Some 15 million tons of waste is collected annually from urban and rural areas in Vietnam. Statistics from 2015 showed that 80% of daily waste is simply buried

Many cracks have been found on a pedestrian road along Huong River which is still being panelled with a rare and valuable wood.

 Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2018 will take place at the Youth Theater in Hanoi on August 25.

 There were about 1.1 million unemployed people in Vietnam in the second quarter, including some 200,000 graduates, according to the General Statistics Office. 

The show Hoi An Memories, the largest outdoor visual arts performance ever in Vietnam recalls the memories of Hoi An as a prosperous trading port over a 400-year period.

 The southern province of Kien Giang has seen complicated developments of riverbank and coastal erosion which is affecting local infrastructure and people’s daily lives, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 The village is about 50km away from the center of Hanoi capital, in the town of Son Tay. It is a famous tourist site of Hanoi in specifically, and Vietnam generally.

 More than 20 years ago, artisan Nguyen Dang Che convinced his family members to stop making votive paper and resume their old livelihood making Dong Ho folk paintings. 

 The seventh Vietnam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners. 

 The Vietnam - Japan Cultural Exchange Festival 2018 with the theme “Vietnam – Japan: 45 Years of Friendship” was held in the central city of Danang from July 26 to 30.

 Moonlight Saigon, the first film project between Vietnam and Malaysia, was introduced at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on July 31.

Vietnam’s Phan Thi Mo has won the swimsuit design title at the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018 pageant recently held in Hoi An ancient town.

A photo exhibition themed "Truong Sa trong ta" in Hanoi on August 3-7 in Hanoi will give viewers an insight into the life of people and soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

 Business associations have suggested state management agencies to tighten control over the origins of domestic export goods in a move to avoid risks for Vietnamese firms amidst the simmering US-China trade war.

 Further inspections are being carried out into abnormal results of the national high school examination in the mountainous provinces of Lang Son and Son La.

 “Best English bookstore in Hanoi,” or “A heaven for bookaholics” are two among the comments of foreigners who have visited Bookworm, a bookshop filled with English books in Hanoi.

 Famous actor Kwon Sang Woo of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will visit Ho Chi Minh City this July.

 Wastewater standards on the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric and ammonia permitted at seafood processors are still awaiting the final decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Parents usually have to pay millions dongs for their kids to attend an English course with native speakers.

 Twenty-five artworks including paintings, videos and installations made by artists of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on July 4.