VietNamNet Bridge – The journey of two Vietnamese-born wildlife photographers is on display in Ha Noi at an August 4-7 exhibition titled Wings of the Wild. Through the photos, they call for wildlife protection and respect.

 HCM City has set a target to save 2.5 per cent of energy consumption between now and 2020, according to a report by city authorities.

The Government has issued Decree No 86/2016/ND-CP (July 1, 2016) governing requirements applicable to securities investment and business activities in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee held a conference in Hanoi on August 12 to implement the law and ordinance drafting programmes for the last months of 2016 and for 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean singer Song Joo Young, a student in the linguistics faculty at the HCM City University of Pedagogy, has released his first music video (MV) after two years of living in the city.

HCM City’s tax department and the people’s committee of Binh Tan District have sent the highest maximum number of letters of apology to applicants for delayed processing of their dossiers compared to other agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Can Tho Province yesterday (Aug 11) raided a house in Can Tho City’s An Hoi Ward and seized a large amount of lethal weapons of unclear origin stored there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Traffic Police have dealt with some 18,000 violations since August 1, six times higher than HCM City and 10 times higher than Da Nang.

 The Saigon Chamber Music Summer Academy is realized for the third time this year by the Transposition Programme and the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, in coordination with the Goethe-Institut Viet Nam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Tran Dai Quang has urged people’s courts at all levels to stick to the law abiding spirit in order to make fair convictions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Vu Minh,15, and Dao Nhat Minh, two secondary school students in Ha Noi, have won a gold medal for their research on the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The classical ballets Serenade and Bolero created by the late Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine will be performed at the HCM City Opera House on August 19 and October 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s Nguyen Tien Minh beat Vladimir Malkov of Russia 2-1 (15-21, 21-9, 21-13) in a Group E match at the Rio Olympics yesterday, Aug 11.

 As part of the research on the bend of view-points and new dimensions from obtuse angle, Le Thanh Tung continues to employ these elements to his latest installation at Heritage Space. 

According to a written document of the police of Si Ma Cai District of Lao Cai province, 16 people were kidnapped in order to take their internal organs on the Vietnam-China border area in Ha Giang Province.

Several photos capturing the motorcade of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the pedestrian street of Hoi An on August 8 were posted on social networks, causing mixed reactions. Quang Nam Newspaper talked with insiders to learn the truth.

Credit rose 8.54 per cent by July 29 against late last year while mobilised capital surged 9.94 per cent, the State Bank of Vietnam reported August 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, believes that there is still room for Viet Nam and Thailand to grow and attract tourists with different tourism purposes.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking to create measures to tackle falling exports of major farm products, to assure it reaches its goal of US$30 billion in export revenues of the agro-forestry-fishery sector for 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trade unions of Viet Nam will constantly boost comprehensive reforms to confirm their role in the protection of workers’ and labourers’ rights, as Viet Nam strives to enhance its international integration,