A low pressure system in the East Sea has forecasters concerned due to its unpredictable development.

 Over 140 households in Hanoi's Chuong My District have had their houses disinfected after 10 days submerged under flood water.

 As many as 2,000 children have been victims to violence and abuse annually in Vietnam according to a report by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 A man in the central province of Quang Nam has been asked to pay tax arrears after he was found to have earned USD727,000 from Google, however, he has not yet paid the required taxes.

 Lax management in the Central Highlands has led to years of illegal occupation of forested land.

 A postal worker at the Gia Lai Provincial Post Office has just been suspended after a clip showing him throwing mail packages out of a truck went viral.

 Schools in Ho Chi Minh City are facing difficulties in recruiting English teachers as the 2018-2019 school year approaches.

 The Intellectual Property Agency of Viet Nam, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, has expanded recognition of the Geographical Indication (GI) of Ngoc Linh for ginseng root products grown in 15 communes of Quang Nam and Kon Tum Provinces.

 Dong Nai Province authorities have asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to send an inspection team to the Phuoc Tan industrial complex to examine its illegal construction of factories.

 Viet Nam, with strength as a tropical agricultural country, has been integrating deeply into the global economy as it can produce a variety of agricultural products with high nutritional and commercial value.

Doctors at the Viet Duc Hospital have found round worm that damaged the intestines, ileum and cecum of a 2-year-old boy, causing fever and pain for six months. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a flag-hoisting ceremony in Hanoi on August 8 to mark the 51st founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

 United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has become the first Singaporean bank to open a foreign-owned subisdiary in Viet Nam.

 Business conditions related to the establishment and operation of joint stock commercial banks and non-bank credit institutions in Viet Nam will be eased under a draft circular from the State Bank of Vietnam.

 Viet Nam’s Sanest Khanh Hoa ranked fourth in the 2018 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship after losing to Pakistan’s WAPDA team in the bronze-medal match in Myanmar on August 6.

Police in southern Binh Thuan Province have set up a special police unit to crack down on illegal loan sharks, which have reportedly been increasing their activities with many sophisticated tricks that ensnare locals in never-ending debt traps.

A budget of 15 trillion VND (645 million USD) will be spent on 14 urgent transport projects during the 2016-2020 period under the Standing Committee of 14th National Assembly’s Resolution No.566/NQ-UBTVQG14. 

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisation (VUFO) has presented the “For Peace and Friendship Among Nations” insignia to Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Jehanne Roccas.

 The ride-hailing application FastGo will debut in Ho Chi Minh City this month, giving another choice of travel and payment methods for customers of the city.

 President Tran Dai Quang on August 7 hosted separate receptions for the new ambassadors from Chile, the UK, Poland, Gambia, Uganda, Nepal, Jamaica, Guatemala and Botswana.