The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on July 29 signed the implementation agreements for two new technical cooperation programmes.

 Jonathan Dunn has taken over as the chief representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Vietnam, replacing outgoing Sanjay Kalra Kahn who has finished his four-year tenure.

 The number of international tourists to Vietnam bounced back in July with 593,566 arrivals, up 12.1 percent over the previous month and 5.1 percent against the same period last year.

 The 400-metre zip-line over the Chay River to the entrance of Toi Cave (Dark Cave) in the central province of Quang Binh was recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) as the longest zip-line route in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a letter of intent to promote green energy sustainability in Vietnam in Hanoi on July 29.

 Nobel Laureate Dr. Jerome Isaac Friedman had a talk on quarks to students and science lovers in Quy Nhon city in central Binh Dinh province on July 28.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently gave the green light to pilot favourable policies that will help develop a Republic of Korea-funded technology nursery located in the O Mon industrial park in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

 Following breakthroughs in socio-economic development in recent years, many major real estate projects have been launched in Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong.

All the favorable conditions for the stock market to prosper can be seen at this moment: open policies, the strong recovery of the economy, interest of international investors, and strong capital flow to frontier markets.

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee signed a decision on July 29 to establish a Tourism Department separate from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a programme on public utility telecommunication services from now to 2020.

 President Truong Tan Sang has called on the nation to make all-out efforts to optimise opportunities and overcome difficulties in a rapidly changing world while pushing comprehensive and synchronous reform and innovation ahead.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on July 29 called at the Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company in the Noi Bai Airport where he had a look at an Airbus A350-900 aircraft recently delivered to the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

 Vietnam and the UK issued a joint statement following the talks between Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the visiting UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Hanoi on July 29. Following is the full text of the joint statement:

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 40,000 students received a 0-1 score in math on the national high school final exam, shocking many teachers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern midland province of Phu Tho is where palm trees can be found in the middle of paddy fields.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed ministries, agencies and coastal localities to strengthen the planning and management of real estate projects in coastal areas.

Vietnam will begin checking exhaust emissions from motorbikes in the central city of Danang in July 2018 and in other major cities two years later, according to a draft regulation submitted by Vietnam Registry to the Ministry of Transport.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some state-owned economic groups and general corporations have publicised their business performances, including managers’ incomes. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – To Hoai Nam, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Association of SMEs, spoke to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about a lack of legal information.