Short-distance runner Nguyen Thi Huyen will leave for Beijing, China, on August 21 to compete in the Women's 400m hurdles at the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

 Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam has entered the second round of the Men’s Futures F27, which is taking place in Egypt.

 Archaeologists have discovered prehistoric sites dating back 20,000 years in Bao Thang district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, said Associate Professor Dr. Trinh Nang Chung from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology on August 20.

 Vietnamese weightlifters are readying for the 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Phuket, Thailand, from September 3-12.

 Upgrades to and expansion of the Dung Quat oil refinery in the central coastal province of Quang Ngai will cost roughly 1.83 billion USD, according to Dinh Van Ngoc, General Director of the Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd (BSR).

 Vietnam is seriously concerned about Indonesian authorised forces’ sinking of several Vietnamese vessels fishing illegally in Indonesian waters, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Hai Binh said on August 20.

 The U.S. State Department has granted Harvard $2.5 million to transition a University-run public policy program in Vietnam into the country’s first independent, non-profit, U.S.-affiliated university in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A delegation from the Vietnam People’s Supreme Court (VPSC) is paying an official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from August 16-23 to promote the cooperative ties between the two countries’ supreme courts

Vietnam will make greater efforts to deepen its external relations, primarily with key partners and traditional friends, in the new stage of development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banh da noodle dishes full to bursting with fish, pork, beef, herbs and bean sprouts please patrons who sit on small stools and happily eat a bowl – or two.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam-EAEU (the Eurasian Economic Union) free trade agreement was signed in May, but penetrating this large market is not an easy task, experts said yesterday, August 19.

 Vietjet offers 400,000 free tickets, Health goods removed from Ha Noi drugstores, Households affected by mines get financial aid, Doctors save kid with 150 bee stings,  Threat of hospital-acquired infections

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing amount of ash and cinder released by thermal power plants is causing serious pollution and making waste treatment more difficult in industrial parks,

 VietNamNet Bridge - They are people who have "nerves of steel" as they work face to face with cold corpses every day. They are called the "makeup artists for the dead”.

 With a coastline of 3,260 km, including world-famous beaches and bays and with a tropical climate, Vietnam is considered an ideal place for golf courses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young local artist Do Hai Anh will launch a “Dance to exchange” project aimed at connecting dancers in Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have raised their voice against a plan on developing golf courses in coastal areas, saying that the space adjacent to the coast should be used for other purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance has proposed that the Government should temporarily suspend the collection of annual road-use fees from motorists as of January 1, 2016.

 Jan-Jul trade deficit with China at US$19.4 billion, DHL extends interconnecting road network to Vietnam, Better business enables banks to hire another 2,000 workers, Petrolimex reports 172% rise in profits

 The HCM City Police, in co-ordination with the Binh Tan District, yesterday smashed a drug trafficking ring in the district and confiscated more than 13kg of crystal methamphetamine.

 An accident happened in a coal mine in the northern province of Quang Ninh early on August 20, killing one, injuring 10 and leaving one missing.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications on August 19 issued a document requesting press agencies to abide by regulations under the Law on Journalism.

Nguyen Thi Hong, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on August 19 met the media to explain the SBV’s decision to raise the interbank USD/VND exchange rate and adjust the trading band two times within one week.

 President Truong Tan Sang received new ambassadors on August 20 from Chile, Turkey, Denmark, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Sri Lanka who presented their credentials.

 A competition challenging participants’ knowledge on Vietnam-Cuban relations was launched on August 20 on the occasion of 55 years of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.