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VietNamNet Bridge - The number of smartphone sales declined slightly last month, but consumers continued to spend more on high-end products.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Students only need to get a 12.75 score out of 30 on three exam subjects to be eligible to apply for pedagogical schools. 

 28 talented Vietnamese youth will represent Vietnam to join in SSEAYP 2017 (Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program).

Since the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Vietnam has become a potential market for regional retailers. 

 Foreign investors are rushing to open convenience store chains in Vietnam, which is forecast to become the fastest-growing convenience store market in Asia by 2021.

VietNamNet Bridge - With an aim to promote tourism, local provincial authorities are calling on airlines to open air routes to their areas. Some provinces are even willing to compensate airlines’ losses during the first phase of operation.

The People’s Court of My Duc district, Hanoi, on August 8 opened the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Dong Tam commune. 

 Vietnam’s stock market has 23 companies valued at over US$1 billion and most of them have reported higher business results in the first half of this year.

 The authorities of Dak Nong Province are calling for the government to complete a road which is causing huge travel problems.

 Significant sites in major cities of Vietnam will be lit up simultaneously on the night of August 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

 Hospitals across Hanoi are at full capacity treating dengue fever patients.

Vietnam successfully fulfilled its role as rotational Chairman of the ASEAN Committee in Paris from April to July, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese startups complain that they still find it difficult to get capital from angel and venture investors even though many investment funds have been established.

 HCM City has an average 30,000 newly-registered vehicles per month with the majority being motorbikes, said a municipal police officer.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with his counterparts from New Zealand, the US, China and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on August 7.

Vietnam is committed, along with other member countries, to build a united and self-reliant ASEAN Community, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN today.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has stressed the need for ASEAN 3, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum to promote cooperation on the basis of ensuring ASEAN’s central role. 

 Listed coal producers recorded profits during the second quarter and first half of 2017, but the the second half of the year may not be so promising due to large stockpiles, adverse weather and technological and geological barriers.

To meet the demand for clothes and ancillary materials for outsourcing enterprises by 2025, Vietnam needs some US$22 billion invested in textile and dyeing.