Howard Limbert, the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) Expedition Leader in Vietnam and Technical Director and safety advisor for Oxalis Adventures, and Nguyen Chau A, general director of Oxalis Adventures, have just returned

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high-level appeals court in Hanoi yesterday upheld the prison sentences of three defendants for conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Dak R’Lap District General Hospital has received five patients with A/H1N1 virus since early this month in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

Over 2.8 trillion VND raised from G-bonds, Country’s most modern poultry processing plant built in Thanh Hoa, Opportunities, challenges for accounting, auditing in Industry 4.0, Da Nang Port handles over 774,000 tonnes of cargo in June

 HCM City police complimented for anti-terrorism efforts, Training course on UXO actions opened for military officials, Vietnam attends World Cities Summit in Singapore, Young scientists voluntarily join agricultural restructuring

VietNamNet Bridge - Many banks have succeeded in scaling up their operation through M&As, but others have taken on new burdens.

VietNamNet Bridge - The strong rise of online sales has brought great opportunities to the transport industry, especially light cargo transport. 

 The derivatives market proved its attractiveness when the value of transactions in the second quarter doubled the amount recorded in the previous quarter to over 417.7 trillion VND (18.4 billion USD), according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to actively and proactively direct monetary policy.

 Twenty-one socio-economic projects in Hanoi are likely to lag behind schedule in 2020, reported Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen in a meeting on July 10 between Hanoi’s leaders and heads of districts.

 The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau is preparing to evacuate local residents in areas prone to landslides as it braces for complicated weather over the next few days.

The average room rate for five-star hotels in Vietnam in 2017 recovered from a 2.2 percent decline from the previous year, picking up 4.2 percent to 107.6 USD, according to a recent survey by Grant Thornton.  

 The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee has decided to issue a warning as a disciplinary measure against the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Chairman of PetroVietnam Tran Sy Thanh and Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian gas group Gazprom Alexey Miller discussed a broad array of future cooperation fields at their recent working session in Moscow.

 Automobile sales in the two first quarters of 2018 went down 6 percent compared to the same period last year to reach 125,659 units, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAVA) reported on July 10. 

Congratulations to Thailand on successful rescue of trapped football team, NA Standing Committee to convene 25th session on July 11, Prime Minister chairs meeting on special administrative-economic units

 The Vietnam Timber and Forest Production Association (VIFORES) has called on the forestry industry to keep a close eye on US-China trade war developments in order to be able to respond quickly. 

 Vietnam Airlines is to change its operation plan for flights from and to airports in Taipei and Kaohsiung of Taiwan during July 10-11 for safety reasons as Typhoon Maria is forecast to hit the region on July 10.

 The massive increase in the number of M&A deals involving foreign investors is putting pressure on Vietnam’s plastics industry.

 After a long period of decline, the last two years have seen an increase in output of giant river prawns in the Mekong Delta.