VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of people flocked to Hanoi's Phuc Khanh Pagoda in the rain yesterday evening to celebrate the Vu Lan Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge - The right to live in a healthy environment with no radioactive waste must be a top priority and considered even more seriously than economic benefits.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fact that Chinese businesses play tricks to obtain land in ‘sensitive areas’ in Vietnam has raised concerns about security and national defence.

 Da Nang City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has sent to the police details of alleged toxic waste dumped by an environmental company at the Khanh Son dumping site.

 Taking up wrestling by chance, Vu Thi Hang has stuck to the sport meant for men all her life and has made her name at the Rio Olympics this summer.

 An 81 year-old man in Bac Ninh Province, who was cleared of a murder charge after more than 40 years, has asked for compensation of VND12 billion ($550,000).

 International Master Tran Tuan Minh tied with Harsha Bhrathakoti of India in the seventh round at the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.

VietNamNet Bridge - Microchips with RFID (radio frequency identification) have the potential to become a key economic sector.

FIFA-level referee Teetichai Nualjan will supervise the match between Dong Tam Long An and Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the 21st round of the V.League 1 today, the Vietnam Football Federation has announced.

 Chairman of the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau Do Ngoc An on August 16 urged relevant bodies to be prepared for potential rain and flooding from an upcoming tropical depression. 

Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan has sketched out five major solutions to step up administrative reform towards a growth-driving and honest Government.

Nearly 100 scholars from Vietnam, the US, Australia, Japan, the Philippines and India will attend a seminar discussing legal regulations on islands and shoals in international law and East Sea realities, in Khanh Hoa on August 17-18.

 The 14th National Assembly plans to organise its second session from October 20 to November 18, according to the NA Standing Committee at its second meeting on August 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Vietnamese government will provide all possible support for foreign firms, including those from the Republic of Korea, to do business in Vietnam.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on August 16, focusing on dissecting the content of the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

Hanoitourist and South Korea’s Global Consultant Network Company Limited signed an investment cooperation agreement on August 9 for building a five-star complex in Hanoi's Soc Son district that will include a horse racetrack.

VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by H.E. Ibnu Hadi, Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam, on the occasion of the 71st Independence Day of Indonesia, August 17th.

 The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has fined a mobile phone retailer for its PR campaign which consisted of parading around a model in a glass box on a pick-up truck.

VietNamNet Bridge - Airports Corporation of Vietnam's (ACV) transition to a joint stock company may affect aviation security, some experts believe. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many universities and junior colleges received a large number of applications after one week of enrollment, but they are still not sure if they can find enough students.