Four months after the deadline set by the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) for resolving cross ownership in the banking system, the problem persists.

The Mexican Institute for Friendship and Cooperation with Vietnam and Poland’s Saint Stanislaw Brotherhood have voiced their support for the recent ruling of the PCA on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 20 kilometers from the resort town of Dalat, Da Sar Commune in Lac Duong District in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is an agricultural area which has many pine hills.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a 3-month renovation project, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers is going to re-launch its 2,500 square meters of meeting space this July.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met his counterparts of Norway, New Zealand and Canada on July 26 – the final day of the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a series of events related to the 49 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the sixth East Asia Summit and the 23 rd ASEAN Regional Forum in Vientiane, Laos on July 26.

 President Tran Dai Quang has proposed candidates for the positions of Vice President, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and Professor John A.Quelch from Harvard Business School discussed the development prospects of Vietnam during their meeting in Hanoi on July 26.

VietNamNet Bridge – Oppo and Samsung are dominating the cheap smartphone segment (priced less than VND4 million or $180), which previously belonged to Nokia and other big names.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese businessmen have lost billions of dong worth of their assets in a number of high-profile divorce cases.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A new investment plan has been ratified by the Hanoi City People's Committee with the aim of promoting the development of the “mountainous region” of the capital city.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is urging local footwear makers to further invest in support industries instead of depending excessively on imported raw materials and losing out on profits and competitiveness.

Vietnam needs to find solutions to the increasing number of hydropower dams being built in regional countries. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers have suggested removing the essays on English tests for the high-school final exam.

 Top Vietnamese and foreign singers will spark the central city of Da Nang during Cocofest on August 26-27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of District 3 in HCM City has remanded Tran Quoc Quy, 15, in custody for allegedly robbing a smart phone from a Russian tourist early last week.

 A recent report from the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) reveals that the number of real estate transactions has stagnated and there has been a clear trend towards the high-end segment.

A tropical storm has strengthened slightly throughout the day on July 26 and is expected to extend its fast-moving bands of heavy rains and strong winds as the system moves toward the north-eastern region of the Hoang Sa (Paracel).

 Fencing star Vu Thanh An will carry the Vietnamese flag at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on August 5, the Vietnam Olympic Committee has said.

Hagiwara Seiji, Mayor of Mimasaka city of Japan’s Okayama prefecture, on July 26, was awarded with an Honourary Doctorate Degree from Da Nang University, for his contributions to promoting links between the Japanese city and the university.