Vietnamese archers Nguyen Tien Cuong and Chau Kieu Oanh brought home a bronze medal and broke a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games’ record in the mixed doubles 70m three-stringed bow event at the Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 18.

The installation of exercising equipment in parks and other public areas has been an unqualified success in the capital city.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 18 met with President of Thailand’s Privy Council Prem Tinsulanonda and President of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly Pornpetch Wichitcholchai as part of his ongoing visit to Thailand. 

Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the press about the ongoing APEC agriculture week in Can Tho Mekong Province.

Luu Binh Nhuong, a permanent member of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs, speaks to the newspaper The gioi & Viet Nam about the imperative to train highly skilled workers.

VietNamNet Bridge - With value of $118 billion in 2016 and $180 billion projected for 2020, Vietnam is listed among the world’s 30 most attractive retail markets. 

The Vietnamese mobile phone market in recent days has heated up with the appearance of two 4G/LTE models – Bphone 2 of BKAV and Vivas Lotus S3 LTE of VNPT Technology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam News reporter Hoang Anh talks to Chuck Searcy, Vice President of Project RENEW and Co-chair of the Agent Orange Working Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the hot mid-day sun, a boy walking with a big school bag on the street in front of his shop showed signs of suffering from a heat stroke.

Residents of Van Cu Village in the central province city of Hue have been making rice noodles for some 400 years. But while their livelihoods fared well, their health did not.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has a long-standing tradition of venerating teachers as people who provide knowledge and mould future leaders and quality citizens.

Visitors to Hoc Mo, a wild and charming beach located in the central province of Quang Ngai, can enjoy all sorts of activities, from fishing, to enjoying beautiful views or learning about the culture of the local fishing village.

VNPost, EMS and ViettelPost, the big players in the forwarding market, are now faced with growing competition from smaller players such as giaohangso1.vn, tochanh.vn and giaohangnhanh.vn which are scrambling for market share. 

 Twelve Vietnamese and foreign artists popular on YouTube will perform at the YouTube FanFest in HCM City on August 26.

The sixth Viet Nam International Book Fair will take place at Ha Noi’s Thong Nhat Park from August 23 to 27 with the participation of nearly 100 domestic and foreign book companies and publishing houses.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to use one million cubic metres of sludge from the Vinh Tan 1 Thermal Power Plant to reclaim land from the sea for building the Vinh Tan General Port

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first of the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) and related meetings began in HCM City today.

The excavation of an ancient shipwreck that was recently discovered in Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai has been approved by the local People’s Committee.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat legendary chess player Garry Kasparov in the blitz category in the ongoing St Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on Thursday.

The first-instance hearing for Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Ocean Bank), and his accomplices will be reopened on August 28,