Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to support a request by Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd (BSR) to adopt a more favourable policy to help its Dung Quat oil refinery compete with imported petroleum products.

 Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hanoi on August 10. 

The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will cease in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho from August 15, 2016. 

 Vaccines against pneumonia, diarrhoea and the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer will be added to the national immunisation programme, with support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. 

 Foreign certified professional caregivers, including those from Vietnam will be allowed to work at patients’ homes from April, 2017, according to a recent decision by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. 

 Up to 44 percent of consumers whose rights were violated when purchasing goods do not report the problem, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) reported on August 12. 

 Ho Chi Minh City is considering two proposals, one from a Swiss company, to build public toilets.

 Downpours, triggered by an intertropical convergence zone across the north of Vietnam since August 13, have taken their toll in some provinces.

 A Milwaukee policeman whose fatal shooting of a suspect sparked overnight rioting in the U.S. Midwestern city appeared to have acted lawfully after the man turned toward him with a gun in his hand,

 The armies of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to intensify their cooperation in liaison information in order to deepen the two countries’ defence relations. 

 Ba Ria-Vung Tau is becoming a hit with tourists, due to its 300-kilometre coastline of sandy shores and resort destinations.

VietNamNet Bridge - Big changes in key personnel in the banking sector are occurring as the bank restructuring process gears up.

VietNamNet Bridge - Junior colleges fear they may not find enough students this year, even though the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has allowed them to enroll students based on high-school marks.

VietNamNet Bridge - The live streaming market has become competitive with the presence of many platforms and apps on mobile phones provided by international players and domestic firms.

VietNamNet Bridge - The lack of cooperation from China and its erratic methods of water storage and discharge has placed Vietnam in a passive mode when using water from the Red River.

Photography Exhibition “A Far Cry From Home” by JuLie Vola will open at ClickSpace Coworking & Spacebar Cafe in Hanoi on August 13.

 The exhibition aims to introduce the quintessence of Vietnamese folk painting with 12 types of folk paintings of collector Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign businesses have invested in their own companies but have also contributed capital to thousands of Vietnamese companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The hacking of the Vietnam Airlines website at the Ha Noi and HCM City airports has signaled Viet Nam’s possible vulnerability to malware attacks.

 HCM City's IIP surges 7% in seven months, Power sector asked to help reduce housing costs, Vehicle ban planned near HCMC airport, Hospital wants to stop equitization, Exporters warned of stricter rules ahead of TPP