VietNamNet Bridge - Plastic bags, styrofoam boxes, food containers, and dead animals densely covers portions of the beach and riversides in the town of Duong Dong on Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang Province.

 A Thai television station has apologised for re-enacting the Bangkok blast at the Erawan shrine with a staff member dressed as the main suspect.

 Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced he is resigning and has called an early election.

VietNamNet Bridge - Banks’ share prices began to drop after rumors about the poor performance of commercial banks following the news that Dong A Bank has been put under special control.

VietNamNet Bridge - "The magnificent scenery and breathtaking beauty of the Mu Cang Chai District in Vietnam may very well and truly be the most heart-stoppingly exquisite beauty our incredible world has to offer," wrote When On Earth.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Rear Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy, is participating in the 9th ASEAN Navy Chiefs’ Meeting (ANCM-9) held in Myanmar on August 19-22.

 All frozen chicken meat from the US has been certified as meeting food safety standards of the US Department of Agriculture before they are imported to Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national U19 men's team left for Laos yesterday (August 20) with their eyes set on the 2015 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championship trophy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Half the men in Ha Noi are addicted to smoking tobacco, according to Viet Nam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fares for Thong Nhat trains SE1, SE2, SE5 and SE6 between Ha Noi and Gai Gon (HCM City) will be reduced from yesterday (August 20) to September 5, Viet Nam Railways said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoan Kiem District Party Committee on Wednesday (August 19) asked the district People's Committee to cancel the plan to pave 11 Old Quarter pedestrianised streets with natural stones.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the central Thua Thien-Hue Province on Wednesday (August 19) returned assets worth more than VND600 million (US$27,000) to a traveller from Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Nguyen Thanh Nhan won the overall yellow jersey of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Cycling Tournament which ended in the southern province of Ben Tre yesterday, August 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two national records were broken at the National Youth Athletics Championship in Ha Noi on August 19.

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 The central bank’s devaluation of the Vietnam dong currency by another 1% against the U.S. dollar and its widening of the dong/dollar trading band to 3% on August 19 will deliver a blow to material importers.

  MTV Vietnam is holding a vote to choose an artist as a representative of Vietnam in the Best Worldwide Act category at MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2015 which is scheduled late October in Milan, Italy.

Authorities in the southern province of Binh Duong have fined the Dai Nam JSC nearly VND100 billion (USD4.46 million) for land use violations at its resort in the province.

  The 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 47) will be held in Kuala Lumpur from August 22-25 to put the finishing touches on the formal establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of this year.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has dismissed the General Director of Dong A Bank, Mr. Tran Phuong Binh, and Deputy General Director Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van.

 The State Securities Commission (SSC) has released details regarding the new Circular on lifting the foreign ownership cap in Vietnam’s stock market.

 The two-month rally in the Vietnamese stock market from mid-May to mid-July made a fortune for many of the country's wealthiest, but the recent steep falls in the market has taken much of it away.

 The US continues to impose countervailing duty (CVD) as well as old duty rates on polyethylene retail carrier bags (plastic bags) from Viet Nam after the first sunset review on the duty in May, reported Viet Nam Competition Authority.

 The Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) has dismissed rumours of being placed under special supervision by the central bank or that its chairman had been arrested.

If Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) exclusive role cannot be removed, private businesses will not be able to join the electricity market.