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

Residents told to relocate from dangerous building; Duong Chi Dung's brother receives prison sentence; Private hospitals struggle to attract new patients; Unregulated electric scooters raise risk of traffic accidents

 PM calls for greater efforts to keep 5.8% economic growth; Vietnam simplifies corporate tax payment procedures; Indonesian firms explore M&As; Bank employees still living large despite doldrums

 Not a single Vietnamese football club was left standing in the Asian Football Confederation Cup after Ha Noi T&T lost in Lebanon on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic recovery in the first six months of 2014 has left positive impacts on production and business activities. Improvement of the macro economy has an effect on business by increasing the purchasing power,

 The Republic of Korea (Rok) has made it easier for Vietnamese tourists, patients, and students to obtain a visa, requiring fewer evidentiary documents when applying for the visa and enjoying a greatly reduced processing time and application fee.

 A new tropical low pressure system entered in the area of the Gulf of Tonkin, reported by the Central Meteorology Hydrology Forecast Center at 9:30 am on August 28.

 Persons who enter Vietnam from Congo – a new Ebola-hit nation – as from 3pm of August 27, are required to make medical declaration in order to prevent the deadly virus from approaching Vietnam.