Many public schools in HCM City and Hanoi have had to stop providing lunch and allowing pupils to sleep while doubling the number of pupils per class.

 An investigation into baby product retailer Con Cung has found that it had complied with all import and consumer protection regulations and possessed documents to prove origin, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported.

 Viet Nam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on Saturday.

Bamboo Airways’ first flights are scheduled for October and the airline plans to open 37 domestic and international routes in the future.

 The beauty of Vietnamese women in the silk paintings by the late artist Mai Trung Thu inspired young artist Nguyen Ngoc Vu (Rabbit Boy) to create a series of paintings with the theme of “Dep Contemporary”.

 Four teenage boys from Viet Nam have disappeared in the United Kingdom, sparking a police search to find them.

 The Ministry of Defence promised to hand over military-owned land to the south of HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport, if required by the Government. A golf course, which opened in 2015, is located on the land. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors successfully bought 5-year government bonds at a 3.45 interest rate at a bid organized on July 11 at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). 

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will conduct unannounced inspections at credit institutions with a high proportion of loans going to the real estate sector among their total outstanding loans.

 Home-sharing is increasingly dominating Vietnam's hospitality market and already affecting hoteliers.

 The shortage of organic foods in the country is both an opportunity and a challenge for growers, a forum on organic agricultural development was told on August 18.

 Amid the peak of the rainy season, dyke violations in Hanoi are set to rear their ugly head.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in HCM City is dwindling and cannot continue to drive the economy, Su Ngoc Anh, Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment, has said.

 The Government has set a target for reducing foreign currency mobilization and ending foreign currency lending to fight dollarization, news website Thanh Nien reported, citing the Government’s Decision 986.

 The State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) said in its first-half production and business report that the holding company may incur a net loss of more than VND2.8 trillion (US$124 million) in all of 2018.

 Professor Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), shares his thoughts with VET on Vietnam's economy past, present and future.

VietNamNet Bridge - Policies supporting rice growers remains ineffective as the production cost remains high.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse are going to pay State visits to Ethiopia and Egypt from August 23 to 29.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has recently issued Decision No.1604/QD-NHNN on approving a project on green bank development. 

 As of 10 pm on August 19, Vietnam secured two bronze medals, ranked 13th in the medal tally of the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 2018), which officially kicked off the same day in Jakarta, Indonesia.