The 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related meetings are scheduled to take place from September 6-8 in Vientiane, Laos, with 42 documents expected to be passed.

The establishment of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia in 2013 is an important milestone in bilateral relations, creating an opportunity for the two countries to develop their traditional friendship to a new height.

VietNamNet Bridge - Several car importers have warned that they will not allow car imports through Cai Lan Port if local authorities cannot settle environmental problems there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese musicians in recent weeks have released new songs praising the beauty of Viet Nam to show their love of country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Customs has completed a draft scheme to implement the National Single Window (NSW) mechanism from 2016-2020 for administrative reform in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nung live at higher elevations and have a tradition of self-sufficiency. The Nung live close to nature and eat whatever they can grow or gather in the forest.

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VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese businesses are not registering their trademarks for protection, putting them at high risk of losing markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Soon after receiving a malware sample provided by Noi Bai International Airport, the victim of the cyberattack on July 29, CMC Infosec found it had the execution name ‘diskperf.exe’. 

 Football gambling will be trialed for five years, both online and in betting shops, with a restricted distance between the shops and schools or children’s playgrounds, the government has recently announced.

The quality of English teaching and learning at general schools has once again become a hot topic of discussion after MOET announced that students got an average of 3.3 marks out of 10 at the national high-school finals. 

 The cartoon “Oggy and the Cockroaches” (France, 2013, 80 mins) is being screened at L'Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on August 14, at 4pm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of the southern province of Dong Nai have formed a task force to deal with nail traps on highway 51.

 The local mining industry saw a decline in production growth in the past seven months, which is likely to extend to the end of the year, said the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VietNamNet Bridge – The vice chief of the Department of Culture of Ca Mau province has been reprimanded for a photo on the Internet in which his hand was clasped over the “sensitive body part” of a female cleaner.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly a month after the video clip featuring Miss Vietnam 2014 Ky Duyen smoking at a café was posted on the Internet, the Miss Vietnam pageant organizing board has made the final decision on the case.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A market located at the junction of highways 62 and N2 in Thạnh Hoa Township of the southern province of Long An has long been known as a market for wild birds.

 The governments of Vietnam and Japan agree that an efficient and competitive ASEAN green economy is vital to creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and ensuring sustainable economic growth.

 An ADB-funded project that strengthens agriculture science and technology in Vietnam was among the three winners of the Most Successful Development Project Awards selected by the bank’s Independent Evaluation, ​ADB said in its August 8 news release. 

 Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich and his Indonesian counterpart Ryamizard Ryacudu highlighted the countries’ fruitful defence cooperation during talks in Hanoi on August 8.