VietNamNet Bridge – When Nguyen Khanh Duy was announced the gold medallist at the 2016 International Chemistry Olympiad, the first thing he did was to call his parents.

 The National Assembly (NA) is reviewing and completing legal procedures that best suit the content of the TPP and will consider ratifying it shortly, NA Deputy Chairman Phung Quoc Hien has said.

 Nestled in the heart of Vietnam’s capital city, the Hanoi Opera House is an ideal venue for top-notch performances.

VietNamNet Bridge - The national oil & gas group PetroVietnam may have to spend more than $2 billion, or VND40 trillion, to cover losses from the Nghi Son petrochemistry and refinery complex. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Biologists, rangers and researchers are all working together on a reintroduction programme for Hatinh langurs run by the Endangered Primates Rescue Centre (EPRC) in Ninh Binh Province.

 Foreign Minister of Singapore Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has stated that Singapore and Vietnam have potential to step up their cooperation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French actor, director Claude Bourrin, the first director of the Hanoi Opera House, was the pioneer to bring Western drama to Vietnam and set the foundation for Vietnamese drama.

 As at August 20 there were 1,619 new FDI projects in Vietnam with total investment of $9.79 billion, up 24.3 per cent year-on-year in capital, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Banh ran’ is a delicious finger food for breakfast in Vietnam. There are two main kinds of banh ran, namely salty cake and sweet one with the latter being much more common than the former.

The levelling of land for construction purposes, as well as the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, has contributed to a dramatic increase in water levels of the Sai Gon River.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are some odd jobs in Hanoi and Saigon, which bring high income such as buffalo and cat breeding, bamboo leaf trading, watermelon carving and pet make-up.

 Hundreds of parents in Nghe An Province have gathered at a local primary school to protest against the Ministry of Education and Training's new Vietnam Escuela Nueva (VNEN) education programme.

 The Mobile World JSC (MWG) has announced it is now an official Apple authorized reseller of Macbook products.

 South Korea’s GS Engineering & Construction Corporation (GS E&C) proposed it expand its investment in the city’s infrastructure development, especially in transport, at a meeting with city leaders on August 23.

VietNamNet Bridge – Do Hong Quan’s La Do will be among high-quality performances that will be regularly presented at Ha Noi Opera House as the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry’s recent decision.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heavy metals have been detected in six out of nine seafood samples taken on August 5 off Ha Tinh Province,

 The bad debt ratio of Vietnam’s banking system as at June 31 fell to 2.58 per cent from 2.78 per cent at the end of May, according to a State Bank of Vietnam report released on August 11.

  President Tran Dai Quang and Bruneian Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah have affirmed their determination to further deepen and expand the two countries’ relations in the interests of the two peoples. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the south central province of Ninh Thuan to give more specific policy commitments to win investors’ confidence. 

Two French films “Astérix – Le domaine des Dieux” and “Mea Culpa” will be screened at L'Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on August 28.