Vietnam’s diplomats have clearly identified one of the country’s future tasks as being to maintain a peaceful and stable environment that will contribute to protecting national independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.

 HCM City has announced the 8th annual ICT Awards, saying nominations will be received until the end of September.

 Many international technology corporations are offering to review businesses' network security after Vietnam Airlines was hacked recently.

 Vietnam won four gold medals on the first day of competition of the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi yesterday.

 Vietnam advance to the final of the KBZ Bank Cup after their 1-1 draw against Consadole Sapporo Club’s U18 team yesterday in Myanmar.

 About 50 cyclists from United Kingdom organisations in Vietnam, and teams from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam will join the ’Cycle a Difference’ ride from Quang Nam to Da Nang on September 1-3.

 A television show that encourages overweight people to develop a love of dancing will air on Vietnam Television (VTV) this Sunday (August 28).

 Most departments, agencies and grassroots organisations in the central city of Da Nang have applied the ‘one-stop shop’ software system to manage procedures, with 97 per cent of daily in and out documents using the software.

 The Ministry of Health (MoH), the US Embassy and HIV community groups yesterday launched the first-ever HIV self-testing services in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has requested strict control over the import and use of salbutamol to prevent the abuse of the drug in animal breeding.

 Permanent members of the People’s Councils of the Red River and northern coastal region for the 2016-2021 tenure convened their first conference in the northern province of Nam Dinh on August 26.

The Hanoi Museum in Hanoi has been listed in the world’s most beautiful museums voted by the US’ Business Insider newspaper.

 Vietnam exported 432,000 tonnes of rice for 191 million USD in August, bringing the total volume and value in the first eight months of this year to 3.37 million tonnes and 1.51 billion USD. 

 The 29th Diplomatic Conference concluded in Hanoi on August 26 after five days of sitting, outlining multiple tasks for the diplomatic sectors in the time ahead.

 The water of Red River has risen after the recent Typhoon Dianmu, causing dozens of poor households living on the river bank difficulties.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sanan Angubolkul, Chair of the Thailand-Vietnam Business Association, has called Vietnam the ‘darling of the world’, meaning that it has become quite attractive to foreign investors.

 The Ministry of Education and Training has encouraged schools across the country to voluntarily continue applying the new model of learning and teaching, called the Vietnam Escuela Nueva (VNEN). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Getting into a pigsty to catch piglets, the director of a private enterprise had his penis bitten by a sow. As the wound developed into necrosis, doctors had to cut part of one testicle.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The winner in the lawsuit for two lottery tickets worth VND3 billion ($150,000) in Bac Lieu province generously shared half of the prize to the loser, his friend. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The unemployment rate in Vietnam has edged up 2.3% in the second quarter of 2016, as Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy is dragged down a bit by a slowdown in mining and farming growth.