Three international submarine cables, the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), the Intra Asia (IA) and the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SMW3), have broken down, affecting Vietnam’s external internet connection.

 The made-in-Vietnam drug pegfilgrastim is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2018, helping reduce cancer treatment costs by up to 60 percent compared with imported drugs.

 Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung paid an official visit to Cuba from August 23-25 with the aim of shoring up financial and trade partnership between Vietnam and Cuba. 

 Thanh Thanh Cong Tay Ninh Joint Stock Company (TTCS) will fully acquire Bien Hoa Sugar Joint Stock Company (JSC), becoming the biggest sugar producer in Vietnam.

 The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) urged that the management and oversight of websites using international domain names be strengthened to prevent violations.

Vietnamese athletes competed successfully on the seventh official competition day of the 29th SEA Games with seven gold medals gained in track and field, swimming and table tennis.

Ha Giang has a 227 km borderline with 442 markers. There, together with border guards, local people are joining efforts to protect the country's territorial sovereignty and border security. 

The freshly-ended visits to Indonesia and Myanmar of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong marked a new milestone and created a new momentum for reinforcing political trust and boosting all-round cooperation between Vietnam and the two countries.

Vietnam has a lot of advantages to join regional trade agreements (RTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs), said delegates to the APEC SOM Dialogue on RTAs/FTAs in HCM City on August 27.

 Vietnamese shares have risen during the last three sessions on both the local exchanges, but this rally is not expected to sustain through the last trading week of August.

The foreign investment is looking up, as the total capital pledged for investment in the country until August 20 was nearly equal to that for the entire 2016.

 Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to increase cooperation programmes to support the city in enhancing human resources quality.

 A group of university students from the southern province of Dong Nai have won the Asia-Pacific robot contest, known as Robocon, held in Tokyo, Japan.

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has appointed Mai Duc Chung as acting head coach of the national men's football team.

 Vietnam fell to third place in the medal tally on August 27 at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with 53 gold, 38 silver and 50 bronze medals.

VietNamNet Bridge - Property investors in Vietnam have been scaling up their business, while more and more new investors have concluded M&A deals in the real estate sector. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have expressed concern over plans to build a cable car system in Bach Ma National Park in Thua Thien-Hue province. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many of Vietnam’s precious rice varieties only exist in the national plant gene bank and yet to be used commercially. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi National University and HCM City University of Science & Tech nology produce the highest number of graduates who go on to become entrepreneurs, according to a survey.  

Serveone Vietnam Co., Ltd., a supplier of LG Electronics, will not be able to enjoy reimbursement of import tax, according to the Ministry of Finance.