The Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to issue the land-use and house ownership certificate (commonly known as the red book) via the Facebook as soon as possible.

VietNamNet Bridge – Violinist Sindri Lederer from German, viola artist Juliet White-Smith from the US, cellist Zoe Martlew from England, pianist Antonio Koster of German, and Vietnamese Trio Brio will perform at Da Nang Chamber Music 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 3,500 units of blood were collected from thousands of youth and volunteers at the last blood-donation drive of the annual blood-donation campaign Hanh trinh do (the Red Journey) 2016.

A string of large-scale transportation infrastructure projects in the key economic zone of Central Vietnam are on foreign investors’ radars.

The strike by hundreds of workers of a hospital over unpaid salaries in the central Nghe An Province entered its third day today.

 Two Hong Kong actors will arrive in Vietnam this week to act in a TV series produced by HCM City Television’s Film Studio.

The waste mud illegally dumped in Ky Anh town of the central province of Ha Tinh is a mixture of industrial and hazardous waste, and both its owner, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd, and the dumper must bear responsibility.

 Northern localities have been asked to make critical preparations to cope with typhoon Nida, the second to rise in the East Sea so far this year, which is forecast to bring heavy rain to the north of Vietnam from the night of August 2.

Voters in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City have voiced their hope that deputies at the 14th National Assembly (NA) will keep their promises made during their electioneering earlier this year.

Artist To Kim Nhung's exhibition “Urban Chronicles" with 13 paintings on Do paper will open at CHON Gallery, Hanoi on August 5.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wind-power projects, which require high investment capital, remain unpopular as EVN pays a low rate for electrical power. 

 FPT Corporation has been selected as the main investor of Myanmars national financial switching system.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has approved the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam's (Vietcombank) plan to issue bonds worth VND8 trillion (US$357 million) in 2016.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA) has slammed a VNĐ$1.16-trillion (US$52.2 million) proposal to install bird detection systems in airports, saying the payback plan was “unreasonable”.

 Typhoon Nida swept through Hong Kong on Tuesday, shutting down most of the financial hub and disrupting hundreds of flights with gale-force winds, while low-lying areas were put on flood alert.

The Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Olympic Games took part in a flag-hoisting ceremony held in the Olympic village at 6pm on August 1 (Brazil time).

 Vietnamese team pocketed eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals at the Asian Beach Ju-Jitsu Championship which wrapped up in Sri Lanka on July 31.

 US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime dispute with China using The Hague tribunal.

The Prime Minister has decided to establish Vietnamese subcommittees of intergovernmental committees with foreign countries.

 The Rio de Janeiro Olympics opening ceremony on Friday will break with the recent tradition of large-scale and expensive shows, featuring a low-emissions cauldron and an "analogue" experience,