VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien met with authorities from Laos’ Phongsaly province on August 18 to discuss the opening of the Na Bung – Lao Phu Chai auxiliary border gate

Concerned that the Binh Nguyen waste treatment factory will affect human health, local people have blocked trucks carrying waste to its factory, with hundreds of tons of garbage now stuck in residential areas and the Dung Quat Economic Zone.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have repeatedly urged the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to devalue the dong in response to the Chinese yuan devaluation. SBV, in its latest move, shows signs that it will continue stabilizing the dong.

 Online services that charge to kick people out of games or bombard websites with data have been put out of action by PayPal and security researchers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The shortest street or the street with only one house number are attractive places for tourists as well as Hanoians.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam General Administration of Customs has said that in the January-July period, Vietnam imported animal feed and raw materials to produce animal feed worth more than $4 billion.

Ganh Da Dia, which means Sea Cliff of Stone Plates, is a seashore area of uniformly interlocking basalt rock columns located along the coast in An Ninh Dong Commune, Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province in central Vietnam.

 Infant stabbed in skull in stable condition, Quang Tri discovers illegal deforestation, Dengue fever claims two lives in Binh Duong, Doctors in HCM City reattach broken fingers, Tobacco use rampant among men in Hanoi

 Under-nine-seat autos whose engine capacity is over three liters may be subject to a special consumption tax rate of up to 75%, according to the special consumption tax rates proposed by the Ministry of Finance.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has shot down swirling rumors that police have detained Le Hung Dung, chairman of Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank).

 The World Gold Council’s (WGC) report on gold demand trends showed Vietnam’s gold consumption was 14.5 tons in the second quarter of this year, falling around 23% compared to the previous quarter.

 On the morning of August 19 the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced that the exchange rate band will increase from +/-2 percent to +/-3 percent, effective immediately.

  Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, world No 1 in Badminton, will not play in the Yonex-Sunrise Viet Nam Open 2015 international championship, the event's organisers announced at a press conference in HCM City yesterday.

 The Vietnamese Government plans to continue its market orientation in an aim to facilitate local and international investment and business activities, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said.

Building steel output in July reached 613,000 tonnes, posting 51.5 per cent increase over the same period last year and marking the record high in the past 10 years, said the Viet Nam Steel Association.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Thai government’s statement in late July that it is considering bringing water from the Mekong, Moei and Salween rivers to farmland to nine of its provinces has raised major concerns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several bee farms in Tam Son Commune in the central Quang Nam Province's Nui Thanh District have been shifted for fear of damage, a local official said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chinese yuan depreciation will affect Vietnam’s economy as the country is Vietnam’s third largest trading partner.

 The number of migrants at the EU's borders reached a record high of 107,500 in July, officials say, as a sharp surge in expected asylum requests was reported in Germany.

Danang municipal government has decided to invest VND45 billion (over $2 million) on upgrading and restoring the Museum of Cham Sculpture next year.

 The shrine in Bangkok which was hit by a deadly explosion on Monday reopened to the public on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has put forward three proposals for minimum salary hikes for the nation's wage zones in 2016.

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh on Tuesday briefed the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs on the ASEAN Community building process and suggested coordinative work to improve the legal system.

 Sprinter Nguyen Thi Huyen will be the only Vietnamese representative at the 15th IAAF World Championships, scheduled to take place in Beijing, China from August 22 to 30.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has released a list of 33 commercial banks that are able to provide bank guarantees for future built property projects.