VietNamNet Bridge - With an aim to promote tourism, local provincial authorities are calling on airlines to open air routes to their areas. Some provinces are even willing to compensate airlines’ losses during the first phase of operation.

Vietnam welcomes over 7.2 million international visitors in 7 months

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of dorms at universities in HCM City have set up programmes to offer free or low-cost dormitory rooms for eligible students.

The People’s Court of My Duc district, Hanoi, on August 8 opened the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Dong Tam commune. 

 Vietnam’s stock market has 23 companies valued at over US$1 billion and most of them have reported higher business results in the first half of this year.

 Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Town has been restored and attracted many visitors after three years being ravaged by erosion.

 Two foreign tourists complained to police in Da Lat on August 6 about being cheated when eating at the night market. 

 The authorities of Dak Nong Province are calling for the government to complete a road which is causing huge travel problems.

 Significant sites in major cities of Vietnam will be lit up simultaneously on the night of August 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

 Vietnam was named among 21 destinations that cost visitors only 20 USD a day or less for food and accommodation by the US-based news website Business Insider.

 Hospitals across Hanoi are at full capacity treating dengue fever patients.

Vietnam successfully fulfilled its role as rotational Chairman of the ASEAN Committee in Paris from April to July, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As night approaches, most people head home to rest after a long working day. But not Ho Tuan Sang.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his players have started training for their AFF U18 Championship in Ha Noi discrediting a rumour that Tuan’s coach days were over after he led the country’s U20 team to its first world cup

 Only two hours from HCM City is The Grand Ho Tram Strip, Vietnam’s only truly-integrated resort, the property knows how to both pamper and excite even the most exacting of your requirements. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese startups complain that they still find it difficult to get capital from angel and venture investors even though many investment funds have been established.

It may be her career’s first Southeast Asian Games (SEA), but all eyes are on 20-year-old Le Tu Chinh, who is expected to bring back the 100m and 200m titles to the country later this month.

 Born into a family with a four-generation tradition of martial arts in Lam Dong, seven-time world champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has been called “The loner who seeks defeat” in Muay Thai. 

 HCM City has an average 30,000 newly-registered vehicles per month with the majority being motorbikes, said a municipal police officer.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with his counterparts from New Zealand, the US, China and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on August 7.