More than 190 children between 10 to 16 years-old from 30 cities and provinces nationwide gathered in Hanoi on August 6 for the fourth National Children’s Forum.

The watchdog agency has reassured the public, saying that the dong/dollar exchange rate will not lose more than 2 percent of value by the end of the year and that the foreign exchange reserves have reached $37 billion.

 The Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) and the New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology (AUT) signed a memorandum of understanding on August 6.

 Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa has been awarded the Laos’ Labour Order- second class, for his dedication to labour-social sector of Vietnam and Laos.

 The fourth round of negotiations on an agreement on cooperation in protecting and exploiting tourism resources within the Ban Gioc Waterfall vicinity between Vietnam and China ran in Beijing from August 2-6.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming trip to Malaysia and Singapore is expected to give a new boost to the friendship and thriving cooperation between Vietnam and the two ASEAN fellow countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has proposed initiatives to further the role of the ASEAN+3, the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in peace, security and development in East Asia.

Numerous teachers in math, physics, chemistry and literature are looking for jobs at HCM City high schools, but the demand is modest. 

VietNamNet Bridge – No words can be more illustrative than the title of the film “Vinh Moc Tunnel- a world beneath the war” by Director Janet Gardner to describe Vinh Moc Tunnel in Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – To replace the former laws that had previously created issues for foreign investment, especially foreign inward investment into Vietnam, together with many legislations and policies, effective as of July 1, 2015,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty best young players will take part in the Toyota Junior Football Clinic & Camp 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8-14.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have cautioned the public about assuming that billions of dollar worth of capital will come to Vietnam because of the Chinese stock market problems.

  Livestock seems likely to be one sector for which the TPP will present a host of problems.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi-based Thai Ha Book Company has launched the Vietnamese versions of two coloring-in books for adults by Scottish author Johanna Basford.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The price of pork in the southern Dong Nai Province has fallen from VND46,000 per kg (US$2.11) to VND43,000 ($1.97).

SBV approves Military Bank's capital increase, G-bond sales jump in July, Ministry backs tightened lending to BOT project investors, Tin Nghia forms joint venture with Japan firm, Supermarkets help export Vietnamese products

  Campers as young as 7 years old were among 75 people injured last night by a fire at a summer camp in Thanh Hoa province, witnesses said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A circus tent collapsed in northern Hai Duong Province yesterday (August 5), sending at least 18 audience members to the hospital.

 The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s naval ship Wang Geon (DDH 978) and its 37 officers and 263 crew members anchored at Sai Gon port in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6.

 US Secretary of State John Kerry, a veteran of the Vietnam war, always tries to heal and strengthen the ongoing relationship between the US and Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung warmly welcomed Kyaw Kyaw Maung, Governor of Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) to Vietnam on August 6.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming trip to Malaysia and Singapore is expected to give a new boost to the friendship and thriving cooperation between Vietnam and the two ASEAN fellow countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors believe that Vinamilk under its new chair Le Thi Bang Tam will be different from the company under the former chair Mai Kieu Lien.

 Vietnam has so far received four out of the six Russian-built 636 kilo-class submarines.

 Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.