The US is working to ratify the TPP, US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius told President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Bui Van Cuong at a meeting in Hanoi on August 10.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, some 5-star hotels in Hanoi have producing moon cakes to serve the market. Let’s see how moon cakes are made at Sofitel Plaza Hotel.

VietNamnet Bridge - Lai Xuan Thanh, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said the agency would still consider adjusting the price and service fee.

Vietnam's Vuong Trong Nghia is honoured to have been chosen as one of 34 boxing referees by the International Boxing Association to officiate at the Rio Olympics.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC authorities' plan to put 23 land plots in advantageous positions, called ‘golden land plots’, into auction this year. Only a few Vietnamese enterprises are financially capable of buying the land.

 Fencer Do Thi Anh followed her senior teammates, finishing her tournament at the Rio Olympic Games yesterday in Brazil.

Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh yesterday won the silver medal in the final round of the men’s 50m pistol event at the ongoing Rio Olympics.

For the first time, the popular play Truong Ba’s Soul, Butcher’s Body will be performed by the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre.

DJ Heyder Eliyev from Azerbaijan will perform at the Fun Beach Festival, a music festival, at East Sea Park in Da Nang City on August 12-14.

VietNamNet Bridge - Water supply companies have committed to supplying clean water to households for daily use, but the water has not been clean as promised.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has increased the number of new preschools built in recent years but parents still can’t find enough state-owned preschools.

 The quality of school buses has declined in recent years, leading to a drop in use by students, according to education officials.

A court in Sydney, Australia has sentenced Le My Truc, who swindled more than 300 Vietnamese overseas students out of about $360,000 by selling them non-existent air tickets through Facebook, to 18 months of supervision. 

 Hanoi started providing online public services in 144 wards of 10 districts from August 10 after successfully piloting the model in two other districts of Long Bien and Nam Tu Liem. 

 HCM City and Ha Noi stock exchanges will launch a common index in October, financial news website ndh.vn reported, citing a southern bourse's report.

 The Prime Minister has approved the National Programme on ensuring the supply of safe water in the period of 2016-2025 with the goal of bringing clean and sanitary water to at least 95 percent of population by 2025. 

The additional import of 100,000 tonnes of sugar approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has raised concerns for local sugar producers.

 A number of prehistoric artefacts have been discovered for the first time at two caves in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – As simple as the dish is but grilled sharpbelly is a very famous dish in the land of Phu Yen where visitors can hardly ignore.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Le Minh Hung, has been in office for only three months, but he has been active in regulating monetary policy.