VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will ask the UNESCO to take the ancient north Vietnamese ca tru form of traditional singing off the list of endangered world cultural heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has to learn from other countries in producing high-yield plant seeds, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Seed Trade Association Le Quoc Hung told newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay

 Twenty drivers gathered their specially modified stock cars at the starting line of the country’s largest off-road race, which kicked off the holiday week-end on Aug 30 and runs until Sep 2, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration (CAAV) have asked Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air to test the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City direct route through the airspace of Laos and Cambodia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s new garbage collection and treatment model has failed as the work is being done with money from district budgets.

 The Vietnam-Russia Oil and Gas Joint Venture Enterprise (Vietsovpetro) has announced it discovered oil from Oligocene sediments at Sturgeon well of Lot 09-3/12 off Vietnam’s continental shelf.

 The Vietnam bodybuilding team delivered a sweet start to the 48th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Macau (China) as they snatched three gold medals on the first day of competition, August 29.

 Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have begun using a flight plan simulator to test the direct air routes through Laotian and Cambodian airspace.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has encountered strong public opposition about its proposed $4 trillion e-textbook program.

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that among more than 30,000 employees working in the Vung Ang Industrial Zone (Ha Tinh province), there are over 1,900 Chinese.

The US International Trade Commission formally imposed anti-dumping duties on oil country tubular goods imported from a number of countries, including Vietnam, the Vietnam Competition Authority has announced.

 VietNamNet Bridge – BKAV, Vietnam’s best-known internet security firm, has reassured the public that no virus can destroy a computer’s hard drive.

 Hanoian Do Minh Quan, a student of Foreign Trade University, has won the fifth Literature Age 20 award for his story entitled Nguoi Ngu Thue (Hired Sleeper).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A rescue and conservation centre was opened in Hoang Lien National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 28.

 The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed a lift on the visa restrictions for nine countries in order to boost Vietnam's tourism.

 The total number of dissolved and bankrupt businesses was higher than that of newly established firms in the first eight months of the year.

 The Vietnamese team with one gold medal ranked 44th at the Youth Olympic Games 2014 that closed in Namjing, China, on August 28.

 The volume of cargo piling up at Hai Phong Port has soared in recent months, following the Ministry of Transport's efforts to regulate truck-loading procedures, as of April 1.

 A host of cultural celebrations and sporting events are being organised throughout Vietnam in celebration of the 69 th anniversary of National Day (September 2).

 Deputy Defence Minister welcomes US senior diplomat; Most Vietnamese Ukrainians exempted from military service; Vietnam, South Africa share experience in ethnic minority affairs; President welcomes young Japanese lawmakers