While the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) has been delayed until 2020, the future of the local sugar industry, with several sugar mills facing closure, remains uncertain, officials said.

 A trend of steady rises in mergers and acquisitions continues to brighten up Vietnam’s foreign investment picture in the first seven months of 2018, affirming it as one of the most effective investment channels for the high-potential market.

 Conclusions of FTAs, bilateral and multilateral alike, plus the accompanying shift of garment and textile projects from overseas to Vietnam, have become a source of concern for some local authorities.

 Viet Nam’s Thai Son Nam earned a ticket to the knockout stage of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Indonesia 2018 on August 5.

 Many transport enterprises may have to spend trillions of đồng to replace their current black box recording devices with new ones if draft regulations on transport trading are approved.

 Landslides triggered by torrential rains claimed nine lives and left six others missing in Phong Tho district of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

 Vietnam aims to increase value of coffee products by processing more than 25 percent of its coffee beans by 2020, according to the Processing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Financial institutions and research organisations at home and abroad have shown their optimism about Vietnam’s economic growth in the second half of 2018 and the whole year.

 Digital banking will be the future of the Vietnamese banking system, especially amid the development of the fourth industrial revolution, according to experts.

 The number of aircraft registered Vietnamese nationality reached 174 as of the end of July 2018, up 14 ones compared with the figure of the same period last year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV). 

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 Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB), has been given a 20-year prison term for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at the bank.

 Additional 44 caves have been discovered in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, raising the total caves found so far in this area to 405, according to the park’s management board. 

 The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) rose 0.63 point to 960.23 points on August 6.

Foreign ministers attending AFF emphasised the importance of non-militarization and self-restraint in the conduct of all activities by claimants and reaffirmed the importance of maintaining freedom of navigation in and overflight above the East Sea.

 Paintings depicting the people and monks of Myanmar are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia said that there was no information on any Vietnamese national present at the site in Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok which was struck by a 7-magnitude earthquake on August 5.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans to publish a list of e-commerce websites and mobile applications that violate laws and regulations on online trading.

Hanoi’s environmental problems have been basically solved since the city made its administrative boundary adjustment in 2008. 

 The Ministry of Transport has announced plans to limit the cargo handled at HCM City’s Cat Lai Port since volumes are exceeding its handling capacity, exerting pressure on the city’s transport infrastructure.

 Vietnam is committed to closely coordinating with the ASEAN Secretariat and other member states in building a strong ASEAN Community, said Vietnam’s new Permanent Representative to ASEAN Tran Duc Binh on August 6.

 Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam on August 6 hosted a reception for Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC) of Thailand Gen. Wanlop Rugsanaoh.

Toyota Viet Nam has asked the Vinh Phuc Province People’s Committee to lease 9.1 hectares of land in Phuc Yen City to expand its plant and increase its annual capacity from the current 50,000 units to 90,000 by 2023.

 Vietnam’s traditional long dress, the Ao dai has made a reputation at fashion shows around the world, thanks in part to Vietnam’s skillful designers, who do their best to promote the dress to the world.

 The biennial concert titled “Autumn Melody” will be held at Ha Noi Opera House on August 16.