Viet Nam will produce more than 23 million tonnes of animal and poultry feed this year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

 Experts have agreed with the Government’s plan to restrict or even stop licensing wholly foreign-owned banks in Viet Nam, saying it was necessary to help increase the stability of the domestic banking system.

 Real estate and retail conglomerate Vingroup has raised VND9.32 trillion (US$400 million) from issuing 84 million convertible dividend preference shares to Hanwha Assset Management, an affiliate of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group.

 Scott Morrison is to be Australia's new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals in a bruising leadership contest.

 Thousands of football fans flooded the streets in Hanoi's centre on Thursday evening to celebrate the victory of the Vietnam Olympic team at the Asian Games (Asiad) 2018.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is being slowly choked by plastic waste, with 60 tonnes generated every day and only 10 per cent of them recycled.

Miss Earth 2015 Angelia Ong will arrive in Vietnam on August 26 to directly engage in the casting of Vietnamese candidates to take part in the Miss Earth 2018 and 2019 pageants.

 Well-known Korean band Winner will come back to Vietnam for a concert in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.

An art exchange program with the participation of Vietnamese artists and peers from 10 Asian countries will be held at the Center of Art-Photography Exhibition in Hoan Kiem District of Hanoi City from August 26 to September 3, 2018.

 A multi-sensory interactive exhibition, in which visitors are invited to touch and interact with physical objects set up around a room, will be held at art space and café Tinh Dau (First Love) in Hanoi from August 24 to 26.

Huynh Thuy Vi will compete at the Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 in Manila, the Philippines from September 15 to October 4.

 More than 500 movies from nearly 50 countries and territories will be screened during the fifth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), announced Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien.

The Da Nang Tourism Department and Transport Department signed an agreement early this week on installing cameras on tour buses to enhance security for visitors and help State management agencies better oversee travel activities. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to relieve Cao Duy Hai of his duty as member of the board and general director of MobiFone for serious violations in a deal in which the mobile carrier had acquired a 95% stake in AVG.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau overcame 14 other finalists to take the crown of Miss Supranational Vietnam 2018 in the grand finale of the pageant in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on August 22.

 The HCMC government will redouble its efforts to further improve the business climate to support enterprises, according to the city’s plan to improve the Provincial Competitiveness Index this year, issued on August 21.

 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

 Since its inception, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park has become an incubator for innovation and a centre for technology transfer in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region.

 Hanoi People Council Legal Department have proposed the removal of extensions at all apartments that block emergency exits.

500 Vallet scholarships worth VND25 billion (USD1.1 million) in total have just been granted to outstanding students from 58 high schools and six SOS Villages in the north.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday asked the Government’s Economic Advisory Group to analyse internal and external difficulties to propose mechanisms and policies which will help the country to overcome economic obstacles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam welcomed San Francisco’s landmark verdict against Monsanto and called upon the company to pay compensation for Agent Orange victims in Vietnam, 

During their talks in Addis Ababa on August 23, President of Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome described the State visit to his country by President Tran Dai Quang as a particularly important political event.

The Vietnam Olympic team made history with its first entrance into the ASIAD quarter-finals after winning 1- 0 against Bahrain during the last stages of the 16-team knockout round for the men’s football of ASIAD 2018 in Indonesia on August 23.

 Forbes Vietnam held a ceremony on August 23 to honour the 40 most valuable brands in Vietnam in 2018.