VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the capital city have just approved a decision to organise annual traditional dragon boat races between 2019 and 2021.

Vietnam Register, under the Ministry of Transport, has proposed raising the emission standards for cars to level 2 in order to minimise the increasing environmental pollution in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem suffered unexpected loss in the first round of the 25th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh won the men’s singles, first round of the Yonex – Sunrise Viet Nam Open 2018 which opened in HCM City on August 7.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craniosynostosis, or congenital deformities caused by early fuse of different parts of the skull, are a rare condition that reportedly afflicts six out of 10,000 children in Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese-made films are being shown in cinemas nationwide this month.   

More than 7,000 local and foreign runners from 52 countries and territories will race in the 2018 Manulife Da Nang International Marathon – one of the top marathon destinations in Southeast Asia.

The Indian-made ComBE Five vaccine will be used in a national expanded immunisation programme, replacing the Quinvaxem vaccine as of next month instead of this month as previously planned.

Many universities have lowered their admission scores for the upcoming academic year, citing lower scores on the national high school graduation examinations this year compared to last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Back in 2017, Hanoians, especially teenagers, were crazy about the new menu at Huyen Vi Café in the centre of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, 5B Dinh Liet Street. 

Diners were treated to extravagant food and wine pairings in a private dinner party at T-Art in the heart of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter on Tuesday. "I’m very happy that T-Art has been receiving rave reviews and has been rated five stars

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs an enormous amount of energy to feed its development, but relying on coal and hydropower is not the answer, and with new measures still at an early stage, 

Despite his tight schedule with new film projects in the US, the director of Hollywood blockbuster, Kong: Skull Island, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has still managed to contribute to Vietnam’s film industry.

Director of the province’s Education and Training Department Nguyen Minh Luan told media at a press briefing that the dismissal would follow a roadmap and not be carried out en masse as reported earlier.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem will compete in the 25th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in United Arab Emirates today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Transport Minister has agreed with the Ministry of Defense to expand Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City to both the south and north where a 157-ha golf course is located. 

Toyota Viet Nam has asked the Vinh Phuc Province People’s Committee to lease 9.1 hectares of land in Phuc Yen City to expand its plant and increase its annual capacity from the current 50,000 units to 90,000 by 2023.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The French quartet Arod will perform in Da Nang's Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre on August 17. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Promising faces for world fashion shows and events will be trained professionally through a new project called Leading Stars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The seventh annual Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards is accepting entries from Vietnamese and foreign amateur or professional photographers living in Vietnam or abroad.