The central city of Da Nang has chosen the red-shanked douc langur as its mascot for the APEC Year to be hosted in the city in 2017.

 A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the central region of Myanmar on August 24 has killed at least one person.

 Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem has pledged all possible support for foreign investors, especially those from Japan.

 Ho Chi Minh City supports foreign investment in finance-banking, insurance and tourism, especially from AIA Corporation, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Considered a lucrative market with value worth of up to billions of dollars, the seed market can only attract five to six Vietnamese companies, leaving openings for foreign seed companies.

The e-commerce delivery market has seen big changes in recent years with the presence of thousands of freelance shippers. 

 Malaysia’s budget airlines AirAsia has announced that it will offer lifetime free flights to all ASEAN athletes who won a gold medal at the recent Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 The US’ ExxonMobil Corporation and Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam’s multi-billion dollar gas-to-power complex is a step closer to implementation as Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the project location.

 A bright economic outlook and strong foreign capital inflows have made Viet Nam's financial market among the five best performing markets in the world, a press conference held by the State Securities Commission yesterday announced.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team beat Spain’s UMA club 2-0 on penalties in a friendly match during their training in Spain on August 23.

 Vietnam’s Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Championship 2017 qualification campaign kicks off on August 25 in Hanoi.

 Foreign capital inflows into Vietnam’s securities market in the first half of this year increased 3.5-fold on a yearly basis, reaching 722 million USD. 

An external policy of peace, self-reliance, multilateralising and diversifying ties has allowed Vietnam to maintain peace and expand equal and win-win cooperation with big countries globally to serve its nation building and defence.

 It is necessary to promptly devise a national plan on environmental protection to serve as the foundation for appraising and approving investment projects in regions across the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors have poured money into industrial zone (IZ) projects again and many large-scale projects will be completed in the time to come.

A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education led by the commission’s deputy head Mai Van Ninh paid a visit to Russia from August 20-24.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Tan Ky, general director of Vinacafe Bien Hoa, a big coffee producer in Vietnam, admitted that under market pressure, two product lines of Vinacafe had been mixed with soybeans.

VietNamNet Bridge - With disappointing results of the English test in the 2016 national high-school finals, experts have raised questions about the effects of the 2008-2020 national program on teaching foreign languages at general schools.

Many people in Quang Tho commune in Quang Dien district in Thua Thien-Hue province considered a banana tree under 15 cm high with 6 inflorescences as a god. So they worshiped it for luck.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many air monitoring stations in HCM City have not been working well for the last four years, so the city wants to build new stations to monitor inceasing air pollution.