The 25th Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018 will take place at Thong Nhat stadium on July 26 and 27.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia Tony Smith held talks in Hanoi on July 23, seeking ways to solidify the countries’ relations in a number of aspects.

 The US remained Vietnam’s largest export market with a value of nearly 21.6 billion USD as of mid-July, accounting for 19 percent of the total. 

 The world-acclaimed Matilda the Musical will be performed in Vietnam for the first time on July 24.

Phan Van Tan from the Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography Faculty of the Hanoi University of Natural Sciences, said storms cause devastation but also bring certain benefits.

Despite the serious shortage of workers for the IT industry, international firms have strict standards when they recruit Vietnamese IT engineers.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Reports all show steady growth in consumer lending in recent years and increased expansion of finance companies.

Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis) contains substances which can kill 85-90 percent of cancer cells, especially skin and breast cancer, according to a researcher. 

 With a great passion for the single-stringed monochord, Vu Le Minh, a student of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, has sought out anything he could to understand more about the one-of-a-kind instrument. 

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on July 23-29 

Hanoi will hold a street festival which is expected to attract around 5,000 participants to mark the 10th anniversary of Hanoi’s expansion. 

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed Hanoi authorities to conduct an urgent investigation into the recent massive fish deaths on the West Lake.

 Hundreds of households in Thanh Hoa Province were evacuated on July 22 amid rising floods in the region.

 HCM City Department of Taxation have said they didn't know what to do with the VND53.3bn in Uber tax arrears as the company had stopped operations in Vietnam.

 The Phong Nha-Ke Bang Tourism Centre has just announced to close several tourist points in the site to ensure safety for visitors amid rising floods in the area.

 A tourist has died, while another has gone missing while swimming off the coast in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.

Fifty two origami art works made by Vietnamese artists are being showcased in Hanoi. They depict a variety of real animals and mythological figures with wings, such as birds, dragon, and unicorn.

 President Tran Dai Quang on July 23 signed a decision on the suspension of Truong Minh Tuan from his position as the Minister of Information and Communications.

Vietnam has been excluded from multinational groups’ global production chains because of its weak supporting industries.

 As of late July 22, many communes on the bank of Tich River in Hanoi's Quoc Oai district were still deeply under water, with many roadsblocked and many villages isolated.