VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese have begun buying more smartwatches but they are still far from becoming highly popular.

VietNamNet Bridge - The draft general education programming opened for public opinion by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on August 5 will be ‘revolutionary' because the students’ current work overload will be eased.

 Local firms hailed for investing in Singapore, Shrimp sales to US may slump, Technology boosts coffee sector growth, Vietnam unlocks e-commerce potential, Strong dollar improves car import profits, Vietnam invests $155m overseas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swarms of black-bean beetle insects that swoop down on houses of people in Minh Long Village in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have made life very uncomfortable, often forcing them to seek shelter elsewhere.

 Nguyen Tien Minh advanced to the third round of the 2015 BWF World Championships at Jakarta, Indonesia on August 12 after securing an easy 65 minute 28-21 victory over challenger Parupalli Kashyap from India.

Vietnamese chess master Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son emerged unbeaten champion on August 11 at the 2015 Asian Continental Rapid Chess Tournament held at the Hilton Al Ain Hotel in the United Arab Emirates.

 A music festival that will include dozens of concerts and host several world-renowned performers playing ‘well-known and little-known classics of Vietnamese and American music’ is set to kick off in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese artists will perform the popular tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday and Saturday (August 14 and 15) at the Ha Noi Opera House.

 Encroachment by the sea has caused soil erosion, threatening residential areas and crops in the coastal Go Cong area in the southern Tien Giang Province.

 A series of activities will be held nationwide to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945) and Independence Day of Viet Nam (September 2).

 More than 50,000 pirated books were seized today in a raid at a company in Gia Lam District, Ha Noi.

 From this Saturday, passengers arriving from South Korea will no longer be required to report their health status at immigration, announced the Ministry of Health today.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ten days after the mud flood swept through the area, people and miners in Mong Duong Ward, in Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh Province are dealing with the consequences.

VietNamNet Bridge - Samsung has made a daring step by asking ministries and branches to treat it as a Vietnamese company instead of foreign-invested enterprise. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first international Vietnamese traditional martial arts championship – Thang Long Cup – took place at the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi on August 9-11.

 Vietnam’s total foreign debt stood at $172.6 million in July and the figure for the first seven months came in at $933.3 million, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

 Two died, two others injured at stone pit in Dak Lak, 2,000 students to participate in flag raising ceremony, Hoang Sa memorial site to be built on Ly Son island, HIV/AIDS model launched in Hanoi outskirts

China, the biggest Vietnam rice importer since 2012, hsa unexpectedly reduced imports in the first months of the year, raising controversial predictions about the level of demand from the world’s most populous country.

 Greece has agreed a bailout deal "in principle" with its creditors, the European Commission has said.

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