Citi is expected to receive an in-principle official Letter of Acceptance from State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh for the bank’s plans to set up a local subsidiary in Vietnam at a signing ceremony in Washington D.C. yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – About 23 artists from Ha Noi and the central Hue City will display their paintings, sculptures and art installations inspired by circles at an exhibition in downtown Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang asked all police forces to help investigate the murder of six members of a family in Binh Phuoc Province and quickly find the killers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The battle for the Number 1 position in the coffee market has never cooled down.

 The Ca Mau People's Committee has petitioned Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung for permission to build a US$2.5 billion seaport in the southernmost province.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new tool similar to a "selfie-stick" has been given to workers collecting data from electricity meters. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 56,173 Vietnamese labourers, including 16,942 women, worked overseas in the first six months of the year, a 1.7 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.

 The family of 14-year-old swimmer Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram has insisted on moving to the United States for her continuous studying despite local authorities’ demand for compensation to her training costs.

 The Toyota Mekong Club Championship 2015 was introduced to the public at a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand on July 7.

 The central city of Da Nang is diversifying a number of its high-quality tourism products and services to attract more visitors from home and abroad.

 The 2015 Vietnam-Taiwan forum for digital technology was held on July 7 in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the era of digital economy with a focus on cloud banking services and e-commerce.

 Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in October.

 Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan presented the Friendship Order to Professor Tran Thanh Van and his wife Professor Le Kim Ngoc on July 8 for their contributions to science and childcare and protection in Vietnam.

Vietnam and France have had a number of cooperative activities in energy, including oil and gas exploration, exploitation and processing as well as technology transfer, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung.

 Army welcomes guests from Lao military training department, VFF Presidium discusses reform of religious, ethnic work, Ninh Binh urged to focus on key industries, Rural development movement brought to life

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received outgoing Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam Franz Jessen in Hanoi on July 8.

 The Washington Times front-paged an article entitled “A new era in US-Vietnam relations: visit by leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam signals the importance of partnership”.

 US senator John McCain welcomed Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the US parliament building in Washington on July 8.

 Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence and the United States Department of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 7 regarding United Nations peacekeeping.

Phan Tram Anh, 21, a third-year student at the National Economics University, has been chosen from a pool of 3,200 Vietnamese students to represent Viet Nam and join the United Nations Alliance of Civilisation