Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the 19th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the eighth East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore on August 4.

 Today, Ly Chuy Go, a seventh grader at the Pa Ve Su Ethnic Boarding School in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau’s Muong Te district and his schoolmates are eager to return to school after the weekend. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With more than 15 years volunteering for charity projects, Nguyen Tuan Khoi, 34, from HCM City, said he has witnessed hunger first-hand.

 Driven by Vietnam’s large millennial population, co-working spaces are on the rise in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and local operators are now being joined by major international players.

Economists and bankers analyse the impact of the trade war between China and the US on Vietnam and how the country and its businesses can leverage the opportunities that it may bring.

Not many economists believe in the theory that economic crisis happens once every 10 years. However, they are showing concerns about the internal problems of the economy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Long Bien Bridge is an iconic structure in the Vietnamese capital. However, the lives of those living underneath reveal a different side to the landmark structure. Paul Kennedy reports.

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had bilateral meetings on August 4 with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and foreign ministers of the 

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem finished second at the ninth Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament which concluded in China’s Hainan province on August 3.

VietNamNet Bridge - Valued at $18 billion, Vietnam is among the world’s 10 biggest pork producers and consumers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For history lovers, few places in Vietnam can match Hue, the former royal capital, in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Financial experts talks to Youth Newspaper about several ways to avoid the misuse of tax payers’ money on public projects. 

 Associate Professor Hoang Minh Son, rector of the Ha Noi University of Science and Technology, speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam on the skills needed in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution.

Fishermen in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan have enjoyed a series of bountiful catches over the past week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho talks to the Vietnam News Agency about some localities’ proposals to build new airports and the issue of air fare management in the past.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam was expected to establish a debt trading market in 2015, but the Ministry of Finance cannot say clearly when the legal framework for the market will be set up.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended the 11th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on August 3. 

 Landslides triggered by prolonged downpours killed six local residents and left four missing and five others injured in Phong Tho district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on August 3.

 The People’s Committee of southern Dong Nai province has fined the subsidiary of a Malaysian company 9.7 billion VND (around 427,300 USD) for illegally burying waste.

 Vietnamese orderly apprentices will receive free Japanese language and professional training courses before working in Japan as stipulated under a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between the two countries on August 3.