Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has announced its final list of shareholders for the next issuance of nearly 242 million shares to raise equity.

The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) on Tuesday approved in principle South Korean Woori Bank's plan to set up a wholly foreign owned bank in Viet Nam.

 Vietnamese consumer confidence continues staying high, despite a slight drop in Q2 this year, with an index score of 107, two point lower than the previous quarter.

 The Van Thinh Phat Investment Group (VTP Group) on August 3 signed an investment cooperation agreement with Malaysian investors Pavilion Group and Genting Group to develop a park and housing complex in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders and newly-elected lawmakers began a three-day session of the People’s Council on August 3 to discuss socio-economic targets amid many complaints about extended flooding, traffic jams and pollution.

 Non-performing loans (NPLs) as of the end of May accounted for 2.78 percent of the entire banking system’s total outstanding loans.

 The Ministry of Health has taken stronger preventive measures against the Zika virus across the country, particularly in central Phu Yen province where a local man recently tested positive for the virus.

 Economic ministers and deputy ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mulled several important matters during the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting that began in Vientiane, Laos on August 3.

 Leaders of northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of China’s Yunnan province have agreed to promote exchange and multifaceted links in a practical and effective manner in the time ahead.

VietNamNetBridge – This month the "Sex Bomb" Margot Robbie will return in the blockbuster "Suicide Squad" and Jason Statham comes back in part two of "The Mechanic".

VietNamNet Bridge - Two years after leaving FPT, Truong Dinh Anh, its former CEO, moved to live and work in the US.

Fewer Mekong fields used for cash crops, Vinamilk earns 32% higher H1 profit, G-bonds: easy to sell, hard to disburse, Medical market set for private investment, Vietnam’s fiscal and monetary market stable following Brexit

 Vietnam will team up with Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar in a new initiative billed as “Four countries-One destination” to attract more visitors to the increasingly popular Southeast Asian destinations.

A 27-year-old patient, from Son Hoa District’s Son Hoi Commune, was yesterday confirmed as the third in Viet Nam to be affected with the Zika virus. The first two cases were found in central Khanh Hoa Province and HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge - Yen Tu mountain in Quang Ninh province is the home to 230 xich tung (red pine) treeshundreds of years old but half of them are nearly dead due to severe disease. Local authorities are looking for measures to save the rare trees.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of wax statues of soccer superstars, actors, singers and many other celebrities are on display at a recreation park in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province.

 Hurricane Earl thundered towards the shores of Belize on Wednesday, dumping heavy rains on Honduras and prompting hundreds of people to take cover on the Caribbean coastline as the large storm closed in.

VnExpress, an online newspaper, has opened an online shop to sell iPhones, while The Gioi Di Dong, a mobile phone distribution chain, has decided to sell vegetable and meat. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of hectares of forests in Dak Lak province have been cut down to make room for hydropower plants, threatening the survival of forests in the Central Highlands. 

More and more errors have been found in newly published dictionaries. Local newspapers said that the market is flooded with ‘rubbish dictionaries’, and analysts have warned that these dictionaries will spoil the Vietnamese language.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Huynh Huu Chi has affirmed that weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan will get a medal in the men’s U56kg at the upcoming Rio Olympic Games.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam earned a place in Group B at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup, following a draw yesterday (Aug 2) in Myanmar.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Teen band Soul Club of HCM City won the Golden Prize at the Asia Arts Festival in Singapore on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued a moon bear that had been kept in a cage for more than 10 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has established eight inspection teams to supervise and assist dengue-fever prevention activities in 18 localities suffering the most from dengue fever throughout the country.