Ho Chi Minh City achieved robust economic growth in the first eight months, creating favourable conditions to fulfill its socio-economic targets for the full year, Chairman of HCM City's People's Committee, Le Hoang Quan, has said.

Cambodian artist and performer Than Sok will speak about his art that has encompassed installation, drawing, performance, video, and sculpture in HCM City on August 30.

Vietnam will participate in the first World Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Federation Tournament from August 29-31 in Berlin, Germany.

Vietnam lost 3-5 to hosts Thailand in a penalty shoot-out in the final of the ASEAN Football Federation Under-19 Women's Championship in Bangkok on August 26.

Doji Gold and Gems Group has become the first Vietnamese enterprise to receive a licence from the Government to measure gold content in jewellery traded in the domestic market.

The central coastal Khanh Hoa Province's Military Hospital 87 confirmed at a meeting on August 26 that three infants had died after receiving an anaesthetic for free cleft-lip surgery on August 23.

The H5N6 strain of avian flu, which recently reappeared in Vietnam, could easily spread to more birds and even humans, vice head of the Veterinary Department under the health ministry Dam Xuan Thanh warned at a meeting on August 26.

Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam had a walk over into the third round of the Badminton World Federation World Championships in Denmark on August 26.

Vietnam, like other Southeast Asian countries, is expanding its airports and constructing new international hubs to accommodate an increasing number of travellers.

Vietnam has enjoyed a trade surplus of US$1.7 billion for the first eight months of 2014, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s figures.