VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese painter Le Quoc Huy has opened his second private exhibition at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least six people were killed and several others injured on Friday morning in an explosion in Khanh Son District, central coastal Khanh Hoa Province, 

Culture researcher Huu Ngoc has been awarded Grand Prize at the Bui Xuan Phai - For the Love of Ha Noi Awards for lifelong research and huge contribution to popularising Ha Noi culture. 

A collection of 130 photos of women by noted Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Quoc Dung is being published this month in a retrospective of his 20-year career.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue asked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health to work together to organise bidding for medicines covered by health insurance so the mechanism can be put in place by 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister’s decision to create an industry-driven workforce development task force couldn’t have come at a more critical time, 

The Ministry of Education and Training will regulate specific floor marks for teacher training colleges and universities from 2018 as part of measures to improve teacher training quality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Indonesia from August 22-24 at the invitation of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim will visit Viet Nam from August 22-24, at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U22 football team defeated Cambodia 4-1 at the second match of Group B at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Vietnamese top chess player Le Quang Liem lost to legendary chess player Russian-Croatian Garry Kasparov in the rapid category at the ongoing St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the United States

The women’s three-string bow team won another silver for Viet Nam in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games at the NSC Synthetic Turf Field in Malaysia on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Danh Lien, Chairman of the Ha Noi Transport Association, tells Hai Quan (Customs) that careless approval has created serious problems with BOT projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – A resident of Duong Hoa Commune in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue went out last Tuesday looking for honey. Instead, he found a bomb in the local Dai Bac Forest. 

Auricular acupuncture is a good option for the treatment of smoking addiction as Viet Nam every year has more than 30,000 people die due to diseases caused by smoking, 

The latest Finance Ministry proposal to reduce income tax levels from seven to five will significantly benefit those earning below VND10 million (US$450) per month.

The Ha Noi Superior People’s Court on Thursday held an appeal hearing of Giang Kim Dat and three accomplices in a major corruption case that involves bankrupt State-owned firm Vinashin Ocean Shipping Ltd,

Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is the No 1 seed in the men’s singles category at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games being held in Malaysia.

Viet Nam defeated Kazakhstan 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 20-25, 15-5 in the fifth-eighth place match at the SMM 19th Asian Women’s Senior Volleyball Championship held in the Philippines yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Dirty” and “stinky” are the two words most used to describe Tho Quang Port in the central Da Nang City over the last decade.