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 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has formed a dispute panel to settle Viet Nam’s complaint against the anti-dumping measures put in place by the United States on Vietnamese fish fillets.

Vietnam crushed the Philippines 6-1 in the fourth match of Group A at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-16 Championship on Saturday following their 4-2 loss to hosts hosts Indonesia last Thursday.

 The Ministry of Transport has announced plans to limit the cargo handled at HCM City’s Cat Lai Port since volumes are exceeding its handling capacity, exerting pressure on the city’s transport infrastructure.

The southeastern region offers favourable conditions for the cultivation of major industrial crops such as rubber, coconut trees and pepper vines, all of which earn high profits, but challenges remain as yields have decreased for various reasons.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat lost to defending champions Thang Long Warriors 62-73 in the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League on August 5.

Viet Nam women’s national football team were beaten by two goals to nil by Okayama Club in a friendly match in Japan yesterday.

 Art lovers  have a chance to enjoy the surreal work of Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa at a video exhibition in the Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese women’s team won two silver medals at the 2018 Asian Team Chess Championship which wrapped up in Iran over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U23 team won their second game in a row at the U23 International Championship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 by defeating U23 Oman 1-0 on Sunday at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three years after beginning a pilot programme to buy solar power at VND2,000 (8.7 US cents) per kWh generated in homes and offices, HCM City has signed up 290 consumers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts earlier this year all predicted that there would be a high number of M&A deals in the banking sector this year. However, this has not occurred.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,700 households in three remote communes in the mountainous province of Lai Chau are temporarily isolated due to prolonged heavy rains, 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has engaged in a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings as part of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related events in Singapore

Hydropower projects in the central province of Nghe An are causing problems for local people due to poor planning that has damaged the environment and led to the threat of damn breaches during the rainy season.

Vietnamese students enjoyed a successful World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) 2018, with three teams bringing home gold medals and one team bagging a silver medal.

 Nearly 150 elementary and junior high school students participated in the 2018 International Youth Robotic Competition, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Thi Bich, a 60-year-old diabetic patient from the northern province of Ninh Binh, has regular check-ups at the National Hospital of Endocrinology in Hanoi. 

 The recent 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-51) and other related meetings hosted by Singapore have secured many important outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung told the media recently.

 Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, has announced plans to restore a palace in the former royal citadel in an attempt to give visitors a glimpse at how the former kings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) lived.