Pham Thanh Binh, a representative from USAID Governance for Inclusive Growth (USAID GIG) talks to Viet Nam Economic Times about adjustments made to import and export laws.

 The August Revolution launched by the League for the Independence of Vietnam against French colonial rule on August 19, 1945 marked a new era of national independence and socialism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having heard about the fame of the wine made by Co Tu ethnic minority in the mountainous district of Tay Giang in Quang Nam Province, we took a trip there to learn more about the unique beverage.

 Vietnam is willing to pour up to 300 million USD into an oil and gas exploitation project in the Caspian Sea of the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation, said Dagestan’s Government Office on August 18.

 The prices of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel were reduced by 768 VND per litre as of 3 pm on August 19, the 14th adjustment so far this year.

Many Vietnamese tourists have dropped their Thailand tour plans after a bomb blast in Thai capital Bangkok on Monday killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners.

 National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung hosted a reception on August 19 for Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen who came to say goodbye at the end of his tenure in the country.

 Ho Chi Minh City and South Africa’s Johannesburg city should coordinate closer to realise signed agreements and make their affiliation deeper and more effective, proposed Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council.

 Vietnam and Pakistan held the first political consultation in Hanoi on August 19, during which they affirmed their special attention to the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation.

 Belarus looks to expand comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, underscored Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko while receiving the outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador in the capital city of Minsk on August 17.

 After a period of inactivity the high end apartment market is showing rapid signs of recovery with the rebound of many projects.

 US scientists have identified the chemicals responsible for the mosquito-repelling activity of sweetgrass, a plant traditionally used by some Native Americans to fend off the bugs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's sustainable development is facing challenges resulting from urbanisation, population growth, poor planning and ineffective use of resources,

VietNamNet Bridge - International visitors to Vietnam in January-July 2015 reached 4,398,202 people, down 9.4% from the same period of 2014, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has made important achievements in the labor and employment area but many issues remain to be solved. Gyorgy Sziraczki, country director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Vietnam,

The HCM City Industry and Trade Department has decided that from early December, A92 non-lead petrol will no longer be available at all 514 filling stations in the city, while only E5 biofuel will be sold.

 Vietnam's growing retail sector has resulted in a boom in personnel demand, with competition heating up to attract and retain qualified staff.

VietNamNet Bridge – The “Ngay Hoi Am Nhac Mua Thu 2015” will shake up Hanoi’s streets at ten different public locations in the city simultaneously on August 23, featuring many local famous artists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam News Agency Publishing House has issued a bilingual pictorial book recording historical events in the country over the past 70 years since its independence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The growing abuse of antibiotics is causing a resistance to the drug, the Ministry of Health has warned.

 Japanese ODA loans sought for transport projects, Trade deficit with China widening, SCB keen on branch in Vietnam, Vietnam Rubber Group to finalise equitisation this year, Kinh Do exports 20 tonnes of moon cakes to US

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established painter Doan Hoang Lam is going to display his new and never-before-seen works at a solo exhibition in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Transgender people are not likely to be legally recognised in the upcoming amended Civil Code, said the National Assembly Law Committee at its regular meeting with the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local residents in the province are not allowing their children to approach ponds or the edges of canals, worried that there might be crocodiles in the shrimp ponds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several relics and artifacts have been excavated from the Ho Dynasty Citadel's southern area in the central province of Thanh Hoa,