If 300-400 more small- and medium-sized hydropower plants are built, the total capacity would be 3,000-4,000 MW, or 15 billion kwh of electricity, according to the VN Environment Administration.

VietNamNet Bridge - The PM’s economic advisory group which was established under a PM’s decision includes 14 members, headed by Dr Vu Viet Ngoan, former chair of the National Finance Supervisory Council.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thai, Japanese and Danish investors are earning trillions of dong from the shares of profitable Vietnamese enterprises they are holding.

 This year’s natural disasters in Viet Nam have caused much severer consequences than the first seven months of 2016.

 The SEA Games 29 women’s football program has released its 2017 schedule for Vietnam, which includes opponents from four different teams as follows:

 The organisers of SEA Games 29 have received 100 million MR (around $23.33 million) from over 300 sponsors, Malaysian Minister of Youths and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin said on August 4.

 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Annual General Meeting 2017, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 1-4, focused on sketching out the ITF strategic vision towards 2024.

Trinh Xuan Thanh, former general director of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation made his first public appearance in the prime-time evening news program broadcast on Thursday by VTV.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government’s threat to dismiss CEOs of public companies which deliberately delay share listing is expected to contribute to a ‘whirlwind’ of shares offered in the last six months of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Invetsment (MPI) has proposed slashing the export tariff to save cement manufacturers facing million tons of cement in stock.

VietNamNet Bridge - The newly released version of the general education curriculum has been applauded by teachers, who say that it is more explicit and more practical.

 From early 2017 till now, many commercial banks have almost reached the lending growth cap set by the State Bank of Vietnam and are now requesting SBV to set a higher credit growth limit to ensure more room for lending.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixty percent of the cinema market in Vietnam is being held by foreign investors, with CGV and Lotte from South Korea the main players.

 The Government will not accept resignations from officials under investigation, according to the Law on Officers and Public Servants, said Mai Tien Dung, Chairman of the Government Office.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday launched the Việt Nam National Action Plan for management of antibiotic use and control of antibiotic resistance in livestock production and aquaculture in the 2017-20 period.

 Vietnam is one of the top 20 countries that are at great risk of malware attacks on personal computers through USB flash drives, CDs and DVDs, according to Kaspersky Lab’s quarter two report on global security.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport to develop solutions needed for Tan Son Nhat International Airport to increase its capacity in the 2017-2018 period.

 The leasehold for home ownership for foreigners in Vietnam will be extended from 50 years to 99 years if the draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units is approved.

 Rich with investment opportunities and positive demographics, ASEAN continues to attract international acquirers according to the latest edition of Spotlight Asia, Kroll’s quarterly M&A newsletter, produced in association with Mergermarket.

 With the total consumption of about 3.8 billion litres of beer each year, Vietnam is an attractive market luring in numerous foreign investors, and in the upcoming period, a Taiwanese brewer may join and heat up the competition.