Nearly four out of every ten citizens in Vietnam is aged between 10 and 29.  That’s a great deal of youthful energy, enthusiasm, and inquisitiveness. However, there are times when young people are also frustrated by the world they see around them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien yesterday (August 11) made it through to the final of the women's 200m individual medley at the FINA World Cup in Moscow, Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Obsession, a painting by Vo Thanh Than has won the first prize at the fourth Dogma Portrait Painting Prize contest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the National Wage Council at a meeting in Hanoi on August 5 did not agree on a new regional minimum wage rise next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 300 children between 5 and 13 took part in the 10th Piano Festival at the Ha Noi Children's Palace.

 Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotu lauded the cooperation between the Offices of the Vietnamese and Lao legislatures while receiving a delegation from the Vietnamese NA’s Office on August 11.

 President Truong Tan Sang welcomed Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hayashi Yoshimasa in Hanoi on August 11. 

The Ministry of Defence has urged provincial and city authorities and other relevant agencies to scrupulously enforce regulations related to the use of flycams, or cameras attached to remote-controlled flying devices for shooting aerial pictures.

Real estate companies in Vietnam are struggling to attract foreign clients despite local authorities having failed to yet issue guidelines for the recently approved amended Law on Housing that allows foreign people to buy homes in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As of the first quarter 2015, the amount of money flowing into infrastructure, residential and commercial center projects in the eastern axis of Saigon was estimated at $8 billion, and  capital flow is constantly increasing.

VietNamNet Bridge - Network service providers are repeatedly lowering fees in promotion campaigns, and as a result, users are jumping from service to service.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To get away from the noisy and bustling city atmosphere, one is recommended to take a trip to a spiritual relic site on Yen Tu Mountain in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 Import taxes on automobiles from the UK, Germany, and Italy are to fall to zero per cent within ten years of the day the EU Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was signed.

To cope with the consequences of climate change including high temperatures, rising sea levels, increases in natural disasters, landscape changes and economic damages, Vietnam has joined hands with the international community to protect and develop

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has said the construction of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong Railway Project should be speeded up so that commercial operations could begin by June 30, 2016.

 Japanese companies are increasingly shifting their investments in Viet Nam to trade and services and relocating projects from China and Thailand to the country, according to the Government's news website chinhphu.vn.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scolding and insulting students has been a serious problem in the Vietnamese school environment for many years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 6-year-old boy in the southern province of Vinh Long was diagnosed with synovial popliteal cysts in the left leg. But doctors conducted an operation on his right leg.

 Sun Group to invest in Phu Quoc, Interest builds in real estate stocks, Grant Thornton: Private investment forecast to surge, VCCI defends proposed wage hike of 10%, HCM City targets US$3.5 billion FDI this year

Vietnam and China agreed to shortly sign an agreement on navigation at the mouth of the Bac Luan River at the end of the sixth round of talks on the matter in Beijing on August 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Fantastic Four," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and "Inside Out" are Hollywood films awaited by audiences this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time, a pair of Canadian-imported white tigers at the Saigon Zoo have given birth to three healthy cubs. They weigh 3.6-4.1 kilograms almost a month after birth.

 The Japanese government has provided Viet Nam another ship as part of its non-refundable aid to ensure Viet Nam's maritime safety.

 The HCM City People's Procuracy today apologised to Truong Ba Nhan, 53, a resident of Binh Thanh District in HCM City, for his wrongful conviction.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has vowed to develop its petrochemistry industry and has spent a great deal of money on doing so.