Corrupt state officials are racing to prove that they have mental health issues to avoid severe sentences.   

 Parents are rushing to send their children to extra classes to practise writing and maths before they start Grade 1.

Private commercial banks have raised deposit rates by 0.1-0.3 percentage points in the past two months to attract depositors amid rising capital demands.

The State Bank of Viet Nam has approved Asia Commercial Bank (ACB)’s proposal to increase its charter capital from VND11.25 trillion (US$479 million) to VND12.88 trillion ($548.34 million).

Viet Nam still faces a shortage of policies for start-up development. Ministries therefore are striving to research and propose to the Government new policies for start-up community development.

 Viet Nam has exported its fruit to high-standard markets in recent years, such as the US, the European Union and Japan, but increasing export volume is no easy task.

 The Ministry of Finance proposed to cut 51.4 per cent of the total number of business investment conditions under the ministry’s management.

 The Hanoi August Old Book Fair will take place at the Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre between August 16 and 19.

 More than 20 Vietnamese and foreign classical musicians will perform at the Vietnam Connection Music Festival 2018 at the HCM City Opera House this weekend.

 An Asiatic black bear owned by Tran Van Trach in Thai Nguyen City, Thai Nguyen Province was safely transferred to the Ninh Binh Bear Sanctuary yesterday.

 Former British football player Michael Owen has been in Ho Chi Minh City to meet fans and introduce his own fashion brand.

 Improving material supply and proving product origin are ways to limit the impact of trade defence lawsuits amid the growing US-China trade war, according to insiders.

 Vietnamese Professor Dam Thanh Son of the University of Chicago was recently named one the three winners of the 2018 Dirac Medal and Prize by International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

 An unexpected spike in the number of children catching measles in Hanoi this summer has left doctors worrying about a potential outbreak, given that 90 percent of the infected children reportedly had yet to receive a vaccination.

 Four former senior members of the Petrovietnam Petrochemical and Textile Fiber JSC (PVTEX) will be tried for allegedly violating State regulations on economic management on August 28.

 Enhancing safety and capacity are the top priorities for the railway sector as it receives a much-needed package of 7 trillion VND (around 308 million USD) from the State budget.

French photographer Nicolas Cornet has visited more than 30 old Buddhist temples across Vietnam over the last three years to keep their beauties in photos recently published in a photo book. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many coal-fired thermopower projects have been proposed recently despite environmentalists’ call to stop developing thermal power. Most of them are Chinese invested.

 Minister of Public Security To Lam has answered questions on major issues of public concern such as black credit activities, hi-tech crime, online gambling, organised crime and violations committed by officers working in the security sector. 

 Around 20 prominent international artists will perform at three special concerts at the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) on August 18 and 19.