Digitalisation could be boon for region, 3,000 cases of smuggling, fake goods in HCM City in 2018, Korean firms flock to job fair as need for workers soars, VAT plan would hit household welfare     

 The hot spell in the northern and central regions over the past days will continue until the weekend, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam tops the 3rd Vinh Long International Table Tennis, which wrapped up on July 1 in the southern province of Vinh Long, with three gold medals in the events of men’s doubles, women’s doubles and men’s singles.

 The first image you see when you walk into the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery is the last portrait Michael Jackson commissioned of himself before he died in 2009.

Growth is an inclusive target of Vietnam, which will assist the country in addressing employment, increasing budget collection and reducing public debt, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been receiving big investments from Japan, Singapore and South Korea, and new capital from China. 

 Divers searching for a group trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a week are nearing the area it is thought they could be stranded.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is seeking approval from the Government to build a Vung Tau – Go Cong sea dyke in an effort to combat waterlogging in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal exploitation of minerals continues in some districts in the northern mountainous province of Phu Tho, including Doan Hung, Thanh Thuy, Thanh Son and Phu Tho Town.

Residents in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta region are encouraged to compete in the Tai Tu Miet Vuon (Traditional music), a TV game show  produced by the Dong Thap Radio and Television Station.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Hi-Tech Park in HCM City has set up the Viet Nam-Japan Training and Technology Transfer Centre with assistance from Japanese human resource training companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - After many years of using only French makeup, My Ha, 40, from Phu Nhuan district in HCM City has begun using natural products made by Vietnamese enterprises. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi is in serious need for preservation to protect its history and architecture, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – volume of industrial waste water in HCM City, while higher parking fees on city centre streets will curb traffic congestion, 

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang’s People’s Committee has instructed inspection teams to impose severe fines on violators of laws on construction, land subdivision, and illegal deforestation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the weekend, the city of Hue held an event celebrating the lotus flower as part of its festive days.

The ASEAN Car Business Career Company of Japan plans to recruit more than 220 automobile engineering students from Da Nang-based Dong A College to work in the Japanese car industry later this year.

 The central province of Quang Binh hopes to grant investment licences and sign commitments to implement projects with a total investment capital of up to US$4 billion during an upcoming investment promotion conference.

 Pepper growers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are facing debt as the price of black pepper has plunged in recent years.

 The recent volatility of global stocks and the outflow of foreign capital have dampened investors’ confidence in Vietnamese shares in the past few weeks and the troubles are forecast to last into the near future.

 As of June 2018, Japanese businesses invested in nearly 240 projects with total registered capital of over 4.2 billion USD in Dong Nai, ranking third among more than 40 countries and territories pouring investment in the southern locality.

 The increasing number of visitors coming to Cu Lao Cham Natural Reserve, Quang Nam province, is leaving a toll on the surrounding environment. 

 Vietnam’s U19 team struggled to draw with their rival, defending champion U19 Thailand, in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Championship which took placed in Indonesia on July 1.

A night out drinking in Vietnam used to mean sipping bia hơi on the sidewalk, a local draft beer. However, a challenge has been thrown down in recent times by craft beer, which is luring a rising number of customers.

 Vietnam will extend visa exemptions for citizens from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy for the next three years, starting from the beginning of July.