VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Agricultural High-Tech Park (AHTP) will expand by nearly 400ha by 2020, the park’s management board said during its 10th anniversary celebration on August 26.

Airlines are taking a wait and see attitude about the proposed air route between Hanoi and HCM City that will fly over Cambodia and Laos airspace, cutting flight time compared to the current route,

Vietnam aims for gold at first Chinese Chess world tournament; Tien Minh cruises into third round of BWF; Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2014 to kick off in HCM City

Vietnam proposes measures to strengthen role of ASEAN navy; Seminar sheds light on Ho Chi Minh’s testament; Int’l experts share anti-corruption experience; Embassy in Russia holds National Day reception

Located in the southwestern waters of the country, Phu Quoc is also known as the Pearl Island. The largest island in Vietnam, it is part of a group of 22 islands which form the Phu Quoc Island District of Kien Giang Province.

 Representatives of ASEAN countries met yesterday to review maritime co-operation and security among regional members at the opening of the 5th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF-5).

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given his ministers a far reaching pep talk on improving the economy.

Vietnam has always attached great importance to pursuing the consolidation of Vietnam and China's comprehensive strategic partnership and ensuring the partnership's sound and long-lasting stable development.

 Bui Thanh Mai, a Vietnamese six-year-old, has won the gold prize, in the 7 and under aged category, at the eighth Toyota Dream Car Art Contest for her artwork piece entitled "Super Crab Car".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two houses in Ho Chi Minh City have been included on a list of 10 beautiful slim buildings in Dezeen magazine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will continue clamping down on drug violations, after imposing fines on dive local pharmaceutical firms who were discovered importing and marketing bad medicines.

Gia Quat Pagoda in Hanoi has become the first relic site to remove a pair of Chinese-style stone lions from its campus after the Ministry of Culture issued Dispatch 2662 that recommended that “strange objects” not be used at relic sites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Phong football club has decided to terminate its contract with English coach Dylan Kerr, the last foreign coach in Vietnam’s top football league, the V-League.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With an area of almost 30 hectares, the central square and riverside park in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City will be the largest public space in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's 9pm on Monday and people are still flocking to colourful Hang Ma Street in Ha Noi's Old Quarter. The shops are festooned with lanterns, masks and toys, creating a fanciful and festive atmosphere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Anh Dung, deputy director of the General Department of Industrial Safety Technique and Environment Agency, discussed the current policies on hydropower dams with Nhan Dan Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft has decided to relocate its Nokia production base in China to Vietnam, but it may not be allowed to reuse old machines and equipment at its production base in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become one of the hottest luxury car markets targeted by car manufacturers, with luxury car manufacturers choosing some of their most luxurious and expensive car models in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange will cooperate with  Japan’s Bunraku Puppet Theater from Bunraku Company to give an exchange and performance program

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two centenarians in Vietnam may set the world new record as the oldest living men if their records can be verified by the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 40% of residents recently surveyed in the country said they are satisfied with public services, according to Deputy Minister of the Interior Nguyen Tien Dinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA referee Vo Minh Tri has been invited to officiate at an international friendly match between hosts South Korea and Venezuela on September 5 in Bucheon City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to beautiful beaches and blue water, these beaches have rock grounds with strange shapes and bright colors, which are the masterpieces bestowed by Mother Nature.

 Viet Nam's criminal police force has investigated 1,378 corruption and economic offence cases since 2011, according to a report from the Public Security Ministry's Anti-Corruption Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Minh Tuan, a teacher with a good reputation who works at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, has become unwillingly famous for failing a civil service exam.