Since its official launch, Pokemon Go, one of the first mobile games to offer an augmented-reality experience, has taken the world by storm and Vietnam is no exception.

 Archaeologists have found traces of humans who lived 8,000-9,000 years ago in two caves in the northern province of Bac Kan.

 HCM City’s tax department and the people’s committee of Binh Tan District have sent the highest maximum number of letters of apology to applicants for delayed processing of their dossiers compared to other agencies.

 The master plan for Vietnam's capital city has been adjusted, nearly doubling the metropolitan area.

 A steep increase in the number of poor and near-poor households following the implementation of new poverty measuring standards is putting pressure on the Government to achieve its poverty eradication goals.

Plans by Da Nang to move its departments and civil servants out of the one-stop shop Administrative Centre need to be open for public comments and further study, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Dang Viet Dung.

 The Ministry of Education and Planning has set itself an ambitious goal of making English the second language at universities across Vietnam.

 The southern region’s largest exhibition this year, featuring 200 paintings and sculptures, is on display at the Tien Giang Conference Centre in Can Tho City. 

 King Tu Duc, the longest reigning monarch of the Nguyen Dynasty, was brought to life this week in a new stage play.

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 Vietnam will compete in the Asia Road Racing Championship’s (ARRC) fifth and sixth stages.

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 Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang defeated Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri 2-0 in the women’s singles group J on the eighth day of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 13 (Brazil time). 

 US enterprises are considering Vietnam as a priority market in the ASEAN region for their business and investment expansion in 2017, according to the 2017 ASEAN Business Outlook Survey.

 A programme to select the top 50 IT firms in Vietnam in 2016 has been officially kicked off by VINASA (Vietnam Software and IT Service Association). 

 Commercial banks have called for customers to use caution when using telephones and the internet, as hackers may steal from them.

 An inauguration and handover ceremony was held in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on August 12 to launch the Tam Dao 05 offshore oil rig, the largest ever locally manufactured jack-up rig.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to support a request by Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) to adopt a more favourable policy to help its Dung Quat oil refinery compete with imported petroleum products.

 Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hanoi on August 10. 

The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will cease in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho from August 15, 2016.