At a meeting with Hanoi residents earlier this week, the city chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said that every year Hanoi paid VND53 billion ($2.3 million) to trim grass and trees along the 24 km Thang Long Highway. 

VietNamNet Bridge – An unidentified foreign man on August 15 jumped into the Lake of Xuan Huong, a famous tourist site in Da Lat City in Lam Dong Province, to rescue a 1-year-old baby, local newspapers reported.

Con Dao, Phu Quoc and Nha Trang are just a few of the leading getaways for the Vietnam National Day (September 2), according to travel agencies Fiditour, Ben Thanh Tourist and Vietravel.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fisherman in the central province who caught a seal was asked by the local government to release the animal, but he said he would do it only for money.

 Federal Reserve policymakers agree that more economic data is needed before raising interest rates, although some see a need to tighten policy soon, according to the minutes from the U.S. central bank's July 26-27 policy meeting.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has appointed two Foreign Deputy Ministers, Mr. Nguyen Ba Hung and Mr. Nguyen Quoc Dung.

VietNamNet Bridge - Should students be prevented from proving their ability at school if their parents committed crimes in the past?

VietNamNet Bridge - The departure of the former owners of Big C and Metro Cash & Carry supermarkets is expected to intensify competition in the retail field.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has dropped seven places from world No 862 to No 869 in the latest ATP rankings.

 International Master Tran Tuan Minh dropped three positions to 27th out of 80 players at the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.

Only three of the billion dollar projects that Vietnam licensed in 2008, the peak of the country in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction, have been implemented to some degree to date. 

Tourists from all walks of life tick Hoang A Tuong Palace as the integral part of their trips to Bac Ha District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai as the attraction of the old mansion lies not only in its architecture

 An annual event to celebrate the freedom to love and freedom of expression regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity will be held from Friday to Sunday.

 Cervical cancer is currently a burden around the world, but especially in Asia where most mortalities from this type of cancer are recorded, heard a symposium in Hanoi on August 17. 

 The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission has officially launched an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions imported from Malaysia and Vietnam. 

 Many people in Danang City have complained that beaches are being blocked from public access by abandoned or stagnant projects.

 Participants at an international workshop in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, once again underscored the necessity of maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea. 

 Over a million Vietnamese of working age were unemployed in the second quarter of this year, up 16,400 people against the previous quarter, heard a workshop in Hanoi on August 17. 

 The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) hopes to increase cooperation and experience exchanges with the Vietnam Air Force, a Malaysian official has said.

The shared and consistent goal of international integration and external defence relations is to safeguard the country’s independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, stated Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich.