A total of 64 international and domestic players will compete at the fifth BTV-Becamex IJD International Three-cushion Billiards Carom Tournament, scheduled in Binh Duong province on August 19-21.

 On August 16, State President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended congratulatory messages to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on his country’s 71st Independence Day (August 17).

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past two weeks, at least three seals were seen in the waters of Tuy Phong district in the central province of Binh Thuan, surprising both local people and tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman named Huong in Hanoi has discovered that VND500 million ($23,000) in her account at the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) was transferred somewhere over night.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology will create the best possible mechanisms and policies for high-tech parks as well as businesses of the Asian Science Parks Association to expand cooperation in Vietnam. 

 Nguyen Thi Huyen did not succeed in entering the next round of the women’s 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics after losing in her qualifying heat on August 15 (local time). 

 HCM City treasures the relationship it has with Hong Kong and is willing to further cooperation with the territory, said a municipal leader. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Statistics from the Organization of International Automobile Manufacturers (OICA)in 2015 show that Vietnam manufactured only 50,000 cars, or 0.055% of total worldwide car production. 

The Traffic Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security has advised Vietnamese people to not play Pokemon Go while driving because the behavior is illegal and dangerous to drivers and others.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust of billionaire Bill Gates and his wife recently completed a deal that turns it into a major shareholder of VEIL – the largest investment fund in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A survey by UNDP, released in a meeting between HCM City authorities on August 8, revealed that Saigon residents have to offer bribes for land ownership certificates. 

A typhoon is forecast to form with strong winds in the northern area of the East Sea due to the circulation around a low-pressure center, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

 The Government has approved an e-commerce development plan for 2016-20 that targets 50 per cent of consumers switching from cash to other forms of payment.

 The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has pledged to support Ho Chi Minh City to become one of the leading Southeast Asian cities.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines plans to open a direct flight route to the US in 2018, said its General Director Duong Tri Thanh.

VietNamNet Bridge - With great creativity, Vietnamese people have inventedunique' vehicles.

Seven months after the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was officially established, the Vietnamese market is flooded with Thai and Malaysian goods. But Vietnamese goods are still largely absent from the ASEAN market.

 The Prime Minister has decided to establish a Central Steering Committee for 2016-2020 National Target Programmes with Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue acting as its head.

 The Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee has sent a proposal to the government on permitting Japanese investors to build an underground shopping center where an urban railway station is being built at Ben Thanh Market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Local planning and investment departments have released a series of warrants looking for foreign investors after discovering that they had disappeared from their given addresses.