Quadria successfully acquires stake in FV Hospital

 Quadria Capital, Asia’s leading private healthcare investor, has successfully completed its investment in the Franco-Vietnamese Hospital (FV Hospital) in HCM City.

Three days off to celebrate National Day

 State employees nationwide will get three days off on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of National Day (September 2) this year.

State Securities Commission gets new chairman

 Chairman of HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE)’s Board of Directors Tran Van Dung was appointed as the new chairman of the State Securities Commission of Viet Nam (SSC) on Wednesday.

Ericsson and ARFM host VN’s first-ever 5G demonstration

 Live 5G radio demo-system with Massive MIMO achieve 5G download speed (5.7Gbps) and ultra low latency was witnessed by participants at the first-ever demonstration of 5G in Viet Nam.

Cashew export volumes to fall, value not to be affected

Vietnam is expected to export 320,000 tonnes of cashew worth US$3.3 billion this year, which represents a fall of 9.2 per cent in volume terms due to a sharp fall in harvests due to unfavourable weather.

SCIC’s plan to arrange its enterprises gets approval

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue early this week approved a plan to arrange enterprises under the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) by 2020.

Consumer financing set to top forecasts

The Vietnamese consumer finance market has tremendous potential for development but its rapid growth has raised controversy over how it disadvantages and hurts people unfamiliar with it, experts noted on Wednesday.

HCM City speeds up flood-prevention project on Nguyen Huu Canh St

A flood prevention project on HCM City’s Nguyen Huu Canh Street, which is frequently flooded by heavy rains and rising tides, will upgrade the drainage systems and install a pump station.

Mass fish death on Bo River of Thua - Thien Hue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cage fishing farmers on the Bo River are distraught over an unexplained mass fish death that has caused great economic losses.

Do Son Buffalo fest may lose heritage status

The Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival of the northern city of Hai Phong will lose national intangible heritage status if its organising process does not fulfill its safety commitments, 

Vietnam’s second win at regional U-15 event

Viet Nam defeated Brunei 2-1 for their second win in the ASEAN Football Federation U-15 Championship yesterday at the IPE Campus Stadium in Chonburi, Thailand.

Artists to stage on Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange in Da Nang

Vietnamese and Japanese art troupes and artists will join the annual Viet Nam-Japan Culture Exchange at Da Nang’s administrative centre and the Han River port from July 27-30.

Fire safety still the scourge of Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fire prevention and fighting remains a challenge for Ha Noi authorities, with many fires across the capital city leaving serious consequences.

Notorious ex-banker guilty of $666m loss

Police have concluded that ex-banker Pham Cong Danh caused additional losses of more than VND6 trillion (US$266 million) in the second stage investigation into his case, 

Hanoi parents race for pre-school admissions

Hundreds of parents have joined lucky draws to get a place for their kids at State-owned pre-schools, especially in Ha Noi’s new urban areas, due to the severe shortage of public facilities there.

More movies to be screened in Hanoi this month

Two French movies - “Un homme à la hauteur” and “Le Petit Prince” will be screened at L’Espace while the internationally co-produced drama film “Patterson” from last year will be on show at Heritage Space, Hanoi this month.

Malawi hails Madonna's 'motherly spirit' at opening of new hospital

 Madonna was hailed as a "symbol of a motherly spirit" by Malawi President Peter Mutharika after the American singer opened a children's hospital named after her adopted daughter Mercy James.

Limit on age of import machines hinders Japanese FDI

The regulation that machines which have been used for more than 10 years will not be allowed to be imported to Vietnam is expected to affect Japanese FDI (foreign direct investment) in Vietnam.

Ly Hoang Nam, Sun Fajing to China F12 tennis event semi-final

Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam and Chinese Sun Fajing came from behind to defeat Purcell Rhett from England and Stevenson Kelsey from Canada 23-6, 6-2, 13-11 in the quarter-finals of the China F12 Men’s Futures tennis tournament.

Le Quang Liem jumps to second spot in China chess tournament

 Vietnamese representative Le Quang Liem pocketed his first win in the ongoing eighth Danzhou Super Chess Grandmaster in China.

Flowers and jazz at VCCA

 Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) will host two events on Saturday, with a workshop on flower arrangement and a jazz show.

Arts talk on self-expression at The Factory

 The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre will host an arts discussion on self-expression on July 14.

Dark hair dye and chemical relaxers linked to breast cancer

 African-American and white women who regularly chemically straightened their hair or dyed it dark brown or black had an elevated risk of breast cancer, 

British techno producer to host show at Observatory

 Heart Beat, a Saigon-based underground music community, will hold a music and light show with London-based techno producer and DJ Sigha at The Observatory on July 21.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s trip to Germany, Netherlands a success: Deputy FM

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s trip to Germany and the Netherlands, from July 5-11, was a success with numerous deals between Vietnam and the two countries signed, said a Vietnamese Foreign Ministry official.