The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) uncovered several advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks on governmental websites in the central city of Da Nang in late July.

 Various challenges face Vietnam’s shrimp exports to the US, as aside from high anti-dumping duties, Vietnamese businesses have to tackle harsh policies the US uses to protect domestic production.

 Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), hosted a reception for Major General Tony Davies, Vice Chief of New Zealand’s Defence Force, in Hanoi on August 2. 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade reported that the volume of locally-assembled cars in July was estimated at 23,200 units, up 31.4 percent compared with the same period last year.

 The second Ngoc Linh ginseng festival is taking place in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My, the central province of Quang Nam.

Vietnam’s Asian Games football squad takes on Palestine in Hanoi on August 3, and coach Park Hang-seo has his eyes fixed on victory. 

 Female pilot Le Thi Bich Hong, born in 1985, has become the first female Vietnamese captain of Jetstar Pacific Airlines.

Nam Phong Racing team from the British International School HCMC, with sponsorship from Audi Vietnam, will represent Vietnam in the F1 in Schools STEM Challenge World Finals taking place in Singapore from September 9 to 13, 2018.

 While the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) has been delayed until 2020, the future of the local sugar industry, with several sugar mills facing closure, remains uncertain, officials said.

Regulations on tax investigation, which were included in the draft of the tax management law last year, have now been removed from the latest version.

“If things go smoothly, we can expect a direct flight between Vietnam and Los Angeles by the end of 2019 or early 2020,” Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles’ Mayor, told a local newspaper recently.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese technology engineers are respected in multi-nationals as they have high qualifications and work hard.

 Vietnam is willing to cooperate with the Czech Republic to address difficulties in granting long-term visas for Vietnamese nationals for the purposes of employment or business in the European country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Blockchain technology has become more popular and used in many industries, driving up demand for staff. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of construction works granted green building certificates in Vietnam remains modest, but is rapidly rising.

 Starting early next year, EU investors will be able to tender for several types of public infrastructure projects in Vietnam for the first time under EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments.

 In an effort to improve the business environment, the Vietnamese government is accelerating the implementation of the National Single Window and the ASEAN Single Window to boost trade within ASEAN.

VietNamNet Bridge - The anticipated oversupply and unclear legal status have prompted many investors to give up investments in condotel projects.

 Con Cung JSC is set to be sued by one of its customers due to alleged evidence of false advertising of their products.

The long-awaited race to become a strategic investor in state-run shipping giant Vinalines turned out to be less fierce than expected, with only one South Korean conglomerate registering for the deal.