VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will continue clamping down on drug violations, after imposing fines on dive local pharmaceutical firms who were discovered importing and marketing bad medicines.

Gia Quat Pagoda in Hanoi has become the first relic site to remove a pair of Chinese-style stone lions from its campus after the Ministry of Culture issued Dispatch 2662 that recommended that “strange objects” not be used at relic sites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Phong football club has decided to terminate its contract with English coach Dylan Kerr, the last foreign coach in Vietnam’s top football league, the V-League.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With an area of almost 30 hectares, the central square and riverside park in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City will be the largest public space in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's 9pm on Monday and people are still flocking to colourful Hang Ma Street in Ha Noi's Old Quarter. The shops are festooned with lanterns, masks and toys, creating a fanciful and festive atmosphere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Anh Dung, deputy director of the General Department of Industrial Safety Technique and Environment Agency, discussed the current policies on hydropower dams with Nhan Dan Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Microsoft has decided to relocate its Nokia production base in China to Vietnam, but it may not be allowed to reuse old machines and equipment at its production base in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become one of the hottest luxury car markets targeted by car manufacturers, with luxury car manufacturers choosing some of their most luxurious and expensive car models in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange will cooperate with  Japan’s Bunraku Puppet Theater from Bunraku Company to give an exchange and performance program

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two centenarians in Vietnam may set the world new record as the oldest living men if their records can be verified by the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 40% of residents recently surveyed in the country said they are satisfied with public services, according to Deputy Minister of the Interior Nguyen Tien Dinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA referee Vo Minh Tri has been invited to officiate at an international friendly match between hosts South Korea and Venezuela on September 5 in Bucheon City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to beautiful beaches and blue water, these beaches have rock grounds with strange shapes and bright colors, which are the masterpieces bestowed by Mother Nature.

 Viet Nam's criminal police force has investigated 1,378 corruption and economic offence cases since 2011, according to a report from the Public Security Ministry's Anti-Corruption Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Minh Tuan, a teacher with a good reputation who works at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, has become unwillingly famous for failing a civil service exam.

The H5N6 strain of avian flu, which recently reappeared in Viet Nam, could easily spread to more birds and even humans, vice head of the Veterinary Department under the health ministry Dam Xuan Thanh warned at a meeting yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission and stock exchanges are encouraging listed companies to disclose information in English in order to remove barriers for foreign investors.

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