Believing that it is too costly and unnecessary to organize a national high-school final exam for all students, some educators have proposed holding the exam for 30 percent of the worst-performing students.

Walking on beaches in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, visitors will see local fishermen stay in stilt houses to catch fish using an original method which has existed for decades.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono co-chaired the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok on August 1.

Food and beverage industry and telecommunications continued to dominate the list of Vietnam’s top 10 most valuable brands in 2019 with the most representatives.

The National Swimming and Finswimming Clubs Championship will be held on August 5-9 at the Thanh Hoa Province’s Sun Sport Complex.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh shared ASEAN member states’ stance on the significance of the ASEAN – US strategic partnership at the ASEAN – US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1.

Two former policemen from Son La Province Police have been prosecuted for stealing 11kg of drugs, Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper reported.

The 12th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 1, on the sidelines of the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52).

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has signed an instruction asking organisations in the health sector to strictly minimise plastic waste.

Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security Lt. Gen. Luong Tam Quang answered reporters’ queries about the raid on a major gambling ring led by Chinese nationals in Hai Phong during the government’s press conference on August 1.

The Cat Bi airport in Hai Phong and Van Don airport in Quang Ninh will be temporarily closed from 12:00 on August 2 to 12:00 on August 3 due to the approaching storm Wipha.

The Executive Committee of the Party Organisation of  Binh province on August 1 decided to discipline two Party members for their involvement in the national high school graduation exam cheating scandal last year.

Ho Chi Minh City’s police on August 1 embarked on a campaign to disseminate traffic rules among foreigners in the city.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar co-chaired the 10th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok on August 1.

Vietnam will actively work with other ASEAN member states to expand and deepen practical and effective cooperative relations between the bloc and its partners in different fields, said Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. ​

The accumulated losses of Pizza Hut and The Pizza Company in Vietnam have reached VND334 billion and VND263 billion, respectively. But they are continuing to pour money into the Vietnamese market.

Due to lack of a legal framework, the condotel market remained tight through the first half of the year.

CPI slightly increases in July

Vietnam has a trade surplus of $20 billion a year with the US, while the current account surplus is over 2 percent of GDP per annum.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has been inked, and is expected to usher in immense opportunities for Vietnam to expand its trade and investment ties with EU member states.