The Asian region accounted for 44 per cent of global ransomware threats in the first few months of this year, of which Vietnam accounted for 8 per cent, according to Trend Micro, a cyber security solutions company.

 A woman has died and three people injured after their car crashed into a train on Wednesday morning in the Yen Tien Commune, Y Yen District, northern province of Nam Dinh.

  The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City attracted more 4.69 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 70.5 percent.

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has accepted responsibility for the recent score manipulation in the national high school examination in some provinces, pledging to seriously deal with those violations.

 Conductor Le Phi Phi will return to Vietnam from Macedonia to conduct a concert featuring works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach on August 9 at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 The seventh Vietnam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners. 

 Around 3 million workers will have demand for housing by 2020, according to reports by 46 out of 63 provinces and cities.

 The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has recently launched a project to preserve wildlife in the central area of Truong Son Mountain Range using non-refundable aid from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam. 

 Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh met with his counterparts from the Republic of Korea, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting.

 The Government has ratified the agreement on double taxation avoidance and income tax evasion prevention between Vietnam and Cambodia.

 Vietnam has recorded robust socio-economic development in the first seven months of the year, with stable macro-economy, and good control over inflation, in the context of the escalating US-China trade war.

 A Vietnamese delegation has attended the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty’s conference.

 Writer, curator and artist Zhuang Wubin from Singapore is holding an exhibition entitled “Love and Desire: A Reunion Show” at Puppets Cafe in Hanoi’s Dong Da District from now until August 12, 2018.

 Phan Anh will organize a solo exhibition in Binh Thanh District, HCMC from August 1 to 11.

  New multistorey apartment building projects will not be allowed in districts 1 and 3 of HCMC until 2020, according to the city government’s housing development plan for the 2016-2025 period.

Dr. Dao Trong Tu, director of the Center for Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation, talks about hydropower dam safety in Vietnam. 

  Internet security firm Bkav on July 30 launched a kit featuring high-end security devices, called Bkav SmartHome Security, to provide multilayered protection for houses, covering walls, gardens, doors and rooms.

 Due to limited domestic supply, Vietnam has become increasingly dependent on energy imports, putting national energy security at risk.

 Tram Be, former vice chairman of Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank (Sacombank), may be sentenced to four to five years in prison on charges of economic mismanagement, reported the local media.

 Vietnam needs some 0.8% of its gross domestic product to ensure that every person aged 65 and above, including those who do not avail of social insurance, can receive a basic pension in 2030.

Vietnamese representative Miko Lan Trinh has finished in the Top 5 of talent session at the Lady of Brilliancy International 2018 pageant in Taipei.

10 years since its administrative boundary adjustment, new transport and housing projects have given Hanoi a facelift.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various activities themed around the childhoods of 12 ethnic groups will be organised at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture – Tourism in the outskirts of Hanoi throughout August.

Vinh Thanh District’s Forest Protection Division in the central province of Binh Dinh on Tuesday started criminal proceedings as part of a case in which nearly 107 cu.m of doi timber was illegally logged 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Surprises came on the fourth day of the VTF Junior Tour 3 – Vietravel Cup 2018, held on Tuesday at the tennis complex of Nình Binh Gymnasium.