VietNamNet Bridge - Phan Minh Ngoc, an economist, analyses the indexes to show the health of Vietnamese banks.

Thanks to its strong expansion on the international markets, favorable exchange rate movements, the launch of new services, Viettel made a profit of $43.5 million from overseas markets in the first half of 2017.

Around 313,700 houses will be renovated and/or built for Vietnamese citizens in recognition of their contribution to the nation in the second phase of the national housing aid project.

 The National Youth Chinese Chess Championship will be organised in HCM City from August 2 to 12.

 Vietnam secured one more gold at the ninth World Shuttlecock Championships in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

 Fifteen rock bands from ASEAN countries as well as Japan will play at Vietnam’s biggest rock concert, the SoundSlam Festival 2017, in HCM City on August 5.

 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday said it expected the memory chip boom to continue in the current quarter, after reporting a record operating profit for the three months through June.

 A Long An-based company on Tuesday said it has sued HCM City Waterway Police Department for “illegally seizing its vessels and causing a loss of VNĐ34.4 billion (US$1.5 million)”.

 High school students are involved in 90 per cent of child-related traffic accidents in Hanoi, both as drivers of motorbikes and bicycles, and victims.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Health Ministry and related ministries to arrange devices to quickly check food quality at markets and trade centres.

 Tropical storm Sonca, the fourth to strike the East Sea and third to hit Vietnam this year, has led to floods and extensive damage to agriculture, infrastructure and houses in central region.

 A Russian man suspected of being the anonymous mastermind behind one of the world's oldest crypto-currency exchanges and of laundering at least $4 billion has been arrested in Greece, 

 Police of the southern province of Tay Ninh have recently detained three men for smuggling 10 pieces of rhino horn weighing about five kilograms.

 Vietnam wants to promote relations with Paraguay in various fields, particularly trade and culture, based on the sound political relations between the two countries.

 Major milestones in Vietnam-Laos ties

 Vietnam faces rapid population ageing

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has called for efforts to drastically implement solutions to crimes with heed paid to raising public awareness of the fight.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Wellington capital city on July 26, starting his three-day official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of his counterpart Paula Bennett.

The export value of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached 20.45 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, up 14.7 percent against the same period last year.

A candle-lighting ceremony in honour of war heroes and martyrs took place at the Truong Son National Martyrs Cemetery in Quang Tri on July 26 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day.