Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Bangladeshi President Abdul Hammit discussed specific measures to stimulate bilateral economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation at their meeting in Hanoi on August 10.

 Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh underscored defence cooperation as a pillar in the Vietnam – China comprehensive strategic partnership while meeting Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the China People’s Liberation Army Sun Jianguo.

 Vietnam and Bangladesh issued a joint statement on August 10 on the occasion of Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid’s Vietnam visit from August 9-13.

 Vietnam and China convened their fifth strategic defence dialogue in Hanoi on August 10, aiming to narrow differences and create strategic trust for the friendship between the two armies and peoples.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 50 kilometers from Quang Binh Province’s Dong Hoi City in the central region, the Chay River and Toi (Dark) Cave are an exciting destination for those who love adventurous activities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Air carriers in Vietnam are expected to face challenges in the air and on the ground when ASEAN implements open sky policies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Improving the quality of health treatment and examination as well as patient safety is a critical task for hospitals, as medical errors and hospital infections still occur at healthcare facilities in Viet Nam,

Deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong said at the Government’s media briefing in Hanoi last week that the central bank is weighing the Ministry of Finance’s proposal for a VND30 trillion loan

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, a Vietnamese delegation of one teacher and four students will attend the World Science Conference in Israel, which is scheduled to take place in Jerusalem from August 15 to 20.

VietNamNet Bridge - More Vietnamese educators are speaking rudely to students. A video clip on the internet some days ago shows a teacher of English at a foreign language center insulting two university students during a quarrel about tuition. 

Japanese singer Yuji Mori, the all-girl Japanese rock band, Prizmm, drum group from Otawara, calligraphy artist Sakamoto Koichi, art troupes and performers from Mitsuke, Nagasaki, Sakai will all take part in the annual Viet Nam-Japan Culture Exchange

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 95 per cent of underground fresh water in HCM City does not meet with the Ministry of Health's hygienic standards, while nearly 20 per cent or 358,000 households have no fresh water to use,

 Leisure park planned for picturesque Phu Quoc, Alstom wins contract for eco-friendly boilers, Credit growth lifts bank profits, Telephone export soars in first seven months, EuroCham index shows slight rise in confidence

 Chief Justice Truong Hoa Binh on August 10 welcomed US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who is on a five-day visit to Vietnam to meet with members of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) held a ceremony in Vientiane on August 8 to open its subsidiary in Laos, becoming the fourth Vietnamese bank operating in the country.

 The 40th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened on August 10 in Hanoi, during which legislators are scheduled to debate 17 bills and one draft ordinance.

 President Truong Tan Sang and his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Hamid have agreed to bring bilateral trade turnover to US$1 billion next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty per cent of Vietnamese bank websites have security loopholes, according to the country's top internet security firm, BKAV.

 Nearly one million people have now been affected by widespread flooding across Myanmar since June, officials say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many bidding documents require tenderers to provide import products, even if the products can be made domestically.