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Cam Ranh airport security police established, Blood drive 2016 wraps up, National Volunteer Award 2016 launched in Hanoi, Guards on China border seize three kilos of drugs, Requiem for AO/dioxin victims held in Hai Phong

Foreign investors pour $57 million into VN stock market in July

VietNamNet Bridge – In July the stock market of Vietnam saw the highest VN-index in the last eight years. Foreign investors’ purchases in the month also reached a record high in 2016.

Visiting riverside Kim Lan pottery village

Lying on the banks of Red River, Kim Lan pottery village in Gia Lam district, Hanoi has a more than 1,000 year-history of making of ceramics.

Daewoo E&C decides site to implement $2.7 billion thermal power

Korean Daewoo E&C has picked Phuoc Vinh Dong commune in the southern province of Long An as the site to construct its proposed $2.7 billion coal-fired thermal power plant.

Typhoon ‘Nida’ weakened into low depression

 The latest weather news from the National Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center showed that the country's second storm of this year- Nida landed in Hong Kong (China) this morning.

Big names to join Hanoi film fest

VietNamNet Bridge – French director Regis Wargnier and actress Catherine Deneuve of Indochina will attend the 4th Ha Noi International Film Festival (HANIFF), which will take place during November 1-5 a month

Vietnam secures fourth place at Asian volleyball tourney

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam ended in fourth place at the Asian SMM 18th Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship after losing to Thailand in the third-place playoff in Thailand on July 31.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/8

 Foreign firms keen on old building renovation projects in HCM City, New firms surge in first 7 months, SeABank, BRG Group and Michinoku Bank sign agreement, BIDV's total assets' worth touches $41bn

Biggest chicken legs in Vietnam weigh 1kg/leg

VietNamNet Bridge – A man named Giang Tuan Truong from Tan Tien village in Khoai Chau district of the northern province of Hung Yen owns the biggest pair of Dong Tao chicken legs in Vietnam.

Ha Long Bay among Top 3 places to visit in Southeast Asia

Ha Long Bay has been ranked third in a list of the 29 Best Places to Visit in Southeast Asia by Touropia, an international travel website.

Buyers line up for LafargeHolcim’s Vietnam divestment

  Foreign and Vietnam’s state-owned cement companies are racing to tender offers for LafargeHolcim in Vietnam’s divestment.

Ministries disagree on Chinese-funded highway project

MOT believes Vietnam should borrow $300 million from China if it chooses Chinese contractors for the highway project, while the ministries of Planning & Investment (MPI) and Finance (MOF) say Vietnam needs to be more cautious about the project.

Parents stress ‘obedience’ when educating children: survey

VietNamNet Bridge - A sociological survey by Dr Nguyen Khanh Trung has shown an interesting perspective about the difference in how Vietnamese and French parents educate their children.

OVs in Japan calls on China to respect PCA’s ruling

Vietnamese expats in Fukuoka and Hiroshima cities of Japan and peace-loving Japanese people went on a march on July 31 to ask China to respect the recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Vietnam sets up tourism training association

A tourism training association of Vietnam was set up at a congress in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1 with a view to fostering manpower development in the industry.  

Lang Son: Death, life sentences given on traffickers of 60kg of heroin

 The People’s Court of the northern border province of Lang Son has pronounced two capital and two life sentences in a drug trafficking case involving 162 bricks of heroin that weigh over 60kg in total.

Vietnam Airlines reschedules flights due to Typhoon Nida

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced its plan to reschedule flights from/to Hong Kong and Guangzhou (China) on August 2 due to Typhoon Nida.

PM receives incoming German Ambassador

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed newly accredited Ambassador from Germany Christian Berger in Hanoi on August 1.

Cabinet members discuss revision of business laws

The draft law on amendments and supplements of laws on business and investment drew attention from Cabinet members at the Government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on August 1.

Vietnam Airlines called ‘unprofessional’ after network security incident

VietNamNet Bridge - Regarding the cyberattacks at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat Airports on July 29, experts from BKAV, Vietnam's leading network security firm, believe that Vietnam Airlines’ computers might have been controlled by spyware.