Ho Chi Minh City supports foreign investment in finance-banking, insurance and tourism, especially from AIA Corporation, municipal People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national football championship is heading to the season’s end with its top four teams each having a chance to take the cup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam dropped a victory in a 1-1 match against Myanmar during a friendly tournament for U19s, KBZ Bank Cup, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, Aug 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - Considered a lucrative market with value worth of up to billions of dollars, the seed market can only attract five to six Vietnamese companies, leaving openings for foreign seed companies.

The e-commerce delivery market has seen big changes in recent years with the presence of thousands of freelance shippers. 

 "Ghostbusters" actress and comedian Leslie Jones' website was hacked on Wednesday and nude photos and personal information including her passport and driver's license were posted,

VietNamNet Bridge – Police in southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province said they have decided to investigate a case in which a 76-year-old man is accused of committing sexual offences against seven children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cueists will take part in the Guri Caron Billiards 3-Cushion World Cup in South Korea from August 29 to September 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - For a week, visitors can enjoy free beer at the beer festival 2016 (B’estival) in Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort in Da Nang.

Van Long, Lap An, O Loan, Nha Phu and Tam Giang lagoons are the five most beautiful in Vietnam.

 Malaysia’s budget airlines AirAsia has announced that it will offer lifetime free flights to all ASEAN athletes who won a gold medal at the recent Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 The US’ ExxonMobil Corporation and Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam’s multi-billion dollar gas-to-power complex is a step closer to implementation as Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the project location.

 A bright economic outlook and strong foreign capital inflows have made Viet Nam's financial market among the five best performing markets in the world, a press conference held by the State Securities Commission yesterday announced.

 More than 200 Vietnamese and foreign scientists and researchers in history, culture and language gathered in the central province of Quang Nam on August 24 to discuss issues related to Thanh Chiem Palace and the introduction of Vietnamese script. 

 Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team beat Spain’s UMA club 2-0 on penalties in a friendly match during their training in Spain on August 23.

 Vietnam’s Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Championship 2017 qualification campaign kicks off on August 25 in Hanoi.

 Foreign capital inflows into Vietnam’s securities market in the first half of this year increased 3.5-fold on a yearly basis, reaching 722 million USD. 

 Hundreds of Pokemon Go enthusiasts caused a stampede in Taipei on Sunday (August 21) in a rush to 'catch' rare Pokemons.

An external policy of peace, self-reliance, multilateralising and diversifying ties has allowed Vietnam to maintain peace and expand equal and win-win cooperation with big countries globally to serve its nation building and defence.

 It is necessary to promptly devise a national plan on environmental protection to serve as the foundation for appraising and approving investment projects in regions across the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors have poured money into industrial zone (IZ) projects again and many large-scale projects will be completed in the time to come.

 Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria,

A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education led by the commission’s deputy head Mai Van Ninh paid a visit to Russia from August 20-24.

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