VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has said it would simplify several tax procedures that businesses complain are too complicated and time consuming.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has appealed to countries within the region and beyond to join ASEAN's efforts in promoting the common interests of peace, stability, and maritime security, safety, and freedom.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Records Organisation officially recognised three Vietnamese centenarians as the oldest woman and oldest couple in Asia on August 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health authorities have been closely observing 128 people who travelled to Vietnam from areas hit by Ebola,

VietNamNet Bridge – Maritime collaboration must contribute to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s common goals of developing economic affairs and maintaining regional peace and stability on the basis of win-win cooperation,

VietNamNet Bridge - Low-cost carrier VietJet Air on Thursday announced the name of the first winner of a Honda SH 125, the monthly prize in the airline’s latest mega-promotion, “Enjoy Flying with VietJet and Win a Car.”

VietNamNet Bridge – On the 69th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnamese diplomacy sector, Deputy PM and Minister of FM Pham Binh Minh granted an interview to the press, sharing his opinions on the current international context

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special medical council yesterday (Aug 28) started investigating the deaths of three children who died under anaesthetic while awaiting free cleft-lip surgery in Khanh Hoa Province last Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Open badminton tournament will be organised from September 1 to 9 in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Le Hai Binh, said the China visit by Politburo member Le Hong Anh as Special Envoy of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, was fruitful in several ways.

According to information released by Vietnam Airlines’ CEO in the Wall Street Journal, the national air carrier will issue shares to the public for the first time (IPO) in November, and will sell 5% of shares to investors to raise $70.6 million.

 The EU has announced emergency help for dairy producers hit by the Russian ban on food imports from the EU.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-nine of the country’s 52 traditional craft villages are located in the Hanoi vicinity and share vast potential for tourism development, highly dependent on niche marketing and improved infrastructure.

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.