The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee yesterday reviewed the development of the marine economy along with national defence and security in 2011-16.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The choirs representing districts 10 and 11 won the third HCM City Choir Festival that ended on Wednesday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Runners will go the distance in the Viet Nam Mountain Marathon (VMM) from September 22-24 in Sa Pa.

 VietNamNet Bridge – CCTV cameras vary in quality and often lack origin information, forcing customers to be careful when buying a system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has the potential to generate up to 40 GW of electricity from solar sources by 2035.

Bui Duc Thu, deputy director of the National Assembly Deputies Affairs Committee speaks to Tuoi Tre newspaper about the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s role in tracking on the use of the overseas development aid.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Thanh Thuy brought home Viet Nam’s fourth gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) late on Wednesday in Turkmenistan.

Nguyen Hoang Minh completed a hat-trick at the ASEAN Para Games after winning his third gold medal in the men’s T12/13 1,500m yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s Viet Nam Fine Arts Association prize has been won by Ku Kao Khai for his sculpture-installation work entitled Chuong (Bell). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have identified the species of a shark found on the shore of Ha Long Bay in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province, whose image was posted on social network recently.

Innovative Technology Development Corporation has sent a proposal to the HCM City People’s Committee to install automatic tollbooths to collect tolls from vehicles entering the city centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More flyovers and tunnels will be built in HCM City to reduce traffic congestion, the city’s Department of Transportation has said.

The eighth German Film Festival has closed in the central province of Da Nang. Nine films were screened in big cities throughout Viet Nam, including the opening festival movies, 24 Weeks and Millennials.

The over-prescription of antibiotics caused a common gastrointestinal bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance, experts said at a conference on digestion held by Bach Mai Hospital and the Japanese Nagoya University

Vietnamese students with English names are not rare in English classes in Viet Nam, especially in those taught by native English speakers. But HCM City’s Education and Training Department does not approve: 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Minh clinched a double in men’s athletics at the ninth ParaGames in Malaysia yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in central Quang Tri Province’s Trieu An Commune have used steel net to block trucks carrying seafood to a local seafood processing company.

The cradle of many Vietnamese singing talents, Sao Mai (Morning Star) song contest, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month with the participation of 30 potential stars.

As many as 19 of the 43 industrial clusters in the capital city of Ha Noi do not have waste water treatment plants, an inspection by the municipal People’s Council has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The matches against Australia and hosts Mongolia in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship qualification are important for Viet Nam,