Vietnam planted a total 12,385ha of coastal forest between 2015-2017 via climate change response and coastal forest protection project for 2015-2020, which raised the coastal forest coverage from 16.9 percent in 2014 to 17 percent last year. 

 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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A HCM City programme to introduce new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses is facing difficulties due to a lack of financial support from the city and poor infrastructure.

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

 “Hoi An Memories” – A dazzling outdoor spectacle reenacting different historical periods of the ancient town of Hoi An has been introduced to visitors since March this year. T

 Travel and Leisure has announced its annual 2018 list of the world’s best cities and Vietnam’s Hoi An is on it.

 Many FIEs taking advantage of investment incentives, Vietnam Airlines signs maintenance service agreement, Financial transparency key to small firms’ credit, Japan steel firm Kyoei to up stake in VIS, HAGL asks for shareholders’ approval

 Children with genetic facial defects receive surgical operations, Southern localities report bumper summer-autumn crop, 2,000 to get free screening for hepatitis B and C in HCM City, Quang Ngai tightens control of illegal fishing

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. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The deputy director of education of Son La Province was involved in wrongdoing in the high school graduation test in which 12 students had their scores in literature illegally increased,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many newly built infrastructure works in HCM City have deteriorated quickly due to frequent tinkering with design and poor quality of work, experts have said.

Watching cable television and accessing the internet are now basic needs for the majority of households in Vietnam, but in many apartment buildings in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City, residents are unable to freely choose ...

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on July 23-29 

Vietnam People’s Army delegation visits China, Deputy PM calls for improvements in disaster, incident response, Vietnam highlights ASEAN-India maritime connectivity, Int’l conference to be held to improve Vietnam’s peacekeeping capacity