Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and the Lao capital city of Vientiane have agreed to foster and expand their cooperation in the time ahead and approve cooperation orientations for the 2017-2020 period.

 Khanh Hoa province authorities have set a 2018 operation deadline for a new runway under construction at Cam Ranh International Airport.

 Thai Son Nam Club of Vietnam came from behind to clinch the third place in the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after a 6-1 victory over Qatar’s Al Rayyan in HCM City on July 30.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam triumphed in the women’s 51kg muay Thai category at the World Games in Poland on July 30.

 Vietnam's northern provinces, including the capital city of Hanoi, and the central province of Thanh Hoa are experiencing a blistering heat wave, according to National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

 While stocks are set to rise this week, concerns remain as listed companies are about to finish releasing their second-quarter earnings reports, putting the market in a period where there is not much information forthcoming, analysts say.

 Nearly 4,200 units of blood were collected from the youth and other volunteers in the final collection drive of the annual blood-donation campaign Hanh trinh do (Red Journey) 2017.

 The Sai Gon Phat Thinh Rating Joint Stock Company has been licensed by the Ministry of Finance to provide credit rating services, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The stable political certainties in Vietnam and high GDP growth rate have created a firm foundation for the next development stage of the real estate market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Trinh Van Sy from Bao Loc district in Lam Dong province is one of the best-known orchid collectors in the country.

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) estimates that Vietnam would need 600,000 workers in the IT industry by 2020, but training establishments can provide only 400,000.

 The Vietnamese tra fish sector will have to take measures to cope with rising export difficulties in the past two years and meet stricter quality requirements in the U.S., a major market for tra fish.

 The pumping of more crude oil will put Vietnam at a significant disadvantage, according to a preliminary report of the World Economic Board at the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast.

 9 people died after a fire broke out at a confectionery facility which makes cakes and chocolate in Hanoi’s Hoai Duc District on July 29.

 The national under-22’s Vietnamese football team secured a 1-0 victory over an All-Star team from the Republic of Korea in a friendly match at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on July 27.

 There are concerns that Vietnam’s exports to the US could be hurt by the growing US protectionism, its withdrawal from the TPP trade deal and Vietnam’s inclusion on a list of countries with which the US runs a trade deficit. 

 Construction of the Long Son Petrochemicals complex is scheduled to take four and half years and commercial operations will begin in the first half of 2022, Mr. Roongrote Rangsiyopash, President and CEO of SCG, told a meeting on July 26.

 Some 43,000 4G BTS stations have been deployed nationwide, covering 95 per cent of Vietnam’s population, the 4G LTE 2017 International Conference was told.

 VietnamWorks, the leading job board recruitment website in Vietnam and a member of the Navigos Group Vietnam, released its Report on Recruitment Demand and Labor Supply in Vietnam in the First Half of 2017 on July 28.

 In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam lured in nearly $22 billion in FDI with the comeback of multibillion dollar projects, promising a breakthrough in FDI attraction for the whole year.