Vietnam always wishes to further promote the friendship and cooperation with the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange. 

 The People’s Committee of Binh Thuan has asked the Vinh Tan 1 Power Company Limited to suspend the trial run of environmental protection facilities at the Vinh Tan 1 thermal power electricity plant. 

The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi has indicted eight former officials and leaders of Xuan Dinh Commune and Tu Liem District for violations regarding compensation, resettlement and land clearance work.

Although the US is deemed a promising market for exporters, it also sets very strict import regulations. For this reason, Vietnamese enterprises are urged to improve their capacity.

 The Bkav Technology Group said on July 26 its virus monitoring system had discovered malware called BrowserSpy that is able to track users’ actions and steal their personal data, such as bank account information, and Gmail or Facebook passwords.

 Foreign investors in Viet Nam disbursed a total of US$9.85 billion year to July 20, representing an increase of 9 per cent from a year earlier, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has reportedly undergone considerable changes in its economic growth, appearance and infrastructure a decade on from administrative boundary expansions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more illegal parking spots for cars and motorbikes are springing up in central Hanoi, causing headaches for urban managers.

 Middle-aged people who feel dizzy when standing up from a lying-down position may be at a higher risk of dementia or a stroke in the future, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poet and director Phan Vu, who is also a painter, is displaying 25 of his oil paintings at the newly established Binh Minh Gallery in HCM City.

 The capital city plans to install 1,000 vending machines by 2020 to make shopping more convenient for local consumers as well as foreign tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge - Financial institutes all report that foreign investors keep pouring capital into the Vietnamese stock market to take over Vietnamese profitable businesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Thang Long Warriors defeated Hanoi Buffaloes 71-67 in their derby game of the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League on Tuesday.

 The European Commission has announced provisional safeguards on imports of 28 steel products including three items from Viet Nam.

 The equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is unlikely to meet this year’s target, as only 19 SOEs had completed the process by the end of June.

 Most enterprises in the Mekong Delta are optimistic about their business prospects in the second half of the year, according to results of a survey issued at a seminar held yesterday in Can Tho.

 Vietnam`s local currency (LCY) bond market reached a size of US$51 billion at the end of March while remaining the smallest market in the region, stated ADB.

 The beauty of lacquerware and its production methods are explored in a new exhibition.

Japan has set a target of accepting 10,000 Vietnamese caregivers by the summer of 2020 to address a chronic labour shortage in the nursing sector, according to Kyodo News.

 Japan poured 6.88 billion USD, 30 percent of the total foreign direct investment (FDI), into Vietnam in the first seven months of 2018, the biggest figure among 96 countries and territories investing here.

 National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Gen. Do Ba Ty is leading a high-level delegation of the NA on a working visit to the United States from July 21-27 in order to bolster the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Construction of HCM City has urged several district-level People’s Committee and related units to complete the relocation of households living along canals.

Contemporary, chiseled puzzle pieces made of iron, bronze, aluminum and wood are on display at the exhibition Puzzle Pieces by sculptor Luong Van Viet.

 The International Tennis Tournament, Hai Dang Cup, opened yesterday in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

 The burst in the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Laos on July 23 will have little impact on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.