VietNamNet Bridge – Many air monitoring stations in HCM City have not been working well for the last four years, so the city wants to build new stations to monitor inceasing air pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge – Cam cu bon (Hoya bonii) flowers have been discovered in Cat Ba Island of the northern port city of Hai Phong, over 100 years since this species was announced (1884).

 VietNamNet Bridge – When it comes to talking about the weather these days, topics people in Ha Noi must discuss are the storms, wrong forecasts, falling trees and floods.

The government’s economic restructuring efforts since 2011 have resulted in some positive results with the economy returning to stability and further slowdowns averted, but much still needs to be done to bolster the economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – I wouldn’t have had the chance to visit the But Thap Pagoda last week if it wasn’t for my mother asking me to take her back to her favourite pagoda in the country.

The exhibition “Hanoi – The Future Metropolis” with the participation of French curators Sylvie Fanchette, Emmanuel Cerise, and Amélie Codugnella will be held at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on September 1-2.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As usual, VietNamNet's annual concert “Dieu Con Mai” (Things Everlasting) will be held at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on the National Day, September 2.

VietNamNet Bridge - While many airports in the Mekong Delta are still idle, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) is considering building new ones.

 The Transport Development and Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has recently proposed mobilizing over VND91 trillion ($4 billion) to develop infrastructure and logistics systems in the Mekong Delta during the 2016-2020 period.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Girl bands are back. Boy bands, which have dominated the music scene for years, are now taking a back seat to the rising female stars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Owners of illegal outdoor advertising billboards in Ha Noi have been asked to remove them by September 3, or the relevant authorities will take corrective action.

 The authorities of the up-and-coming central city of Danang are now more determined to revoke the licences of slow real estate projects as well as to enforce related laws.

 Whoever has read The Bible must know the legend of Noah Flood. This new film is an animation, rewriting that legend in the viewpoint of the frog species.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the latest information from the local Internet Service Providers (ISP), normal Internet transmission in Vietnam resumed on August 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hospital of Cai Be District in the southern province of Tien Giang is treating a woman who lost her hearing after her husband pouring boiling water into her left ear.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On major roads in HCM City, electronic LED panels reminding people not to play Pokemon Go while driving have been installed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only several days before the finale on August 28, three candidates withdrew from the most prestigious beauty contest in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tourist shot a video showing former British minister George Osborne fired a machine gun, with help from a tour guide at Cu Chi Tunnels, a famous relic site in Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trung, a tourist car driver in District 12 in HCM City, bought a freezer to preserve the body of his dead dog and later organized a birthday ceremony for the animal. It died one week ago.

 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on August 23 that bilateral talks between his country and China may start "within the year."