Domestic garment and textile firms have, for the most part, missed out on the much-touted benefits of free trade agreements (FTAs) that Viet Nam has signed, experts said at seminar yesterday.

 More than 200 domestic and international artists will perform at the 11th Arts Festival Autumn Melodies slated for August 19-27 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Traders producing and importing milk and food supplements for children under 6 years old will be allowed to self-determine the retail prices for their products.

 A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Khon Kaen, Thailand, on August 2 visited Vietnamese families in Thailand’s northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon province affected by the recent floods. 

U.S. scientists have succeeded in altering the genes of a human embryo to correct a disease-causing mutation, making it possible to prevent the defect from being passed on to future generations.

Chairman of Ha Noi’s People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has asked relevant departments and investors to plan out a response to the Government Inspectorate (GI)’s conclusion on wrongdoings ....

 U.S. retail giant Amazon.com unveiled the location of its first warehouse in Australia on Thursday, picking an industrial area outside Melbourne in a major step towards launching operations in the world's 12th-largest economy.

 U.S. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration.

 The cyber attack that crippled Ukraine businesses and spread worldwide to shut down shipping ports, factories and businesses has taken a costly toll on the results of major U.S. and European companies ...

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese bankers have been warned that they should beware of not only well-known banks from Japan, UK, Singapore and the US, but rivals from South Korea as well.

Deputy director of the HCM City’s Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung on Wednesday instructed city districts to speed up the opening of new general healthcare clinics for patients with HIV.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American musician Vu Thanh An, 74, begins a five-city tour in Viet Nam this week. 

 Vietnamese businessman Mai Huu Tin has been voted the president of the World Vovinam Federation from 2017 to 2022.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province yesterday.

 Future Shorts returns to HCM City, Local rock bands to perform at Yoko Café, Garage Sale event at Manzi for charity, Young artists showcased at arts centre

 Microwave, one of Viet Nam’s biggest rock bands, will perform live at Polygon Musik tomorrow night.

 The capital city of Hanoi is reporting a dengue fever fatality in a man who lived in the district of Ha Dong, according to a statement by the city department of health on Wednesday, August 2.

 A huge contingent of 681 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 32 of 38 sporting events at the upcoming SEA Games 29.

 Earlier today torrential rain and flashfloods killed at least five people and left 12 missing in the Muong La District, northern Son La Province and Mu Cang Chai District, Yen Bai Province.

 One in every three travelers who make online hotel bookings uses the smartphone, the second highest ratio behind laptops in terms of devices used for online bookings, according to a recent report from marketing company Criteo.