The Vietnamese women’s and men’s futsal teams will face defending champions Thailand in the opener of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 18, per the event’s draw.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh participated in the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) opened in Manila, the Philippines, on August 5.

 Singapore has refused to replace the Philippines as host of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30).

 ASEAN foreign ministers on August 5 reached a consensus on a draft framework for a code of conduct (COC) of parties in the East Sea.

 Modern life and technology have brought many comforts to human kind. However, for many people, simple and ordinary toys like bamboo dragonflies still hold some luster. 

 Last weekend, a Facebook rant by the mother of a 15-year-old boy against the way he was treated by the police aroused a lot of sympathy and condemnation.

In the southeast region, a curious phenomenon of foreign direct investment firms ‘recommending’ long-time employees to resign has cropped up. In return, these employees receive a hefty one-time payment.

Vietnamese Women’s Grandmaster Vo Thi Kim Phung, 24, has etched her name in the Asian Continental Chess Championships in China and Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship in the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge - Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical (BSR) is seeking a $1.26 billion government-guaranteed loan out of the total $1.8 billion needed to upgrade the Dung Quat Oil Refinery. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors are planning to make electric cars in Vietnam, but the infrastructure for electric car development is poor, with no charge stations.

If 300-400 more small- and medium-sized hydropower plants are built, the total capacity would be 3,000-4,000 MW, or 15 billion kwh of electricity, according to the VN Environment Administration.

VietNamNet Bridge - The PM’s economic advisory group which was established under a PM’s decision includes 14 members, headed by Dr Vu Viet Ngoan, former chair of the National Finance Supervisory Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Efficient management of the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve has fostered an abundance of precious giant fish, making it an exciting place to visit.

 More murals seen on city walls, VN-US diabetes programme enters 2nd phase, 2,000 infertile couples to be checked for free, 32 auctions in two stock exchanges in H1, Around 23 countries to participate in the 2017 Int’l Travel Expo

VietNamNet Bridge - Thai, Japanese and Danish investors are earning trillions of dong from the shares of profitable Vietnamese enterprises they are holding.

 This year’s natural disasters in Viet Nam have caused much severer consequences than the first seven months of 2016.

 The SEA Games 29 women’s football program has released its 2017 schedule for Vietnam, which includes opponents from four different teams as follows:

 Tourism managerial agencies and travel companies suggested measures to attract more foreign tourists to Vietnam at a meeting in Hanoi on August 3.

 The organisers of SEA Games 29 have received 100 million MR (around $23.33 million) from over 300 sponsors, Malaysian Minister of Youths and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin said on August 4.

 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Annual General Meeting 2017, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 1-4, focused on sketching out the ITF strategic vision towards 2024.