VietNamNet Bridge – A concert titled ‘Seasonal Song’ featuring famous works by Mozart, Charles Gounod, Fromental Halevy, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Thien Duong (Paradise) Cave is the most impressive of all natural environments in central Quang Binh Province, says Hanoi tour guide Nguyen Thi Huyen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Few State-owned groups and corporations have chief information officer (CIO), according to a recent survey conducted by the Party Committee for the Centrally-governed Enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two high-quality universities: The University of Science and Technology of Hanoi and Vietnam-Germany University, may be permitted to charge tuition fees of USD5,000 per year.

 Health authorities in the U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday announced the finding of a strain of salmonella that matches the one detected in a national outbreak.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the price of bear bile gradually falling from VND200,000 per cubic centimeter to the present VND15,000-20,000 cubic centimeter, thousands of bears are currently being bred just like pigs, as they no longer seem profitable.

The four Southeast Asian countries – Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia – are considering issuing a 5-year ban on the transport of dogs for commercial purposes from one country to another in order to prevent the spread of rabies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous New Zealand BMX cyclist Sarah Walker arrived in the Vietnamese capital Ha Noi on Monday (Aug 19) to embark on a cycling tour of the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a government delegation to visit the US and participate in the High-ranking Leadership Program at Harvard University from August 21 to 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An "intelligent" traffic management system (ITS) will be piloted on Thang Long Avenue in Ha Noi, the Department of Transport told the city's People's Committee last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Paracel and Spratly islands belong to Vietnam – Historical evidence” exhibition by the Ministry of Information and Communications in cooperation with the Government Office and the HCMC People’s Committee

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport on Sunday, Aug 18, said in a report to the Government that the construction of Long Thanh Airport is vital, answering requests from former aviation manager Le Trong Sanh and former pilot Mai Trong Tuan.

 U.S. researchers said Monday that they have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet that orbits its host star in the time it takes you to complete a single workday, or get a full night's sleep.

 Vung Tau City in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province will host a hugely-anticipated food festival from Thursday until Sunday.

 CBU car imports down in July; Bloomberg highlights Vietnam’s edible bird spit industry; VietJet Air signs technical deal with German company; Footwear sector cashes in on bulk orders

 VietNamNet Bridge – The race to develop industrial parks in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has led to thousands of hectares of arable land lying uncultivated and unused.

 Apple has asked its Taiwan-based supplier to begin shipping two new versions of the iPhone next month, including a lower-cost model, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt is making emergency plans to protect the safety of the Vietnamese community, with violence in the country escalating.

VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem successfully thrashed his much stronger opponent World No.4 Alexander Grischuk 1.5-0.5 in their tiebreak of two rapid matches on August 19 to enter the Chess World Cup 4th round.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State, in an effort to encourage the development of private schools in a program on education socialization, promised to offer some investment incentives. However, the schools complain they have to pay overly high taxes.