Viet Nam’s trade surplus rose to US$2.8 billion in the first eight months of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported yesterday.

The U23+3 football team have been awarded nearly $190,000 in total after being qualified for the men’s semi-final of the Asian Games.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ongoing heavy rain since early this week has caused damage in northern provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Train travel is falling behind other forms of transport, as passengers are choosing air and roads ahead of the tracks.

 Facebook's Watch video-streaming service is rolling out worldwide, just over a year after its US launch.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face a lack of qualified facilities and government support policies, while parents lack sufficient knowledge about the disorder, 

 t's back. The tent swathed in golden sunshine, a chocolate meltdown as a result of aforementioned sun, one contestant's broken biscuit dreams and the ice-cold glare of Paul Hollywood.

VietNamNet Bridge - Since Vietnam mostly exports raw coffee instead of processed products, the sharp coffee price fall in the world market has had immediate impact on its exporters and growers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Lang Lang is coming to town. How can I get tickets to his concert?" a mother of two musically inclined children begs friends on her Facebook account.

 The Miss University Vietnam 2018 contest was launched in Hanoi on August 29 for students aged 18-24 nationwide.

 Authorities of Yen Bai province on August 29 successfully deactivated a bomb weighing 350 kilogrammes.

 An international workshop organised by HCM City Open University discusses challenges facing the field of agricultural biotechnology. (Photo courtesy of the Open University)

 Da Nang city in central Vietnam is the most popular summer vacation destination of tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) this year, a shift from last year’s preference for Japanese cities.

Vietnam, NZ agriculture ministers talk farm produce improvements, Da Nang boosts co-operation with Finnish cities, HCM City backs strengthened cooperation with Japan locality, An Giang, Cambodia’s Takeo province forge cooperation

 The Japan ICT Day 2018 was opened in Hanoi on August 29, themed “Vietnam-Japan IT Cooperation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

 A Utah state judge has declared a 74-year-old woman and her long-term lesbian partner legally married, three months after her wife died.

 President Tran Dai Quang’s state visits to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23-28 have created new momentum for bilateral relations between Vietnam and the two countries, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam has said. 

 More than 200 organisation representatives and individuals came to the US Embassy in Hanoi to extend their sympathies over the passing of US Senator John McCain from August 27-29, according to the embassy.

 The disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects was estimated at 11.25 billion USD as of August 20, a year-on-year rise of 9.2 percent.

 A small village on the southern coast of New Zealand is planning to implement a radical plan to protect its native wildlife: ban all domestic cats.