Grammy winning DJ/producer Zedd has announced earlier this week that Haywyre, a young talented electronic-jazz fusion producer from the U.S., will be accompanying him on the Zedd True Colors concert in HCMC Friday night.

  Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem is placed third at the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2015 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 The Ministry of Education and Training on August 5 released a draft training program for school students with several major changes.

An exhibition in the capital will feature 100 photographs of communal houses throughout the north which will showcase the beauty of these structures as well as the threats these face with the advent of modernity.

 The Ministry of Finance has announced economic results for July and the first seven months of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two local travel companies will join hands with their Macau partner to arrange three weekly chartered flights starting next month to transport tourists between Macau and HCMC.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As many as 450 tickets to discover the world’s largest cave in Vietnam were sold from August 1-5 by the Oxalis travel firm.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Sports and Physical Training, commenting on the scandal related to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), said that top VFF officials did not take bribes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City has asked for the Prime Minister’s approval on the appointment of a group of Korean and Japanese contractors as the investor for the $22 billion Thu Thiem Eco Smart City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the authorities of Son La Province to report on the VND1.4 trillion ($64 million) project to build a monument of President Ho Chi Minh and Son La people.

Vietnam ranks high among ASEAN countries in the number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and the value of deals that involved the world's inflow capital, according to the consulting firm RECOF Corporation of Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang will be competing at the 2015 Badminton World Federation Championships in Jakarta from August 10 to 16.

 Local authorities and residents in flood-hit areas in the north are still cleaning up after historic rains and floods claimed many lives lives and destroyed houses, crops, bridges and other infrastructure.

 The 22nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) opened on August 6 within the framework of the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-49) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 A Cham tower within the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam has reopened for tourists after nearly four years of restoration.

 A special stamp designed by a Vietnamese artist will be issued in the 10 ASEAN nations to celebrate the formation of the ASEAN Community later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first activity of John Kerry when he returned to Vietnam the second time as the US Secretary of State is a meeting with President Truong Tan Sang this morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision by HCM City authorities to move 1,402 polluting facilities out of the city by 2005 has not progressed well.

 Several large companies on the HCM Stock Exchange have spent hundreds to several billions of Vietnamese dong to pay dividends since the beginning of this year.

 Flights linking the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Bangkok, Thailand will be halted as of the afternoon of August 6 after just more than two weeks of operation.

Viet Nam has used nuclear energy technology and atomic energy in medical treatment, agriculture, industry and environmental activities for decades, but the country's nuclear technology still needs to take advantage of its development potential.

Elderly people, tribal chieftains, artisans and prestigious people from16 small ethnic groups with populations of less than 10,000 people have asked the Government to pay more attention to conserving and restoring their cultural heritage.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) agreed to enhance collaborative ties through high-level delegation visits and professional exchanges.

Samsung Display in Vietnam received an investment certificate on August 6 to invest an additional $3 billion in expanding its factory in northern Bac Ninh province.

The car runs smoothly on country lanes, worming its way through crowds and going down small alleys without any incident. The car, which runs on solar energy, was created by Doan Quang Huong, 18.