Vietnam’s chess prodigy Nguyen Anh Khoi took top honour in both the rapid and blitz chess events of the 2015 Asian Youth Chess Championships, taking place in Suwon, the Republic of Korea from August 4 to 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge - "Dieu Con Mai" (Things Everlasting) Concert, held by VietNamNet Newspaper, will come back to the stage to mark the 70th Independence Day on September 2 after a one year hiatus.

 Environmentalists warn recent prolonged flooding in northern Quang Ninh Province has washed tonnes of coal dust and metal into Halong Bay, threatening its fragile ecosystem.

 The People’s Committee of Kien Giang Province has approved a project on building a cable car system linking An Thoi Town and Hon Thom Isle on Phu Quoc Island, a district of the province.

 Ho Chi Minh City doctors managed to carry out an operation to temporarily save the life of an 11-day-old baby who was stabbed in the head by a stranger, said deputy director of the Children Hospital No.1 Dao Trong Hieu on August 8.

 British Council in Vietnam yesterday honored and granted to the Vietnamese student winning IELTS Prize for Applicants of East Asia Region and Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Forum will be held in HCM City on October 30.

 The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the General Department of Taxation (GDT) have released a report on business satisfaction with the reform of taxation procedures in 2014.

 Vietnam continues to grow as a manufacturing destination and topped the Growth Index in the Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) Manufacturing Index 2015 report released recently.

 The Airport Corporation of Viet Nam is planning to expand Phu Quoc International Airport's passenger terminal in southern Kien Giang Province next year, with investment capital of VND1 trillion (US$46.15 million).

BIDV has signed a comprehensive cooperative agreement for an international five-year loan contract valued at $105 million, and an agreement on money transfer with Cathay United Bank, the largest financial holding company in Taiwan.

 The 6thIUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum kicked off on Monday with a strong focus on bringing together a wide diversity of sectors to forge solutions to the region’s pressing environment and development challenges.

 Viet Nam's Le Quang Liem still has a small chance of entering the top three ranking of the Asian Continental Chess Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

 Viet Nam won team and individual prizes at the first International High School Students' Photo Festival Exchange in Higashikawa, Japan, that ran from August 4-10.

 The battle for sustainability will be won – or lost – in Asia. Although it seemsdramatic, the concept is not far-fetched.

VietNamNet Bridge - BOT (build, operation, transfer), believed to be a good solution to transport projects’ problems, turns out to have a dark side. 

 Google has unveiled a surprise restructuring, creating a new parent company called Alphabet Inc.

A tour to Ninh Binh may include trips to popular places like Tam Coc - Bich Dong and Trang An tourist area. However, a silent beauty, often unnoticed, sits in this part of the country that is truly worth the stop: the Van Long Lagoon.

 The National Assembly's Standing Committee members yesterday discussed the Law on Fees and Charges in the morning session, during which the NA Chairman Hung asked lawmakers to put a stop to overlapping and unnecessary fees.

 Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh on August 10 discussed with Under Secretary of State Richard Stengel measures to boost cooperation in culture and tourism under the framework of the Vietnam Cultural Days in the US.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China-based foreign investors have deemed Vietnam their top alternative destination, as China’s investment climate becomes less attractive.

 Travel aficionados will be dazzled by the magnificent and fanciful stalagmites coupled with the crystal green lakes during a tour of the 300-square-metre Xuyen Son Ho (Trans-Mountain Lakes) in the central province of Quang Binh.

 A nature reserve named Chi San will be set up in Meo Vac district of northernmost Ha Giang province in a bid to protect rare fauna and flora as well as ensure the sustainable development of the northern mountainous region.

 Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

 The Trien Tranh relic site containing Champa vestiges and structures in Quang Nam, excavated during the construction of Da Nang-Quang Ngai expressway, will be moved to the Quang Nam Museum and Museum of Sa Huynh and Champa Culture.