With hundreds of islands in different sizes and shapes, Ta Dung Nature Reserve in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is also known as a miniature of "Ha Long Bay" in the misterious rainforest.

 Up to 40 garden houses in the imperial capital city of Hue will be restored under a Thua Thien-Hue provincial People’s Committee project.

 The southern region’s largest exhibition this year, featuring 200 paintings and sculptures, is on display at the Tien Giang Conference Centre in Can Tho City. 

 U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 7,000 people stranded by historic flooding.

 King Tu Duc, the longest reigning monarch of the Nguyen Dynasty, was brought to life this week in a new stage play.

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 Vietnam will compete in the Asia Road Racing Championship’s (ARRC) fifth and sixth stages.

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 Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 2-0 in the women’s singles group J on the eighth day of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 13 (Brazil time). 

 US enterprises are considering Vietnam as a priority market in the ASEAN region for their business and investment expansion in 2017, according to the 2017 ASEAN Business Outlook Survey.

 A programme to select the top 50 IT firms in Vietnam in 2016 has been officially kicked off by VINASA (Vietnam Software and IT Service Association). 

 Commercial banks have called for customers to use caution when using telephones and the internet, as hackers may steal from them.

 An inauguration and handover ceremony was held in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on August 12 to launch the Tam Dao 05 offshore oil rig, the largest ever locally manufactured jack-up rig.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to support a request by Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) to adopt a more favourable policy to help its Dung Quat oil refinery compete with imported petroleum products.

 Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hanoi on August 10. 

The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will cease in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho from August 15, 2016. 

 Vaccines against pneumonia, diarrhoea and the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer will be added to the national immunisation programme, with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. 

 Foreign certified professional caregivers, including those from Vietnam will be allowed to work at patients’ homes from April, 2017, according to a recent decision by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. 

 Up to 44 percent of consumers whose rights were violated when purchasing goods do not report the problem, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) reported on August 12. 

 Ho Chi Minh City is considering two proposals, one from a Swiss company, to build public toilets.