Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the past days had left six dead, five missing and two injured in the northern mountainous region by 17:00 on August 5.

 Twenty people have died after a World War Two vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, 

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 Violinist Lidya Dobrevska and oboist Gordana Josifova Nedelkovska from Macedonia will perform in a concert featuring famous compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House this week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in HCM City’s Binh Tan District have been forced to burn piles of uncollected waste left on Binh Long Street after companies dumped the waste in the area at night, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration has asked the Department of Planning and Architecture to work with agencies to propose adjustments to resettlement areas in the Thu Thiem new urban area. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Delegates from more than 300 universities and over 30 countries participated in the One Asia Convention Hanoi 2018 – Hope for the Future event in Hanoi last week.

 Russia has appointed the US actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – A wooden board believed to have been used as a bed by King Ham Nghi (1884-1885) has been found in the central province of Quang Binh.

 Italian giants Juventus have officially opened a football academy for youngsters in Vietnam as the club’s first venture in Southeast Asia.

 National Parks and Natural Reserves are considered an invaluable natural resource of the country. However, tourism management there has numerous limitations which require proper measures to lessen adverse impacts to the environment.

 As the exchange rate between USD and Vietnamese dong has surged in the past two months, exporters are eager for extra profits they can earn for each batch of goods.

 A group of 10 young people recently held a charity event in Ho Chi Minh City to raise funds for deaf-mute kids in Anh Minh Private Specialised School.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese star Nguyen Van Phuong won the 2018 ITF Junior Circuit, Iron Man Cup in China yesterday.

 The Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) together with guest musicians American Grace Ho and Vietnamese Bui Cong Duy will be performing classical pieces at the annual Toyota Concert in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has reported that many hospitals have been found abusing the health insurance fund in the first six months of this year.

 The sixth Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon will be held on January 13, 2019 in District 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Vietnam, big retailers are dominant in distributing brand new genuine products, while the used phone market segment is controlled by private shops.

Some enterprises had several repeated offences in importing prohibited scrap, but they only had to pay a fine of between tens and hundreds of million of dong.