The Government has been asked to compel Taiwanese firm Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd to compensate losses incurred by locals when it released toxic water into the ocean in April.

 Vietnam has gained significant outcomes in the exploitation, management and conservation of marine resources over the past few years, an official has said. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Journalist Nguyen Thuy Linh of VTC News registered as an organ donor after several brushes with death, drawing public praise. She spoke with Le Dinh Viet about her decision. 

Below are 40 color and black and white photographs selected from hundreds of photos taken in northern Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and the 1979 border war by Germanwar correspondent Thomas Billhardt. 

 TienPhong Bank (TPBank) announced on August 26 in Ha Noi that IFC was its new shareholder after making a quasi-equity investment of VND403.1 billion (US$18.35 million) in dividend preferred shares.

The protection of legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad is necessary and shows the State’s responsibility to citizen.

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters in Hanoi is presented a certificate of national relics on August 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 6,000 grass cutters are on the verge of losing their jobs following Ha Noi’s decision to halt the trimming work on most of the city’s lawn median strips.

 The recent acquisition of the remaining 30% stake in Driftwood Dairy Inc., one of California’s largest processors of milk and dairy products based out of the City of El Monte, by Vinamilk is a textbook example of how to enter a foreign market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Living in new urban areas is especially favored by young families in big cities in Vietnam. Below are the top new and modern urban areas in Hanoi.

 Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung promised to push forward with substantive reforms at a session on August 26 with a working group assigned by the Prime Minister. 

 Haze has blanketed Singapore as the country is being affected by this year’s first major outbreak of haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.

 President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei, on August 26 afternoon, beginning a three-day State-level visit to the country. 

 The Hanoi Party’s Committee will direct to increase the role and responsibility of all-level Party committees, authorities and heads of agencies in the fight against corruption, an official has said.

 About 100 athletes from four Southeast Asian countries are showing off their gymnastic skills at the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships in Hanoi. 

 Vietnam and France will clinched a number of important agreements during French President Francois Hollande’s State visit to Vietnam from September 5 to 7.

 According to the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center, tropical low pressure on the East Sea was weakened into tropical depression zone in this early morning.

 Hanoi has been listed among 20 most attractive cities globally in software production, and is striving to stand in top 10, revealed Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications Phan Lan Tu.

 Vietnam's top entertainer-singer Dam Vinh Hung will perform at The O2 Greenwich in London on Sunday. 

The government had approved $90 million in emergency aid to help the Mekong Delta provinces recover from severe drought and saltwater intrusion. However, not a penny from the fund has been disbursed.