The Foreign Ministry, the Party’s Central Committee's Commission for External Relations and the NA Committee on External Relations signed an Agreement on their coordination on diplomatic information of VN overseas representative agencies Tuesday.

 Ministries, agencies and localities are requested to drastically strengthen management works to take advantage the Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the most efficient manner.

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 Lumitel, Viettel Group's mobile operator in Burundi, has signed up 1 million subscribers, or 10 per cent of the African country's population, in the four months since it began operations.

 Gold prices jumped in the markets on August 12. Each tael of the State-owned SJC gold was listed at VND33.72 million (US$1,528), an increase of VND800,000 (US$36.2) from previous day's rate.

VietNamNet Bridge - The discussions about the coal supply for Duyen Hai 1 and Vinh Tan 2 Thermal power Plants have come to a deadlock. 

 Legal and administrative procedures were the biggest challenges facing start-up businesses, according to a forum attended by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday.

 National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee members yesterday said that the Law on Access to Information was meant to enable people to exercise their rights and strengthen policy transparency.

Ho Chi Minh City will do its utmost to promote the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Bangladesh, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan told Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on August 12.

Vietnam’s nature and daily life coupled with tangible and intangible culture will be featured at the fourth Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards through the lens of photography aficionados.

 Students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music brought home four first prizes from the recent China – ASEAN youth piano competition in the Chinese city of Nanning.

 The 10th Art Festival Autumn Melodies will run in Ho Chi Minh from August 25-30, gathering more than 100 artists.

 Vietnam and Japan have agreed to boost agro-forestry-fisheries product trade during their second high-level dialogue on agricultural development cooperation in Hanoi on August 12.

Vietnam’s export activities will not be immediately affected by the devaluation of the yuan in China, one of the country’s biggest trade partners, said several Vietnamese exporters when being asked about the impacts of the adjustment.

 The central province of Quang Binh has announced a list of 34 tourism projects calling for investments from 2015-2020 with total capital of over 23 trillion VND (1.03 billion USD).

 The Phong Nha – Ke Bang tourism centre has launched a programme to explore Toi (Dark) Cave in the world heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park as part of the Quang Binh Cave Festival 2015.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Urban Civil Works Construction Investment Management Authority (UCCI) announced the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) No 1 project on August 12.

 A flag pole to mark national sovereignty was inaugurated on Phu Quy Island in the south central coastal province of Binh Thuan on August 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This central province, known for its beaches and cave system, including the world's biggest cave, Son Doong, is seeking government approval to develop 10 golf courses along its coast.

 The Foreign Ministry convened a seminar in Hanoi on August 12 to review its 70 years of activities on the occasion of the 70 th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2) and the ministry’s founding anniversary.