Hanoi Police Department has proposed banning all vehicles from operating in the area around Hoan Kiem Lake during weekends to create more space for pedestrians.

Religious activities must aim to strengthen the solidarity of religious followers in the great national unity bloc so as to serve national construction and defence, said President Tran Dai Quang.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Party Secretary and Chairman of the People’s Council of the northern province of Yen Bai were shot and killed at their offices by the chief of the local forest protection agency.

VietNamNet Bridge - Large conglomerates, when issuing corporate bonds, now tend to target individual investors instead of focusing on institutional investors, according to analysts.

 The Saigon Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corp (Sabeco) may get permission to be listed on the stock exchange in the near future, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said in a statement.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) expects to submit to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc a project to restructure credit institutions between 2016 and 2020 in Q3 of 2016.

 The Vietnam Air Traffic Management (VATM) launched two so-called highways on the sky on the north-south route to shorten travel time on August 18. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the central city of Da Nang top the administrative reform rankings for 2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Singapore company owned by Thailand's richest man wants to acquire Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) to prepare for its battle for market share with Coca Cola and Pepsi in Southeast Asia, according to Bloomberg news service. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he walked into the ancient town of Hoi An. As his motorcade was far behind him, he did not know that these vehicles were on the walking street. 

At a meeting with Hanoi residents earlier this week, the city chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said that every year Hanoi paid VND53 billion ($2.3 million) to trim grass and trees along the 24 km Thang Long Highway. 

VietNamNet Bridge – An unidentified foreign man on August 15 jumped into the Lake of Xuan Huong, a famous tourist site in Da Lat City in Lam Dong Province, to rescue a 1-year-old baby, local newspapers reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – A fisherman in the central province who caught a seal was asked by the local government to release the animal, but he said he would do it only for money.

VietNamNet Bridge - Should students be prevented from proving their ability at school if their parents committed crimes in the past?

VietNamNet Bridge - The departure of the former owners of Big C and Metro Cash & Carry supermarkets is expected to intensify competition in the retail field.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has dropped seven places from world No 862 to No 869 in the latest ATP rankings.

 International Master Tran Tuan Minh dropped three positions to 27th out of 80 players at the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.

Only three of the billion dollar projects that Vietnam licensed in 2008, the peak of the country in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction, have been implemented to some degree to date. 

 Cervical cancer is currently a burden around the world, but especially in Asia where most mortalities from this type of cancer are recorded, heard a symposium in Hanoi on August 17. 

 The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission has officially launched an investigation into the alleged dumping and subsidisation of aluminium extrusions imported from Malaysia and Vietnam.