VietNamNet Bridge – The romantic wharf on the banks of Han River attracts many young people and tourists who come to visit and take pictures. Many couples have also left their "locks of love” on this pier.

 China has set the guiding rate for its yuan currency lower for a third consecutive day. But Thursday's rate of 1% down against the dollar was a smaller margin than the shock cuts earlier in the week.

VietNamNet Bridge – A young couple, their son and the wife’s sister, all of Village 16, Lam Giang Commune, Van Yen District, in the northern province of Yen Bai, were found dead on the evening of  August 12.

 At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China's northern port city of Tianjin.

 Severe flooding in northern Quang Ninh Province was a result of years of substandard coal mining in the area, experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has proposed expanding Phu Quoc International Airport to meet increasing demand for air travel to and from the resort island of the same name off mainland Kien Giang Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – A recent uptick in illegal logging and gold mining operations have affected several mountains and hills located in Phu Ninh lake resort in central Quang Nam Province, one of the largest irrigation reservoirs in Viet Nam

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has said that if the minimum regional wage increases by more than 10 percent, an increasing number of businesses will dissolve. 

 Choir Festival to honour 1945 revolution, Music Story of the Old Quarter out today, Artist Sac to unveil new paintings, London-based DJ debuts at Observatory, Rapper, Japanese DJ hit Chill Sky Bar

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wild, unspoiled places in the central province of Binh Phuoc worth visiting:

 VietNamNet Bridge – A seven-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling from the balcony of a 10th-floor apartment on Tuesday in Hong Mai District, Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lana Condor, an actress of Vietnamese origin, will be part of the group of superheroes in the upcoming sequel of the successful Hollywood film franchise X-Men.

 Massive explosions have hit China's northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 17 people dead and hundreds more injured.

 The British trance trio Above & Beyond will take the stage at a one-night only show next month at the Ho Tram Resort Casino Viet Nam, Asia's only beachfront integrated resort.

 Germany’s Metro AG will stay in Vietnam by launching a new business after it sells its wholesale store chain to a Thai firm.

The Foreign Ministry, the Party’s Central Committee's Commission for External Relations and the NA Committee on External Relations signed an Agreement on their coordination on diplomatic information of VN overseas representative agencies Tuesday.

 Ministries, agencies and localities are requested to drastically strengthen management works to take advantage the Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the most efficient manner.

 Ben Tre: Serious pollution at Phu Hung garbage dump, Central province taps renewable energy sources, High costs blamed for low LED usage, Over sixty commercial projects shift to social housing, New policy helps upgrade houses for those in need

 Lumitel, Viettel Group's mobile operator in Burundi, has signed up 1 million subscribers, or 10 per cent of the African country's population, in the four months since it began operations.

 Gold prices jumped in the markets on August 12. Each tael of the State-owned SJC gold was listed at VND33.72 million (US$1,528), an increase of VND800,000 (US$36.2) from previous day's rate.

VietNamNet Bridge - The discussions about the coal supply for Duyen Hai 1 and Vinh Tan 2 Thermal power Plants have come to a deadlock. 

 Legal and administrative procedures were the biggest challenges facing start-up businesses, according to a forum attended by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday.

 National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee members yesterday said that the Law on Access to Information was meant to enable people to exercise their rights and strengthen policy transparency.

Ho Chi Minh City will do its utmost to promote the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Bangladesh, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan told Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on August 12.

Vietnam’s nature and daily life coupled with tangible and intangible culture will be featured at the fourth Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards through the lens of photography aficionados.