Vietnamese are wasting many good agricultural products as they sell them as raw materials instead of processing them for added value. 

 Heavy rains in recent days have caused severe flooding in the northern mountainous provinces of Son La and Dien Bien.

 Domestic mobile carriers VinaPhone and Viettel have slashed charges for data roaming services for subscribers, helping them stay connected at an extremely low rate when going abroad.

 PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV Oil)  still cannot launch a much-awaited initial public offering in July as scheduled, the second time it has missed the deadline in the past couple of months.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc discussed various issues while chairing the Government’s regular meeting on August 3, asking officials to take measures to ensure their sectors and agencies reach this year’s growth targets.

 The Mekong Delta has 152 doctors of five rare specialities and by 2020, over half of senior doctors will retire.

 It is estimated that 38 big hospitals will accept test results carried out by other facilities from August 1 aiming to cut medical charges for patients and it is hoped to save $10.1 million  a year.

Daily radio broadcasts on loudspeakers in Hanoi’s four central districts of Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung, will be suspended until the end of 2018.

 The northern region will have rains and rainstorm from now on to August 6 according to the Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecast Central.

 Danang City Department of Transport said on August 2 that they hadn't allowed Uber and Grab Car to operate yet despite an advertisement about Uber's pilot run posted on the internet.

 Former chairman of Southern Bank and Vice Chairman of Sacombank Tram Be has been arrested in a case that caused USD400m to go missing from the banking system.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has rejected a proposal to shut down a major iron mine over concerns that it poses risks to the environment.

 Domestic garment and textile firms have, for the most part, missed out on the much-touted benefits of free trade agreements (FTAs) that Viet Nam has signed, experts said at seminar yesterday.

 Traders producing and importing milk and food supplements for children under 6 years old will be allowed to self-determine the retail prices for their products.

 A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Khon Kaen, Thailand, on August 2 visited Vietnamese families in Thailand’s northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon province affected by the recent floods. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese bankers have been warned that they should beware of not only well-known banks from Japan, UK, Singapore and the US, but rivals from South Korea as well.

 Vietnamese businessman Mai Huu Tin has been voted the president of the World Vovinam Federation from 2017 to 2022.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province yesterday.

 The capital city of Hanoi is reporting a dengue fever fatality in a man who lived in the district of Ha Dong, according to a statement by the city department of health on Wednesday, August 2.

 A huge contingent of 681 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 32 of 38 sporting events at the upcoming SEA Games 29.