Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Doan Xuan Hung handed over 18 antiques from different cultural periods to the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi on August 9.

 Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee have agreed that future official development assistance (ODA) loans are necessary for Vietnam to meet its development potential, but they emphasised the need to spend these loans more effectively.

 Titled “The Push of the Decade,” the first session of Vietnam M&A Forum 2018 explores the new driving force to boost the Vietnamese M&A market.

The Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment has recognised a group of 400 Po Mu trees in the forest of mountainous Tay Giang District in Quang Nam Province as Heritage Trees.

 Scientists say the secrets to success in online dating are to aim high, keep your message brief, and be patient.

Experts believe that buying electricity from other countries, especially China, will not reduce domestic electricity shortage, but could increase the price of electricity and pose risks for national defence.

 The Indonesian island of Lombok has been hit by a strong tremor, as the search continues for victims of Sunday's earthquake.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have asked Danang authorities to investigate the cause of a jet-ski accident which killed a tourist at a local beach.

 Around 3,000 residents at Tan Tan Do residential area in Hanoi have been using water with the high arsenic concentration for years, putting them at risk of cancer.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have urged localities to stabilise pork prices which have been on the rise.

Vietnamese contestant Phan Thi Mo has defeated 50 contestants from many countries to be crowned as the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018 in Thailand on August 8.

Hung Yen Province People’s Procuracy has completed the prosecution procedures against Nguyen Thi Hien from Da Trach Commune in Khoai Chau District for her violations of regulations on health examination.

 Two Chinese men have been arrested after attacking a female staff member in an attempted theft at a petrol station in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 Head of the Carina Plaza Building management board, Nguyen Quoc Tuan, has just been arrested and prosecuted for violating fire regulations.

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 Vietnamobile Telecommunications JSC (Vietnamobile) has announced it is reducing its subscribers’ phone numbers from 11 digits to 10 by changing two of the prefixes from September 15.

 US actor Brad Pitt has rebutted claims made by his estranged wife Angelina Jolie that he has failed to support their children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of houses along the Da Nang – Quang Ngai Highway are being damaged by construction on the road.

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap plans to release flood water into more than 81,000 hectares of rice fields between August and October to enrich the soil with sediment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quoc Dung, Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, speaks to Vietnam News Agency on Vietnam’s contributions to the development of ASEAN in the last 23 years.