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.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has demanded that all corresponding government departments, agencies and institutions to adjust policies as part of an “action-minded” government, to unburden Vietnamese firms of unnecessary business regulations.

The Vietnam Steel Association is calling on the Government to maintain a series of quality and management controls in the steel industry since trade fraud in steel imports is still high.

 Viet Nam is taking part in an international auction being held today by Bangladesh on bids to import 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a flag raising ceremony in Hanoi on August 8 on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN and 22 years of Vietnam’s membership in the association.

 A Christian bible school will be set up under the management of the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Church after the denomination received a permit from the PM at a ceremony held in in HCM City on August 7.

 In the southeast region, a curious phenomenon of foreign direct investment firms ‘recommending’ long-time employees to resign has cropped up. In return, these employees receive a hefty one-time payment.

 The National Wage Council has agreed to propose a region-based minimum wage increase of 6.5 percent for 2018 to the Government for consideration.

Vietnam, Cambodia established diplomatic ties in June, 1967, which is a major milestone in the solidarity, traditional friendship between the two nations.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung met Director of the UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim Hanoi on August 8.

Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened in Quy Nhon city on August 7.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted the significance of ensuring peace and stability, including maritime security, as the shared interest of all states in and outside the region.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on August 7 said that it has issued a temporary detention warrant for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation.