Vietnamese top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the qualifying round of her strong category -- the women’s 400m medley category of the FINA World Championships.

 The investigation into and trial of many major cases monitored by the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption must be accelerated in the remaining months of 2017 as directed by the committee at its 12th meeting in Hanoi on July 31.

 Doctors from Long Khanh Town General Hospital successfully operated on and reconnected the left arm of a 22-year-old man after it was almost entirely cut off by a power saw.

 As many as 120 foreign and domestic scientists are attending the conference “Nanophysics: From fundamental to applications”, which opened in Quy Nhon city, on July 31 as part of the 13th Recontres du Vietnam (Meet Vietnam) program.

More than 900 Facebook account holders identified by the HCMC Taxation Agency as online traders have declared tax, while 11,000 account holders have not done so, after receiving a message from the taxation body.

Private enterprises should continuously reform and increase competitiveness to contribute 50-60 percent of GDP, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said while addressing the second Vietnam Private Sector Forum held in Hanoi on July 31.

 Neither increased investment in the State-owned sector nor the extraction of resources will be the country’s growth engine during the years to come.

The latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) reveals that State budget revenue for this year as at July 15 stood at VND584.6 trillion ($25.7 billion), equal to 48.2 per cent of the annual plan.

 Although Vietnam’s business community has been the backbone of the country’s market-based economy over the past decades, it has experienced its share of ups and downs.

 Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario began his four-day official visit to Vietnam on July 31 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Mobile service provider MobiFone was voted by mobile users as “the most excellent 4G service quality provider” in a recent survey by the International Data Group (IDG).

Ten commercial banks will have to sprint to be able to meet the Government’s listing deadline on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) by the end of this year.

Vietnam is expected to become the EU’s largest trade partner in ASEAN once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into effect in 2018, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

The Ministry of Finance has refused to reduce tax rates for the coal industry, citing the fact that tax reduction is beyond the Government’s authority.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has advised enterprises to carefully study export regulations of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when conducting business with firms there to avoid suffering losses.

 As the demand for imported beef soars, Australian exporters are strengthening their market share in Viet Nam, but the situation is fraught with risk, experts say.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 30 decided to prosecute six people involved in the case of “Nguyen Van Dai and his accomplices trying to overthrow the people’s administration”.

 Demand for Vietnamese rice is expected to be stable in the third quarter of the year, Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Chairman Huynh The Nang has said.

 The Ministry of Transport has asked the central Government’s approval for privatisation of investments for restoration of infrastructure for the Da Lat – Trai Mat Railroad.

The good performance of macroeconomic indexes has supported the strong rise of the stock market, which has experienced the best six-month period in the last nine years with growth rate of 14.4 percent.