VietNamNet Bridge - Listed among the four least developed countries in ASEAN, Vietnam is one of the world’s biggest luxury goods markets.

 The establishment of strategic partnership with Malaysia, active and positive contributions to the building of an ASEAN Community, and the enhancement of relations with Bangladesh and Venezuela topped August’s diplomatic headlines.

 Works by Modigliani, Picasso and Thomas Gainsborough, owned by the former owner of Sotheby's, are to be sold by the auction house later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Ha Noi's suburban Phuc Tho District are making more money after turning to a new crop, asparagus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The United States became Vietnam’s largest market in the first eight months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a breathtaking natural landscape rich in cultural and historical treasures, Dong Thap province is set to become a tourism hot-spot.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman whose ancestor patrolled the Hoang Sa (Paracels) Islands hundreds of years ago tells foreign and local museum visitors historical tales about the area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the years, a total of 71 legal documents and ordinances and 73 decrees have been enacted by the National Assembly and the Government to regulate planning in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training made a big change this year by combining the national high school graduation and university admission exams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hospitals are losing a large number of patients who prefer the bedside manner and abilities of foreign doctors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After two months of baking wood at high temperatures, miners opened the pit to collect coal. They have to work in the heat of 60 degrees Celsius.

 More than 1,300 Vietnamese firms in the logistics sector mainly act as agents for around 25 foreign logistics firms on the home market, heard the Vietnam Logistics Forum 2015 last week.

Nguyen Thi Huyen was the only athlete at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore to win three gold medals, set two SEA Games records and meet the qualifying standards for the World Championships and Olympics in two individual events.

VietNamNet Bridge - Extreme weather conditions are forecast to occur from now to the end of the year, according to Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of National Hydrometeorology Centre.

 The annual fall festival, which attracted more than 80,000 tourists last year , will run in northern Hai Duong province’s Con Son – Kiep Bac relic site from September 22 through October 2.

VietNamNet Bridge – After her parents' shooting in 1963, Le Thanh Lan was determined to join the Youth Volunteer Brigade. Her story and others have inspired countless Vietnamese students to help those in need.

 Many State-owned companies with a charter capital of more than VND1 trillion (US$44.4 million) failed to elicit investors' interest with their recent initial public offering (IPO).

 The information technology (IT) boom is expected to help Vietnam become the Silicon Valley of Southeast Asia, according to an article posted on the website http://www.pcmag.com.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent directive of the agriculture and rural development ministry has asked provinces and cities to strictly deal with slaughterhouses and abattoirs that do not obey food hygiene and safety regulations.

 According to weather experts, the weather phenomenon El Nino is warned to appear and affect directly to Vietnam's weather condition from September, 2015 to February, 2016.