Airlines add fuel surcharge for domestic flights
Three major Vietnamese airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, and Vasco, will add fuel surcharges of up to US$11 for domestic tickets as of August 15, following a directive from the Finance Ministry.

Buffalo bones
In parts of Ha Tay and Ha Nam provinces it is said people have been making combs from buffalo horns for centuries. Judging by their two main maxims, traditionally buffalo-horn craftsmen were pretty unforthcoming to outsiders who were curious about the craft.