Contest launched to promote world heritage in Hoi An, Son La to install Ho Chi Minh statue, Thousands flock to Bodhisattva festival in Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam film week launched in Paraguay

 The HCM Stock Exchange (HSX) and the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) delisted 26 companies, with 438 million shares, in the first six months of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A rolling landslide caused by prolonged heavy flooding crushed a long stretch of National Highway 12 linking the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Lai Chau on August 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang is facing extremely low water levels in local rivers, canals and fields, affecting the locality’s aquatic productivity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A joint team of the Central Ha Tinh Province's police department and the High Command of Viet Nam's Coast Guard's Special Task Force busted a case of trafficking of explosives.

 The Vietnamese embassy in Malaysia has sent a diplomatic note to Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs protesting against the detention of a Vietnamese tourist without clear reasons and requesting a clear explanation.

 Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Company has leased a seaplane to an Indonesian partner due to problems with obtaining licenses to conduct flights to a number of destinations in the country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told relevant ministries and agencies to better control public debt and efficiently use public investment to help stabilize the macro economy.

 Around 100,000 tourists had postponed or cancelled their tours to Quang Ninh Province due to torrential rain and flooding by last Friday, acccording to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

  Four Vietnamese students are among 25 recipients of scholarships from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS:INSEARCH) in Australia.

 Local tourism companies offering discounts on room rates and entry tickets to the Quang Binh Cave Festival from August 14 to 20.

 Vietnam has concluded the bilateral negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with the U.S. and Japan, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 Two Vietnamese film projects have been officially selected to take part in the 18th Asian Project Market (APM) as part of the 2015 Busan Film Festival in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

 The third season of MasterChef Vietnam, the Vietnamese version of the popular international reality television show ‘MasterChef’ will be broadcast on VTV3 channel starting in September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has again proposed the Ministry of Finance cut the environmental protection fee on its bauxite projects by 90%.

 Viet Nam ranked first among the ASEAN countries for the number of country code top-level domains registered, with 318,812 domain names added by June 30.

 The Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) recently appointed Mr. Mai Hoai Anh, Executive Director of Sales, to take on the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) from August 1.

 Viet Nam's exports of electronics, computers and components saw a sharp year-on-year increase of 57.8 per cent, hitting US$8.7 billion in the first seven months of this year.

 The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) will divest its holding in the Viet Nam Public Bank (PVcomBank) this year, a government's press conference was told last Friday.

 Despite more than 40 years of environmental management in the ASEAN region, degradation of the environment continues, affecting the most vulnerable populations, a senior policy advisor for the Institute for Global Environment Strategies said.

 Viet Nam successfully defended their lead position at the International Athletics Tournament, which ended in HCM City on August 2.

 Viet Nam returned home empty-handed from the Asian Gymnastics Championships, which ended in Japan on August 2.

 The number of foreign tourists traveling to Thailand and Malaysia in 2014 nearly tripled that of Vietnam— sparking a firestorm of optimism that tourism in the country was set to explode to the level of its neighbours in 2015.

Vietnam is the country likely to achieve the biggest GDP increase in percentage terms by joining the TPP and ASEAN Economic Community in almost all simulation scenarios, according to a study by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research.

 The Government has required relevant ministries and organisations to clarify whether US producers are selling cheap frozen chicken legs on the Vietnamese market.