VietNamNet Bridge – Le Nguyen Paul of Viet Nam joined the collection of Vietnamese swimmers who failed to rank high enough to win berths to the Brazil Olympics yesterday, August 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank has supported a project to build a medical waste treatment area with a total cost of VND120 billion (US$5.4 million) in this central province,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Thai Son Nam lost to Kuwait's Qadsia following a penalty shootout in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship semi-final in Iran on Wednesday.

 The finance ministry has asked the State Securities Commission (SSC), Ha Noi Stock Exchange and Vietnam Securities Depository to prepare for the derivatives market launch by the end of 2016.

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  Grammy winning DJ/producer Zedd has announced earlier this week that Haywyre, a young talented electronic-jazz fusion producer from the U.S., will be accompanying him on the Zedd True Colors concert in HCMC Friday night.

  Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem is placed third at the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2015 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 The Ministry of Education and Training on August 5 released a draft training program for school students with several major changes.

An exhibition in the capital will feature 100 photographs of communal houses throughout the north which will showcase the beauty of these structures as well as the threats these face with the advent of modernity.

 The Ministry of Finance has announced economic results for July and the first seven months of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two local travel companies will join hands with their Macau partner to arrange three weekly chartered flights starting next month to transport tourists between Macau and HCMC.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As many as 450 tickets to discover the world’s largest cave in Vietnam were sold from August 1-5 by the Oxalis travel firm.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Sports and Physical Training, commenting on the scandal related to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), said that top VFF officials did not take bribes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City has asked for the Prime Minister’s approval on the appointment of a group of Korean and Japanese contractors as the investor for the $22 billion Thu Thiem Eco Smart City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the authorities of Son La Province to report on the VND1.4 trillion ($64 million) project to build a monument of President Ho Chi Minh and Son La people.

Vietnam ranks high among ASEAN countries in the number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and the value of deals that involved the world's inflow capital, according to the consulting firm RECOF Corporation of Japan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang will be competing at the 2015 Badminton World Federation Championships in Jakarta from August 10 to 16.

 Local authorities and residents in flood-hit areas in the north are still cleaning up after historic rains and floods claimed many lives lives and destroyed houses, crops, bridges and other infrastructure.

 The 22nd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) opened on August 6 within the framework of the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-49) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 A Cham tower within the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam has reopened for tourists after nearly four years of restoration.