Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi on August 31 protested against China’s plan to invite international bids for oil block 65/12.     

 The Goethe Institute in Hanoi will hold an exhibition of 50 large format woodblock prints by Christiane Baumgartner entitled “Woodcut in the Digital Age” from September 8-30.  

 President Truong Tan Sang has written a speech highlighting the significance of the August Revolution and the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 to mark the 67th anniversary of these historic events.

The National Finance Supervision Council is making a new move towards the strengthening of the supervision over the bank ownership modes in an effort to prevent the dual risk.

 Vietnam’s female chess team has trounced US players in the fifth round of the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.   

  Following a 10 year period of creating works, young sculptor Pham Thai Binh recently presented his first public exhibition titled “Forgotten Moments” at the Museum of Fine Arts.

 President sends letter for new academic year; More than 1,000 receive citizenship; Fake credit card ring busted; Doctors provide free medical check-ups for Lao people; Bird flu epidemic breaks out in Quang Ngai

 History suggests Singapore will enjoy a welcome baby boom in this Year of the Dragon, the most auspicious for births in the Chinese zodiac.

 The decision for giving state budget priority to only six coastal economic zones nationwide is raising others’ infrastructure development concerns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Da Nang city have discovered documents with forged signatures of the city’s Party Chief Nguyen Ba Thanh, which were used to appropriate land.

Foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) complain that it’s very difficult to borrow money from Vietnamese banks, which always require complicated procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many HCM City businesses are faced with labour shortages while, paradoxically, the city has the highest unemployment rate in the country, a seminar on labour heard in HCM City on Wednesday.

  Nguom Ngao, an astonishing cave with numerous formations, is the most famous limestone grotto in the northern mountain province of Cao Bang due to its distinctiveness and scale.

The fact that two elephants were killed in the Yok Don National Park has once again raised the worries about the safety of the wild elephants in Vietnam. Scientists have urged to take actions to protect wildlife, or it would be too late.

VND11.27 trillion will be spent to build the new National Museum of History in Hanoi. Meanwhile, if several billion dong was quickly poured for the renovation of Tram Gian Temple, this national relic should have not been harmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Culinary art is one of the most interesting things for visitors’ discovery in Hanoi. The city’s most famous cuisine is Pho (noodle) but there are many other cuisines that visitors should not miss to taste.

German pianist Hinrich Alpers will delight the audience in a concert conducted by Christian Schumann with the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera at 8 p.m. on September 9 at HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A 40-year-old woman called herself a member of charity societies to swindle nearly 200 temples in northern provinces.

  VietNamNet Bridge – A man who has become a woman after a transgender surgery in Thailand has become the first transgender in Vietnam and has been recognized by the authorities as a woman.

A lot of students weep bitterly not because they failed the university entrance exams, but because they cannot afford the tuitions which have unexpectedly increased.