State-owned businesses must undergo an urgent review of their assets before they can be equitised over the next two years.

 Job seekers can turn to a new smartphone app iWORK in a bid to find work. The app is also available to help those looking for staff find the right employee.

 The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is devising measures to prevent coastal erosion, which has become more serious due to climate change and socio-economic activities.

 Hello, a UK weekly magazine, has named Hanoi among seven best backpacking destinations in Asia.

 Six people have been arrested in Venezuela for involvement in an apparent assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro, 

VietNamNet Bridge - With stable profit margins and steady growth, the clean water sector is attractive to both domestic and foreign investors.

 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.