VietNamNet Bridge – Lying on the southern side of Hai Van Pass on the nation’s central coast, Nam O is a must-see destination for visitors thanks to the impressive beauty of nature, and historical and cultural sites. 

 Cutting fat from your diet leads to more fat loss than reducing carbohydrates, a US health study shows.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will use books to record pregnancy time, children and women health data across the country,

VietNamNet Bridge - Eleven banks were upgraded from rural banks with a small operating scale into urban banks with a larger scale. In order to become urban banks, they had to raise chartered capital within a short period. 

Negotiations on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement have essentially come to an end, with the deal expected to be concluded this year. European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project’s technical assistant team leader Claudio Dordi spoke

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visits to Malaysia and Singapore from August 7-9 brought Vietnam’s relations with the two Southeast Asian countries to a new level, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung in an interview afterwards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viettel and FPT both have had to spend big money in their outward investment projects. Meanwhile, the markets are risky with political uncertainties and stiff competition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts at a seminar here yesterday (August 11) issued warnings about the uncontrolled exploitation of coal in Quang Ninh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Theatres in HCM City are staging plays about love and social relations to attract more audiences on the weekends.

The veterinary authority of HCMC has sounded the alarm over the rampant use of forbidden growth stimulants by farm owners to make pigs grow fast and lean to earn higher profit regardless of their side effects on consumers’ health.

 Widening trading band makes exchange rate more flexible: SBV official, Credit growth on target to hit 15-17%, Thang Long GTC makes $16m at IPO, Japanese SMEs get VN backing, Sacombank, Southern Bank get approval for merger

VietNamNet Bridge - Iced tea, herbal water, and rice offered for free at hospitals and on the street or playgrounds for children are depicted in these heartwarming images taken in Hanoi. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is keeping a close watch on the impact of China’s sharp yuan devaluation on the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the local dong currency and on Vietnam’s foreign trade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Referee Takuto Okabe has been invited to supervise a match of V.League 1's round 21 this weekend.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a technical assistance project named ‘Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre’ (VCIC) funded by the World Bank.

 The organizational board of a short film cartoon contest yesterday announced three best cartoons to join in International Cartoon Festival at Chuncheon in South Korea in September.

Certiport, the leading test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, which has just announced winners at the 2015 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship yesterday.

 Vingroup announced on August 12 that it will establish the Vinpearl Hotel Management Company and a unified Vinpearl brand for its resorts and hotels.

 Uber users in the central city of Danang will be able to access the Uber app and request a helicopter ride with “UberCHOPPER” to join a free 15-minute flight around the city, according to Uber Technologies Inc.

 Greece's parliament has backed draft terms for a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the night and well into the morning.

 The greenback rates soared in the flea market and touched a new ceiling price in commercial banks yesterday as China devalued its currency for the third time in three days.

 Doctors at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion successfully conducted a stem cell transplant to save a three-year-old boy suffering from thalassemia on Wednesday, the institute said yesterday.

Customs officers and anti-smuggling forces on August 13 confiscated 735 kilogrammes of elephant ivory and rhino horns smuggled through Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang.

Salt intrusion threatens livelihoods in Ca Mau, Quang Ngai seeks to improve provincial disaster response team, Can Tho: 13,000 households lack electricity, Course helps rangers combat wildlife crime

 Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts.