The British Council has launched the FAMLAB (Film, Archive and Music Lab) fund to support projects that engage with the music or film heritage of Vietnam through contemporary mediums. 

 Many children from a village in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have to cross a local stream to school by plastic bags.

Lam Duc Du, a forest ranger on Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau, wakes up at midnight, picks up his flashlight and goes down to the beach to collect turtle eggs.

The Ministry of Finance is proposing a sweeping ban on the export of raw minerals, a move that would indicate an escalation of the Government’s generally negative stance on a practice that generates little value 

 More than 100 young painters in Hue City alongside foreign ones gave 1-km old mossy walls at Lang Viet tourism complex in the city a makeover with mural paintings.

 Miss Eco International orgnisers have announced they will strip Vietnamese representative Thu Dung of her 3rd runner-up title following her being investigated as part of a prostitution ring.

 The upgrade of Noi Bai International Airport’s Terminal 1, which serves domestic flights, has been completed, raising its total capacity to 15 million passengers a year.

 Thousands of households in Thanh Hoa Province's Muong Lat District are facing food and clean water shortages following a recent flood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in HCM City and Osaka in Japan yesterday vowed to promote cooperation among the two localities in low-carbon city development at a meeting held in HCM City.

 Peer to peer, or P2P, lending has been developing rapidly around the world in recent years with the establishment of many online lending companies, experts have said.

The HCM City Public Passenger Transport Management and Operation Centre has proposed investment in 210 minibuses to transport passengers from narrow alleys to wider streets where they can take buses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An immediate food violation reporting system will be launched in Hanoi by 2020 to ensure food safety, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer has written to the People’s Committee in Đăk R’lâp complaining his land has collapsed close to an aluminum factory.

 Viet Nam’s Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) will open an official Apple resale store in HCM City on September 10, according to cafef.vn.

 Chinese tourists are reportedly avoiding paying tax in Viet Nam, with the help of tourism companies.

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) is one of the largest multilateral diplomatic events hosted by Vietnam this year, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

Tran Dinh Lieu, Deputy Director of Viet Nam Social Insurance, speaks to the newspaper Tien Phong (Vanguard) on his agency’s goal to have all Vietnamese students join the health insurance scheme.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Van Toan’s goal in the 108th minute of the quarter-final against Syria was chosen as one of the four most memorable moments in the men’s football at the Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fashion model Duong Nguyen Kha Trang of Ha Giang Province will compete in the Super Model International 2018 contest in Bangkok on Friday. 

 Unbaked construction materials are targeted to account for 30-40 percent of all materials used for building by 2020, according to a circular that has been approved by the Government.