years ago. A high bad debt ratio in recent years was the reason behind the request.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Hoa Binh Province, tourists can visit the first money-printing plant in Vietnam, named Chi Ne, where they can see the first banknotes issued by the Vietnam Democratic Republic in 1946.

 Most workers struggle with cost of living, Ninh Binh police seize gun parts, gunpowder, Govt to pay for faulty vaccines, More than 1,000 poultry birds infected with A/H5N1, HIV/AIDS patients slow to buy health insurance

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coal is a fuel but also a raw material used to produce beautiful artworks.

VietNamNet Bridge – While trade ministers struggle to hash out a final agreement on the ground-breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership, Vietnamese companies are largely in the dark about the pact's potential benefits and drawbacks,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Xuan Trung, 11th grader of Thai Binh Province, is one of the two gold medalists at the 56th International Mathematics Olympiad recently held in Thailand.

As the pollution from the Phuoc Hiep waste treatment complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi Commune continues to affect the environment of the surrounding areas, businesses have urged the local authorities to focus investment capital