Analog television signals will be switched off in 15 cities and provinces on August 15, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.

 The Viet Nam Software Association has launched a programme to choose Viet Nam’s top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

 Information and communication technology group FPT Corporation has sold six million shares or 30 per cent of its stake in FPT Digital Retail JSC to funds managed by and associated with Dragon Capital and VinaCapital.

 A lull in the HCM City real estate market is pushing developers to offer promotions to bring back buyers.

A new circular that allows traders and importers to set retail prices of milk products for children below six years has not been well thought out and will be difficult to follow, enterprises say. 

 The Greenovation Challenge contest, aimed at seeking initiatives to solve plastic waste issues in Viet Nam, has been launched in Hanoi. 

The Ngoc Son dumping site, the sole collection point for waste generated by thousands of households in Nghe An central province, has been overloaded for a couple of years, polluting residential areas and threatening to contaminate a nearby reservoir.

 Hosts HCM City finished on top of the National Junior Chinese Chess Championship which closed yesterday.

 The central province of Quang Nam plans to restore a 80ha forest as habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs living in Dong Co Village, Tam My Tay Commune.

 Pop singer Ha Anh Tuan will perform at the “New York – City of Dreams” concert for overseas Vietnamese in New York on August 19.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is promoting community tourism on Cồn Sơn Islet in Binh Thuy District.

 Two stones found at a construction site in Quang Ngai City last week are vestiges of a complex of Cham towers that used to stand in the area more than a millennia ago, officials believe.

 For the last 17 years, a special school in HCM City’s District 7 has been providing a priceless service to children of poor migrant workers struggling to eke out a living.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has scrapped construction permits for individual houses on a trial basis in residential areas where the 1/500 scale detailed planning is complete.

 Lam Dong Province has petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to grant funds for repairing 28 reservoirs that threaten production and livelihoods of local residents.

 The National Assembly’s Standing Committee (NASC) on Thursday rubbished a proposal to abandon a criminal records form, stressing its irreplaceable role in criminal investigations.

 As many as 2,600 delegates will make it to the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings (SOM 3) expected to open in HCM City next Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has announced.

The competition in the market is heating up and luxury hotel developers are struggling to scramble for clients. Still, the market is large enough thanks to the increasing number of travelers to Vietnam.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man had a meeting with Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou on August 11 as part of his working visit to Laos. 

As many as 100 43-inch smart TVs, worth over $70,400 in total, will be awarded to Vietnamese gold medalists at the SEA Games 29 to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from August 19-30.