Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have asked relevant offices and departments to strictly penalise road users playing Pokémon Go on streets.

VietNamNet Bridge - The so-called ‘Chinatown’ located next to Nuoc Man Airport has multi-story hotels and restaurants using Vietnamese names, but in fact, they are owned by Chinese businesspeople.

 Defence cooperation has become one of the pillars in the strategic partnership between Vietnam and France and will be broadened in the coming time, President Tran Dai Quang has stated.

It’s been 2 years since Hanoi Rock City last run a tribute for The Beatles. Come to enjoy their legendary songs with HRC’s new sound system set up on August 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s marine environment risks being severely polluted due to insufficient protection measures and indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, marine experts have said.

 The Government has been asked to compel Taiwanese firm Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd to compensate losses incurred by locals when it released toxic water into the ocean in April.

 For the first time the tourism sector in Ho Chi Minh City has cooperated with the railway sector to open railway tours over the National Day holiday on September 2 and in the final quarter of the year.

The ancient Binh Thuy house is a rare ancient constructions in Vietnam which has been well preserved and kept intact, allowing visitors to explore the culture and the life of Southwest region’s people in the 20th century.

 Vietnam has gained significant outcomes in the exploitation, management and conservation of marine resources over the past few years, an official has said. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Journalist Nguyen Thuy Linh of VTC News registered as an organ donor after several brushes with death, drawing public praise. She spoke with Le Dinh Viet about her decision. 

Below are 40 color and black and white photographs selected from hundreds of photos taken in northern Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and the 1979 border war by Germanwar correspondent Thomas Billhardt. 

 TienPhong Bank (TPBank) announced on August 26 in Ha Noi that IFC was its new shareholder after making a quasi-equity investment of VND403.1 billion (US$18.35 million) in dividend preferred shares.

The protection of legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad is necessary and shows the State’s responsibility to citizen.

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters in Hanoi is presented a certificate of national relics on August 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 6,000 grass cutters are on the verge of losing their jobs following Ha Noi’s decision to halt the trimming work on most of the city’s lawn median strips.

 The recent acquisition of the remaining 30% stake in Driftwood Dairy Inc., one of California’s largest processors of milk and dairy products based out of the City of El Monte, by Vinamilk is a textbook example of how to enter a foreign market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Living in new urban areas is especially favored by young families in big cities in Vietnam. Below are the top new and modern urban areas in Hanoi.

 Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung promised to push forward with substantive reforms at a session on August 26 with a working group assigned by the Prime Minister. 

 Haze has blanketed Singapore as the country is being affected by this year’s first major outbreak of haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.

 President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei, on August 26 afternoon, beginning a three-day State-level visit to the country.