VietNamNet Bridge - The steering committee of Vietcombank, members of the board of directors and supervisory board receive VND1.9 billion a year in salary each. 

The government of Vietnam has successfully negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU that incorporates a new method for the resolution of disputes between foreign investors and states.

Hanoi on Saturday made public the planning of transportation development in the capital city from now to 2030, with a vision to 2050. The plan needs total capital of up to nearly $55.4 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beautiful songs about Ha Noi’s autumn will be performed at the DIVA Viet Nam: Autumn Reunion concert that will be held at Friendship Palace on August 13.

Vietnam will lose 2.08 per cent of daylight working hours by 2025 due to rising temperatures, according to the “Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace” report from the UNDP released recently.

The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Hoa Lạc Hi-tech Park are to complete a draft of a decree on specific investment incentives for the park, according to the ministry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nokia will return to the global market, including Vietnam later this year with two new phone models, according to distributor FPT Trading.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several people living along Rach Bang Canal in District 7, HCM City on July 30 caught a monitor lizard of up to 1.5 meters long, weighing over 15 kg.

Vingroup (VIC) asked its shareholders for the issuance of about 484.5 million additional shares to increase the charter capital from the capital surplus, according to local media.

A working group led by the chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Science, Technology and Environment has arrived in Ha Tinh to supervise the implementation of the law on environmental protection on Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company.

 Physicists from 13 countries worldwide gathered at a seminar on physics which kicked off in the central province of Binh Dinh on August 1.

 The national football team will enjoy a training course in the Republic of Korea as one of their activities in preparing for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup.

 Vietnam had more than 14 million hectares of forest as of December 21, 2015, including over 10.1 million hectares of natural forest and nearly 3.9 million hectares of planted forest.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that its computer systems at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports have been fully restored following cyber attacks on July 29.

Vietnamese students claimed two gold and one silver medals at the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad in Georgia.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism asked domestic travel agents to increase the management of tours to Russia as Vietnamese citizens have recently been refused to enter the country by tourism visa.

The Prime Minister on August 1 ordered ministries, agencies and localities to actively make preparations to cope with typhoon Nida, which entered the East Sea the previous night.

A string of new policies on tougher fires on transport violations and amendment of labor export regulations shall take effect in Vietnam in August.

Vietnam has eight universities in South East Asia’s top 100 universities according to the latest report from Webometrics, however, many of them have dropped in the rankings.

A proposal from the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport to borrow US$300 million from a Chinese bank to build the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway is facing strong opposition from local economic experts and the public.

Vietnam has changed a commonly held international perception on the use of amber or yellow traffic lights. It is no longer permissible to travel through an amber light if travelling too fast to stop, instead the driver will be subject to a fine.

Despite the world market’s impacts, Vietnamese stock market has quickly recovered since early this year and estimated to be one of five markets having the highest growth rates in the world.

Cave tours to the recently-discovered Tu Lan Cave system, 70 kilometers from the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province, have now been connected to tours to the Tien 1 and Tien 2 Cave systems.

Ho Chi Minh City was listed among the Top 10 new global party destinations by Traveller, an Australian travel website in July.

The Dai Nam Joint Stock Company has wrapped up preparations for opening a horse racecourse at the Dai Nam Tourism Park in southern Binh Duong province.