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,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister has approved a technical support project for an employment information network in Vietnam using ODA (Official Development Assistance) from the Republic of Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese filmmaker Nguyen Hoang Diep has received the Order of Arts and Letters for her work Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere).

 The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates further this year, a top U.S. central banker said in an interview published on Thursday, reflecting improved labor market conditions and the likelihood that inflation is heading higher.

Vietnam should change regulations in the Investment Law and Business Law as soon as possible to remove barriers in trading and investments, heard attendants at a conference held in Hanoi August 11.

Boredpanda has released a photo collection of natural landscapes and people in Vietnam taken by Turkish professional photographers in the SSS club during their 16-day trip to the Southeast Asian nation.

French contemporary artist Lionel Descostes recently came back to Vietnam from a solo exhibition in Bangkok where he showcased his handmade embroidery pieces, which are the result of his years’ work in Vietnam.

 A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck about 535 km (330 miles) southeast of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has urged local authorities to increase inspections and punish all establishments using child labour or forced labour.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) earned VND253 trillion (US$11.3 billion) in revenue and paid VND50.7 trillion to the State budget in the first seven months of this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Award-winning actress Lan Huong charmed spectators at Viet Nam National Drama Theatre with her role in the Tai Bien (Accident) play on Wednesday night. 

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VietNamNet Bridge - After many failures with racecourse projects, Hanoi is again considering developing a formula 1 race course and allowing betting in order to increase city revenue and put the business under control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam was outsted from the Vietnam F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

 Michael Phelps of the United States won the Olympic 200 meters individual medley on Thursday to capture the 22nd gold medal of his career and become the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Games.

Architects, students and foreign visitors who want to learn about Vietnam in the last few decades often go to Xe Co (Old Bike) café on Hang Bun Street to see the collection of old bikes and motorbikes and machines from the old days.