VietNamNet Bridge - Many companies have reported profit increases in the first half of 2016, a sign that the national economy is warming up, according to economists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The regulation to penalise drivers who drive through yellow traffic lights will be reviewed and cancelled if it is found improper and impractical, Police Major General Tran The Quan said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viwasupco, which is implementing a Ha Noi water supply project, said it had cancelled a bid and would not sign a contract with China’s Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. Ltd.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The agriculture sector of the central Quang Tri Province on Monday (Aug 8) confirmed deforestation of a protected forest in Vinh Linh District.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s People’s Committee has approved, in principle, the construction of 1,000 public toilets to serve the local populace and tourists visiting the city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though many provinces and cities have decided to stop VNEN (the Vietnam Escuela Nueva) methodology, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said VNEN will still be applied in Vietnam.

From driving accidents to distracted pedestrians and dangerous trespassing, the phenomenal success of Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon GO’ game is fuelling public safety fears throughout Hanoi.

On January 6, 2015, Air Mekong officially left the aviation market after two years of halting operation for restructuring the fleet. The failure of the airline was not only bad news for its shareholders, but also for passengers as well. 

 Entrepreneurs running around 100 start-ups will present their products and innovative ideas to convince investors to invest in their businesses at the 2016 Start-up Exchange to be held in HCM City at the end of this month.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will closely watch credit growth and direct the credit flow into production in the remaining months of this year.

 National hope Ly Hoang Nam defeated No 5 seed Chung Yunseong of South Korea in the first round match of the Vietnam F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province.

 Olympian winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will hunt for his second gold medal, this time in the men’s 50m pistol event tonight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a trial run, Vietnam Tam, the Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MIC) system that measures TV viewers' habits, the first of its kind, is now officially operational.

 Vietnam’s hope for more medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro city Brazil is fading as its athletes performed poorly on August 8, the third day into the games. 

 Vietnam’s total export turnover in the first seven months of the year was 96.83 billion USD, representing an annual increase of 5.3 percent, said Duong Duy Hung, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Planning Department.

 Ensuring cyber and information security is an urgent task as the cyber environment is increasingly exploited for such bad activities as swindling or inciting sabotage schemes against the Party and the State, said Deputy Prime Truong Hoa Binh.

The People’s Court of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son on August 9 sentenced 11 people to death over the illegal storage, transportation and trafficking of 799 cakes of heroin.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s police have warned that players of Pokemon Go - a location-based augmented reality game – would highly become victims of robbers once they are focusing on capturing Pokemon in public areas. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc heads the National Steering Committee on Terrorism Prevention and Control, according to a recent decision. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and former Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bhichai Rattakul noted their hope that the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand will be deepened in the time ahead.