Relaxed visa policy has done the trick.

Cao Van Ba lost half of his two-hectare orchard on Son Islet due to serious erosion in the past few years.

Around 300,000 overseas Vietnamese are active in the fields of science and technology.

A Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321 was grounded for repairs at a central Vietnamese airport on August 23 after technicians found its tailplane was damaged.

Security forces have said Pokemon must go.

Internet users in Vietnam can now enjoy their usual high speed connection as repairs to the Asia America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable system were completed after 20 days on August 23.

The secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City wants labor unions of companies citywide to be more effective in staging legitimate strikes for workers, a request that sparked quite a debate on August 23.

Multiple eye-training centers in Vietnam have recently boasted of a method of curing refractive errors in the eye without surgery, but the method is yet to be tested by research.

The Philippines' national police chief said on August 23 that about 300 of his officers are suspected to be involved in the drug trade, warning these personnel will be fired and charged in court if found guilty. 

Deputy General Director of State Reserves Le Van Thoi has pledged to ensure safe storage and timely delivery of goods as relief aid to localities upon requested. 

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption Phan Dinh Trac paid a working visit to the northern province of Bac Ninh on August 23 to inspect anti-corruption work. 

Developing Vietnam’s cities toward green growth and adapting to climate change is being discussed at a forum in Tam Ky city, the central province of Quang Nam, that opened on August 23.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang welcomed Chairman of France’s CNIM Group Nicolas Dmitrieff in Hanoi on August 23, during which he hoped for intensified cooperation in defence industry with France. 

VOV.VN - A meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity( APT) took place in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on August 23 in preparation for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 and the ITU Regional Standardization Forum.

VOV.VN - The unemployment rate in Vietnam has edged up 2.3% in the second quarter of 2016, as Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy is dragged down a bit by a slowdown in mining and farming growth.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of enterprises  and leading Asian and European experts will take part in an international exhibition on renewable energy and energy saving in Vietnam to be held in November in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN -A seminar about General Vo Nguyen Giap and Vietnam’s revolution was held in Hanoi on August 23 prior to the General’s 105th birthday anniversary (August 25).

The BKAV Technology Group officially launched last week its new anti-virus software BKAV 2016, which is equipped with new technology against information leak. 

An English writing contest for youths themed “ASEAN citizens” featuring Southeast Asian values has been launched. 

Vietnam will have 1,300 supermarkets and more than 300 commercial centres in the next 10 years, making an important channel for people to access to safe food sources, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT). 

Television stations and channels are investing money and human resources to produce more shows on YouTube, with most of them targeting young Vietnamese viewers.

VOV.VN - A five-day exhibition chronicling Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos has opened on August 23 at An Giang University, featuring hundreds of provocative exhibits.

As many as 45,322 Khmer households in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have been connected to the national power grid thanks to a project launched in 2011. 

VOV.VN - A Vietnam Week is set to take place on September 26-30 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the aim of promoting the image of Vietnam and tourism and culture exchange between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Every summer, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union organizes a “Green Summer” volunteer program. 

A requiem has been held in Prague, the Czech Republic on the occasion of Vu Lan (Ullambana) – a major Buddhist festival, to commemorate soldiers who laid down their lives to defend Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty.

An exchange programme was held in Moscow on August 22 to promote friendship between Vietnam and Russia.

The finance ministry is seeking the government’s approval to legalize sports betting under a plan that has however been slammed by critics for keeping the maximum stake too low.

Work on the undersea connection will be completed on August 25, four days behind schedule.

The air quality in Hanoi has declined, especially in the inner city and near major transport routes and construction sites, the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment said in a report which noted the rapid increase in Benzene.