Forget about Pokemon, Hanoians have real fish hiding in the streets and they've been out to catch 'em all. As Typhoon Dianmu turned Hanoi streets into rivers last Friday and Saturday, the city dwellers became fishermen. 

Since 2010, Vietnam has discovered 172 cases of secrets exposed via the internet, including documents stamped as ‘top confidential’ and ‘confidential’.

The Internet connection speed of Vietnam’s mobile networks averaged 3.81 Mbps, standing 83rd  among 95 countries and territories surveyed recently by global mobile application provider OpenSignal.

Two foreign pilots of a Vietnamese carrier have been released following a detention at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 18, after the white powder customs found in their luggage were verified as not being narcotics as suspected.

Facebook has activated its “Safety Check” function for the first time in Vietnam as the northern part of the country was hit by Tropical Storm Dianmu.

Hospitals quality management plays a very important role and if it’s not done in a proper way, incidents can happen and repeat, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at a two-day conference on hospitals quality in Hanoi.

 A kindergarten, which was built for children of workers working at Dona Standards company in Xuan Loc district, the southern province of Dong Nai, was inaugurated on August 19.

VOV.VN - Northern provinces are striving to recover from storm Dianmu, the third so far this year.

VOV.VN - Floods caused by rainfall from tropical storm Dianmu have devastated regions across northern Vietnam on August 20—in some areas, the worst seen in a century or more.

VOV.VN - A fire that broke out on August 19 has completely gutted a building in Berlin that housed an auto repair shop owned by Vietnamese national Nguyen Pha, according to German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost.

Lao Cai Province’s authorities have urged the government to quickly build a line to connect to China's Sanai Station to improve the provincial economy.

A one meter rise in sea levels could cost Vietnam US$17 billion a year.

Federal health officials on August 19 warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.

Trips out to sea and mountain treks would be a death wish in the north of the country.

The US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City has announced the five semi-finalists in a youth entrepreneurship contest aimed at fostering the entrepreneurial mindset and ecosystem in Vietnam.

Mong Cai city police in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 19 handed over Chen Jin Yun, 43, from Fujian province of China, to Dongxing city police. 

Storm Dianmu, the third so far this year, has caused losses to the northern mainland of Vietnam after it made landfall on August 19 afternoon. 

Vocational training schools in the Central Highlands have been asked to improve the quality of training in order to provide the region with a capable work force, meeting the demand for social-economic development. 

Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked for help from the Republic of Korea in training personnel in information technology for Vietnam during his friendship visit to the RoK.

VOV.VN - On August 19, the Union of Friendship Organisations in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau hosted a Vietnam-Thailand cultural exchange programme celebrating the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. 

VOV.VN - Chairman of Hanoi’s Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has hailed the role Vietnam’s chief representatives in foreign countries as bridges promoting people – to – people exchanges and international integration.

There is a risk of widespread dengue fever outbreak in Vietnam in the time ahead if no prompt actions are taken, said Dr. Phan Trong Lan, head of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute.

VOV.VN - Tropical storm Dianmu has made landfall in northern Vietnam, cutting down trees, ripping roofs off buildings and forcing power outages, leaving thousands without electricity. 

The Finance Ministry held a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 19 to launch a computerised lottery for 11 cities and provinces nationwide.

The Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 19 for Muslim dignitaries from Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Tay Ninh and Ninh Thuan.

Storm Dianmu hit the northern mainland of Vietnam in the afternoon of August 19 with sustained winds of up to 60-90km per hour. 

Vietnam and Indonesia will set up a hotline to handle emerging incidents at sea as agreed during a visit to Indonesia by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam.

Government leaders scrutinised the preparations for storm Dianmu, the third of this year, in the northern and north central localities on August 19.

Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18% more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.

VOV.VN -The national Robocon team from Lac Hong University has departed for Thailand to compete at – ABU Robocon 2016 – set for August 21 at the Sports Authority Stadium in Bangkok.