A “Say No to Ivory” campaign was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 with a view to raising public awareness of elephant protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Vietnamese fare in Ha Noi has been mainly limited to banh xeo (sizzling crepe), bun bo Nam Bo (southern-style stir-fried beef noodle), or lau ca keo (keo fish hotpot). 

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more households plan to install solar panels on their roofs to generate electricity. Once EVN completes its policy on electricity purchase, households will be able to join the electric power market.

VietNamNet Bridge - With increased land subsidence, HCM City needs to build dykes like the ones used in the Netherlands to prevent tides and floods, experts have urged.

Economists have warned that many problems may arise if VND700 trillion is pumped into the national economy to raise the credit growth rate to 22 percent and obtain 6.7 percent GDP growth rate this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many universities are still short of students for the upcoming academic year, with some training majors in danger of closing. 

 PetroVietnam, the investor of Bio-Ethanol Dung Quat, Phu Tho and Binh Phuoc ethanol factories has entered a co-operation with partners to rescue these three factories, according to newswire Bizlive.

Amid growing interest among foreign investors in the aviation market, Vietnam Airports Corporation and Vietnam Airlines will continue to divest large state stakes to fund future development plans.

VietNamNet Bridge - After many years of exporting products and becoming well-known in the world market, Vietnamese manufacturers are considering exploiting the domestic market. But the road has been bumpy. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The decline in remittances in 2016 and the slowdown in the first half of this year has caused concern among economists.

 Weightlifter Hoang Tan Tai brought home a bronze medal, the last medal for the Vietnam delegation, from the final competition day of the Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia today.

 Miss Vietnam 2016’s first runner-up Huynh Thi Thuy Dung will compete at Miss International 2017, to be in November in Japan.

 Artist Le Thuy will show her silk paintings at a solo exhibition in ION Art Gallery,  Singapore, from September 1 to 24.

 Two cats, a 1979 lacquer painting by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Sang, has fetched US$101,000 at the 6th session of Chon’s Auction House in the capital city. 

 Hanoi’s Department of Transport has proposed to make it compulsory for all taxi transport businesses to use a common taxi operating software from July 1, 2018.

 Doctors from Paediatric Hospital No 2 and Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City have collaborated and successfully separated 13-month-old conjoined twins who were joined below the torso.

 The Criminal Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security will prosecute Dao Tan Cuong, a resident of Da Nang City’s Hai Chau District, for threatening to murder an official.

 Hundred couples who work at the city’s numerous factories will hold a group wedding on September 2,  organised by the Young Employee Assistance Centre (YEAC).

 The HCM City Music Centre, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a special music and song programme on Saturday in the Ben Thanh Theatre to mark the 8th anniversary of Vietnam Music Day, September 3.  

 National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty paid an official visit to Iran from August 28-30.