The HCM City Planning and Investment Department, the governing body that has oversight over wholesale chain Metro Cash & Carry, has said that it has not received any official notice from Metro about its ownership transfer to the Thai BJC Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran researcher Vu Tuan San was awarded the Bui Xuan Phai Grand Prize yesterday, Aug 28, for his comprehensive work on the capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  The Northern Airport Authority on Thursday destroyed 345 cigarette packages that were smuggled into Vietnam by three flight attendants of Vietnam Airlines from Incheon, South Korea to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has requested the Military Telecom Corporation - Viettel - to stop the “Internet for education” program for violating regulations on telecom charge management and promotion.

VietNamNet Bridge – With the Ministry of Finance (MoF) having completed the draft decree on casinos in Vietnam, Professor Augustine Ha Ton Vinh expresses his view on the draft and gives some suggestions to ensure that once issued,

 Nigeria's president has formally launched a national electronic identity card, which all Nigerians will have to have by 2019 if they want to vote.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Before opening its third restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, McDonald's announced that it had received its one-millionth customer after six months of operation in Vietnam.

The website of Ky Anh district in Ha Tinh province recently posted a dispatch signed by the District Chairman, Nguyen Van Bong, encouraging people, restaurants, and hotels in the district to use Saigon beer and Kim Son mineral water.

The Bureau of Food Safety on Wednesday decided to take Angunguhwanghwan, a functional food produced by North Korea, off the market. It will also destroy all of the products, which contained high concentrations of mercury, arsenic and lead.

 Malaysia Airlines has warned of further losses in the second half of the year because of the two tragedies to hit the airline in recent months.

 Streets and parks in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of National Day which falls on September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam successfully adjusted its VNREDSat-1 satellite in an emergency case in order to avoid a possible collision with a cosmic object.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online retail market, which is expected to have the value of $4 billion by 2015, has become large enough to attract some of the bigger fish in recent months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recent research shows that Vietnamese students suffering from anxiety and depression has increased in recent years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - As an uninhabited island, Co To Con (small Co To) Island is the most attractive site of the Co To Archipelago, with beautiful and unspoiled beaches.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have decided to stop licensing new business projects in five sectors to prevent pollution, according to the head of the local Department of Planning and Investment.

 Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trinh Thi's artwork is among the works of 15 artists shortlisted for the SG$60,000 (US$48,000) APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014.

 Vietnam will apply a zero tariff policy to all automobiles imported from ASEAN countries by 2018, making it easier for consumers to buy cars.

 State budget collections sees year-on-year increase; Danang hosts Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum; Politburo member inspects Hanoi’s key infrastructure projects; Gov’t approves VAT exemption for animal feed

 Peter Rabbit books translated into Vietnamese; Swedish chef serves bun cha in style; Positive Mass bike ride planned in capital; Khanh Ly organisers to pay VND250 million in copyright fees;  Ice Bucket Challenge reaches Vietnam