Martial artists from the northern province of Hai Duong had an exchange with those from Seine-Saint-Denis province of France on August 4.

 At least 82 people are now known to have died after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok.

 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked the Government to stop the electricity subsidy for poor households from next year because of its negative impact on the national poverty elimination policies.

 Collector Nguyen Ngoc An has donated 367 antiques from different periods in history to Ba Ria - Vung Tau province’s museum.

 Vietnam’s U23 team won their second game in a row at the U23 International Championship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 by defeating U23 Oman 1-0 on at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on August 5.

The Vietnamese women’s team won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Team Chess Championship held in Iran from July 26 to August 4. 

There is a Russian market in the heart of HCM City. The market sells the iconic wooden roly poly dolls, souvenirs, and warm clothes from Russia, attracting crowds of foreign and domestic customers.

There have always been a number of challenges facing learners on their climb to success. However, these difficulties are incrementally harder for children in remote, disadvantaged areas. 

Positive economic index in July, HCM City to host int’l food, beverage, packing expos, Plastic products exports up 20%, Financial leasing significant to mobilise capital, Vietnam’s tea exports fall 6.9 percent in revenue    

Vietnamese businesses cannot squeeze into foreign conglomerates’ global production chains, even though they can make products satisfying requirements by importers in developed countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many depressed children are judged to be shy and lazy, while parents think they are stubborn and disobedient. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businesses that sell Thai fruits to China could create misunderstandings about Vietnam’s fruit export situation.

VietNamNet Bridge - ROBO Café, the first café in Hanoi where visitors were served by a robot named Mortar, no longer exists. 

Vietnam’s railway sector is expected to become more appealing to investors interested in public-private partnership projects on the back of new incentives. 

 Vietnamese representatives won three bronze medals in the final rounds of the Adobe Certified Associate World Championship 2018 and the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship 2018.

For American scholar Jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota, Vietnam is a country that evokes memories and feelings. He lost his father in the American War in Vietnam,

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Nguyen Nhat Lam, a student at the Nguyen Hue High School in the central province of Ha Tinh, his favourite place at home is his desk, which is always covered in wires and electrical components.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the 19th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the eighth East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore on August 4.

 Today, Ly Chuy Go, a seventh grader at the Pa Ve Su Ethnic Boarding School in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau’s Muong Te district and his schoolmates are eager to return to school after the weekend. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With more than 15 years volunteering for charity projects, Nguyen Tuan Khoi, 34, from HCM City, said he has witnessed hunger first-hand.