Da Nang City People’s Procuracy will prosecute the former director of Da Nang Port Authority of Inland Waterways for irresponsibility that led to the fatal tourist boat sinking on June 4.

 Hanoi will use electronic school records instead of hard copies to manage 1.7 million students in the city from September 5, People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said.

 Storm Dianmu has made landfall from the northern Hai Phong port city to the northern Ninh Binh province this afternoon, the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre said.

 New developments aid merger & acquisition activities, US Mart opens 2nd store in HCM City, Quang Tri launches brown rice milk project, IFC to give VPBank $125m finance package, Bankers discuss internal capital assessment for Basel II

A programme entitled ‘Travelling to the Root – Experiencing Vietnam’s intangible cultural heritages’ was launched by the Hanoi Cultural Fund on August 18.

The General Hospital of Quang Ngai Province is treating two people suffering the bizarre skin disease which was plaguing the province three years ago. 

 Luong Duy Hanh, head of Environmental Protection and Control Department, talked to DTiNews about the possible criminal offences at Hung Hiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in relation to the mass fish deaths.

The Phuoc Son Gold Mining Company restarted gold extraction at the Dak Sa Gold Mine in Phuoc Son district, central Quang Nam province, on August 17 after a two-year closure. 

The $4 billion project in Thu Thiem New Urban Area proposed by Steelman Partners, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Weidner Resorts, along with Vietnamese company Imex Pan-Pacific Co. Ltd. (IPP) is likely going to be rejected.

A number of airlines have launched promotion programs this autumn for both domestic and international flights.

 A group of seven young Vietnamese pianists (ages 9-18) have won 25 awards at two piano contests in California, the US

 External activities need to be further improved in order to defend the country’s supreme interests, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said in an interview granted to the media.

VietNamNet Bridge - Formosa Ha Tinh has received a tax refund worth VND13 trillion, proof that foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) can enjoy high incentives, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of August 19, Vietnam was ranked 45th in the medal table of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil with one gold and one silver, both won by shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of August 12, 42 countries have confirmed their participation in the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG) slated for September 24-October 3 in the central province of Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - Visiting Vietnam's countryside in summer time, tourists will see beautiful scenery of paddy fields in the harvest season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, said it has canceled ten domestic flights as from August 19 as tropical storm Dianmu, the third of its kind to hit the country so far this year, is approaching near.

 Storm Dianmu, the third of this year, is forecast to roll into the coast from northern Haiphong city to Ninh Binh province at around 10 am of August 19, with the strongest winds of 75-100km per hour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Yen Bai Province late on August 18 commenced legal proceeding against an extremely serious shooting that killed two senior officials of the northern mountainous locality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Thuy Hai resigned as technical director of Thanh Hoa yesterday following his teams 2-2 draw with Sai Gon FC in the 21st round of the V.League 1 on Wednesday.