A total of 64 international and domestic players will compete at the fifth BTV-Becamex IJD International Three-cushion Billiards Carom Tournament, scheduled in Binh Duong province on August 19-21.

 The registration for tours of Son Doong cave in 2017, one of the world’s largest caves, was opened for booking on August 15 by Oxalis, limited to 500 visitors.

 Travel agents have welcomed the decision to finally extend nightlife opening hours and suggestions on how to manage the capital.  

 On August 16, State President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended congratulatory messages to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on his country’s 71st Independence Day (August 17).

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past two weeks, at least three seals were seen in the waters of Tuy Phong district in the central province of Binh Thuan, surprising both local people and tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman named Huong in Hanoi has discovered that VND500 million ($23,000) in her account at the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) was transferred somewhere over night.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology will create the best possible mechanisms and policies for high-tech parks as well as businesses of the Asian Science Parks Association to expand cooperation in Vietnam. 

 Nguyen Thi Huyen did not succeed in entering the next round of the women’s 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics after losing in her qualifying heat on August 15 (local time). 

 HCM City treasures the relationship it has with Hong Kong and is willing to further cooperation with the territory, said a municipal leader. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Statistics from the Organization of International Automobile Manufacturers (OICA)in 2015 show that Vietnam manufactured only 50,000 cars, or 0.055% of total worldwide car production. 

The last diamond” is the fourth feature by director Éric Barbie, who has been mad for heist movies since childhood. 

The Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security has advised Vietnamese people to not play Pokemon Go while driving because the behavior is illegal and dangerous to drivers and others.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust of billionaire Bill Gates and his wife recently completed a deal that turns it into a major shareholder of VEIL – the largest investment fund in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A survey by UNDP, released in a meeting between HCM City authorities on August 8, revealed that Saigon residents have to offer bribes for land ownership certificates. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Following are the most outstanding contestants of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant. 

A typhoon is forecast to form with strong winds in the northern area of the East Sea due to the circulation around a low-pressure center, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 Hanoi to plant 45,000 trees along Thang Long Avenue, Can Tho seeks cooperation in clean agriculture with New Zealand, Food safety inspections intensified during Mid-Autumn festival, Hundreds of households forced to use contaminated water

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is cracking down on pollution, with the People’s Committee spelling out measures for waste control, after voters expressed anguish about the defiling of the Sai Gon River

 The Government has approved an e-commerce development plan for 2016-20 that targets 50 per cent of consumers switching from cash to other forms of payment.

Ho Chi Minh City has been listed by CNN as one of the world’s 23 best street food destinations.