Vice chairman of the HCM City's District 1 People's Committee, Doan Ngoc Hai, believed that shadowy interest groups are making huge profits from businesses on local pavements.

 Complaints have continued about the waste water discharged directly onto Danang City’s beaches.

 People in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam are busy fishing when the flooding season has come.

 The opening of the Trinh Cong Son Pedestrian Street near the West Lake in Hanoi will be delayed until October due to opposition from local people.

 Total export turnover between Vietnam and ASEAN countries has increased seven-fold in the 20 years since Vietnam became a member of the bloc.

 Vietnamese music from the early 20th century will be honoured in the project “100 years of Vietnamese music” with a series of concerts at Tuoi Tre Theatre in Hanoi.

 Taxi firms are bristling over a draft regulation that will place greater restrictions over their operations in Hanoi.

 Authorities in the southern province of Ca Mau should accelerate the administrative reform process and offer the most beneficial policies for investors, business leaders have said.

 Vietnam’s contingent of 77 primary and secondary students have won 56 medals, including eight golds, 16 silvers and 32 bronzes at the International Mathematics Competition 2017.

 A performance dedicated to traditional Korean art will be held at the Korean Cultural Centre on Saturday night.

 The Indian Cultural Centre in Hanoi will organise an Indian cookery show on Sunday.

 The US Consulate General in HCM City and the Soul Live Project will host a concert featuring American and Vietnamese musicians and artists on Friday.

 Jeremy Cheung of Hong Kong and Solange of Paris will perform with local DJ Hibiya Line at the Observatory on Saturday.

 The annual VTV International Cycling Tournament – Ton Hoa Sen Cup – will kick off on September 2 with the participation of 84 athletes.

 Yesterday was a bad day for Ly Hoang Nam as he lost in both his singles and doubles events at the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province.

 The HCM City Department of Information and Communications on Wednesday announced the launch of the 9th Information and Communication Technology Awards.

Representatives of USAID, Ministry of National Defence and Air Defense - Air Force signed a deal on August 9 to hand over 12.7 hectares of land, which had been cleaned up from dioxin contamination at Da Nang airport, to the Ministry of Transport.

 Seaside resort real estate has become a hotspot for investors in the recent two years in the central city of Da Nang, said the property service group CBRE Vietnam on August 9. 

 Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich held talks with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington D.C. on August 8 following a welcome ceremony the same day. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received First Vice President of the Cambodian Senate Nay Pena in Hanoi on August 9.