Economic recovery and active legal reforms are bringing Vietnam up in the global mergers and acquisitions market in 2015.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has given the CIMB Group permission to provide wholesale, commercial, and consumer banking services in Vietnam via a wholly-owned subsidiary.

 The Hanoi Transport Department spoke with investors from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 5, on the setting up of smart car parks in the city.

 Vietnam is becoming a hotspot for foreign education investors due to the rising local demand for international training services.

 A new waste water treatment plant, the largest of its kind in the Mekong Delta, was put into operation on Saturday in Tra Noc Industrial Park in Can Tho.

BKAV Corporation has made it to the list Vietnam's top 10 brands for the third consecutive year.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam has warned all banks about the increasing credit card-related crimes and exhorted them to improve oversight and look out for suspicious transactions.

 This week, the State Securities Commission (SSC) will hold a meeting with the two local exchanges, companies and investors to provide instructions to implement decree 60, issued in June to raise foreign ownership in Vietnamese companies.

 The fourth round of negotiations over an agreement to protect tourism resources near Ban Gioc Waterfall between Viet Nam and China was held in Beijing from August 2 to 6.

 More than 7,200 residents of HCM City are using ID numbers that have already been issued to someone else, the Thanh Nien (Youth) Newspapers reported.

 HCM City has sought the Government's permission to earmark VND300 billion (US$13.8 million) a year for dredging the Soai Rap River, which connects the city with the East Sea.

 The southern region could experience power shortages in the next three weeks due to low coal supplies at the region's key thermal power plants, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international conference gathering more than 100 Vietnamese and foreign scholars here on Saturday confirmed once again the glorious life and literary work of great poet Nguyen Du (18th century),

 The USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), a hospital ship, is headed for the Danang Port where it will complete a 12 day humanitarian mission on August 17-28 as part of the on-going US Navy-led Pacific Partnership 2015 (PP15) mission.

 The central province of Quang Ngai passed a project on August 7 to turn Ly Son Island into a sea preservation zone in an effort to develop the island sustainably.

 HCM City will host the UMB World Cup beginning August 10, to be held for the first time in Vietnam.

 Nguyen Thi Anh Vien set a new personal best at the World Swimming Championships, which closed on August 9 in Kazan, Russia.

 Nearly 100 maps along with many documents, objects and publications proving Vietnam ’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam beat the drum to kick off the first international Vietnamese traditional martial arts championship – Thang Long Cup, at the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium in Hanoi on August 9.

 The Vietnamese Cultural Days in the US kicked off in Washington D.C. on August 8 to mark the 20th founding anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties (1995-2015).