A special stamp designed by a Vietnamese artist will be issued in the 10 ASEAN nations to celebrate the formation of the ASEAN Community later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first activity of John Kerry when he returned to Vietnam the second time as the US Secretary of State is a meeting with President Truong Tan Sang this morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - The decision by HCM City authorities to move 1,402 polluting facilities out of the city by 2005 has not progressed well.

 Several large companies on the HCM Stock Exchange have spent hundreds to several billions of Vietnamese dong to pay dividends since the beginning of this year.

 Flights linking the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Bangkok, Thailand will be halted as of the afternoon of August 6 after just more than two weeks of operation.

Viet Nam has used nuclear energy technology and atomic energy in medical treatment, agriculture, industry and environmental activities for decades, but the country's nuclear technology still needs to take advantage of its development potential.

Elderly people, tribal chieftains, artisans and prestigious people from16 small ethnic groups with populations of less than 10,000 people have asked the Government to pay more attention to conserving and restoring their cultural heritage.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) agreed to enhance collaborative ties through high-level delegation visits and professional exchanges.

Samsung Display in Vietnam received an investment certificate on August 6 to invest an additional $3 billion in expanding its factory in northern Bac Ninh province.

The car runs smoothly on country lanes, worming its way through crowds and going down small alleys without any incident. The car, which runs on solar energy, was created by Doan Quang Huong, 18.

 More than 190 children between 10 to 16 years-old from 30 cities and provinces nationwide gathered in Hanoi on August 6 for the fourth National Children’s Forum.

The watchdog agency has reassured the public, saying that the dong/dollar exchange rate will not lose more than 2 percent of value by the end of the year and that the foreign exchange reserves have reached $37 billion.

 The Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) and the New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology (AUT) signed a memorandum of understanding on August 6.

 Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hoa has been awarded the Laos’ Labour Order- second class, for his dedication to labour-social sector of Vietnam and Laos.

 The fourth round of negotiations on an agreement on cooperation in protecting and exploiting tourism resources within the Ban Gioc Waterfall vicinity between Vietnam and China ran in Beijing from August 2-6.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming trip to Malaysia and Singapore is expected to give a new boost to the friendship and thriving cooperation between Vietnam and the two ASEAN fellow countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has proposed initiatives to further the role of the ASEAN+3, the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in peace, security and development in East Asia.

Numerous teachers in math, physics, chemistry and literature are looking for jobs at HCM City high schools, but the demand is modest. 

VietNamNet Bridge – No words can be more illustrative than the title of the film “Vinh Moc Tunnel- a world beneath the war” by Director Janet Gardner to describe Vinh Moc Tunnel in Vinh Linh District, Quang Tri Province.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – To replace the former laws that had previously created issues for foreign investment, especially foreign inward investment into Vietnam, together with many legislations and policies, effective as of July 1, 2015,