The Ministry of Health has denied granting any favour to pharmaceutical company VN Pharma amid doubts over the ministry’s involvement in the company’s scandalous drug smuggling racket.

The use of pesticides and chemical fertiliser in farming and the discharge of solid waste from craft villages and households are the main causes of rural environmental pollution.

 Pencak silat martial artist Pham Thi Tuoi earned Vietnam’s first gold medal on August 29 at the SEA Games 29 in Kuala Lumpur, which will end tomorrow.

 Travel firms have reported an increasing number of tour bookings for the upcoming three-day holiday for National Day, starting September 2, with beach trips receiving the highest number of bookings.

 Despite being licensed 19 years ago, the $50 million Hanoi America International Hospital has yet to come into operation.

 Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has said her relatives and herself were not involved in the case of VN Pharma JSC Company’s smuggling of cancer medicines and falsification of documents.

 Despite breaking three records and winning eight gold medals at the 29th SEA Games, Vietnamese swimmer Anh Vien said she wished she had been able to meet the goal of earning ten gold medals for Vietnam.

 A group of 17 students from HCM City’s universities have drawn murals on local streets to convey messages about green energy and climate changes.

 The Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association received a decision from the People's Committee of Kien Giang province on August 18 in recognition of Phu Quoc fish sauce as a traditional craft.

A group of South Korean actors, singers and artists from the band TWICE, JYP Entertainment, and the nationwide cable TV network and broadcasting company JTBC are making a video about Thua Thien Hue. 

 Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai has just approved an investment of VND48 billion (USD2.12 million) to recognise Ly Son into a global geopark.

 The authorities in the central province of Quang Nam has stopped the VND1trn ($44m) Thien Truc Lam tourism project due to the investor’s lack of financial capacity.

 Danang People’s Committee on Monday decided to open three new passenger transportation routes on the Hàn River, all beginning and ending at the Han River Port.

 Over ten people have been injured when two passenger buses collided on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Highway in Hanoi early Tuesday morning.

 Many localities in the northern region of Vietnam, including Hanoi, are experiencing heavy rains which are forecast to last for the next three days.

 The HCM City Department of Transport has approved a plan to chop down or relocate 123 trees to make way for heavy traffic near Tan Son International Nhat Airport.

 About 21,600 car dealers in Vietnam have halted operation, shut down or gone bankrupt as of August 29, according to the Business Registration Management Agency.   

There is no need to travel any further than southern Long An Province to find the seven Wonders of the World such as the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, among others.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fourth industrial revolution is expected to be a great opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to make a breakthrough in the online market, estimated to be worth $9 billion by 2025.

Although wind power development is considered a great potential sector in Vietnam, investors have been hesitant to develop new or expand their existing projects due to the low regulated selling price of wind power.