Danang municipal government has decided to invest VND45 billion (over $2 million) on upgrading and restoring the Museum of Cham Sculpture next year.

 The shrine in Bangkok which was hit by a deadly explosion on Monday reopened to the public on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has put forward three proposals for minimum salary hikes for the nation's wage zones in 2016.

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh on Tuesday briefed the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs on the ASEAN Community building process and suggested coordinative work to improve the legal system.

 Sprinter Nguyen Thi Huyen will be the only Vietnamese representative at the 15th IAAF World Championships, scheduled to take place in Beijing, China from August 22 to 30.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has released a list of 33 commercial banks that are able to provide bank guarantees for future built property projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Opened in 2012, the 15-hectare Cu Chi clean vegetable farm in Cu Chi District, HCMC has attracted many foreign visitors who want to gain hands-on experience in the daily chores of local farmers

 Save the Children's School Health and Nutrition Project will now include kindergartens as well as primary and secondary schools in HCM City, Ha Noi and Hai Phong, beginning in September.

 Da Nang city has asked for assistance from the Government to build a technology incubator with the goal of turning the city into a scientific-technical and technological hub of the central and Central Highlands region.

 Nearly 500 bicyclists from 40 teams nationwide will participate in the Hanoi Open Bicycle 2015 race, as heard at a conference to introduce the event on August 18 by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The 90-90-90 Plan, which aims to end the AIDS epidemic in Vietnam by 2020 under a HIV prevention programme initiated by the United Nations, will be piloted in five localities from 2017-2015.

 The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a Philippine national to death for drug trafficking on August 18.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 18 for heads of foreign delegations who are in Vietnam to attend a ceremony marking the 70 th anniversary of Traditional Day of Vietnam People’s Police Force held the same day.

 Vietnam strongly condemns the bombing in the Thai capital on August 17 and believes the culprits will soon be punished deservedly, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on August 18.

For the first time, Viet Nam last month merged two national exams into one, thus obviating the need to sit separately for graduating the high-school students and then appear again in an exam to enrol in a university or college.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Magic lovers in Hanoi will have the chance to enjoy the biggest magic show ever held in the capital city - the Domino Magic Show - scheduled to be held at the Ho Tay Water Park in Hanoi on August 22-23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five men aged 21-26 from different countries who share the common hobby of travelling and love for Nha Trang have released their English magazine “Discover Nha Trang” to serve foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not until recent rain and floods claimed 17 lives and caused millions of dollars worth of damage were the landslide and pollution risks taken seriously in the coal producing province of Quang Ninh.

VietNamNet Bridge - The resort real estate market is scorching hot with investors rushing to inject money, but experts warn that the hot growth may not be sustainable.

VietNamNet Bridge - The unmanned ditching machine invented by Vo Van Phuoc, a farmer in HCM City, has been favored by farmers because it saves labor and expenses on field work.