One of the fiercest rivalries in the world of chess today has resumed with the announcement by Magnus Carlsen that he will compete at Chess World Cup 2017 set for September 1-25 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

 Ha Noi Stock Exchange has allowed Mai Linh Northern Joint Stock Company to register 48.6 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) under stock code MLN.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called for clarification after waste dumping violations reportedly occured at a coal-powered power plant into the sea off the coast of Binh Thuan.

 Four houses were partially damaged and a person slightly injured following a series of blasts emitted by an aircraft flying across Ninh Thuan Province’s Phan Rang City yesterday morning.

 Vietnam’s achievements at int’l chemistry, maths, physics olympiads

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced the cancellation of 11 flights that connect Phu Bai Airport in central Thua Thien-Hue province with Hanoi and HCM City due to typhoon Sonca.

 The National Assembly (NA) Offices of Vietnam and Laos are holding their ninth joint conference in the central city of Da Nang from July 24-28 to share experience in assisting the two legislatures.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce on July 25.

 All the land in the Mieu Mon airfield, the focus of a land dispute in Hanoi a few months ago, is defence land and has been used for defence purposes by military units, the Hanoi inspectorate said on July 24.

 By 3pm on July 25, tropical storm Sonca, the fourth developed in the East Sea and third to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall in the northern areas of the central provinces of Quang Tri and weakened into a tropical low pressure.

 Malaysia police has reported the death of a Vietnamese woman named Vo Thi Duyen on July 21, said the Vietnam Embassy in the country.

 Vietnamese firms have won deals to supply 175,000 tonnes of rice to the Philippines at a tender on July 25, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). 

 Vietnam strongly protests inhuman treatment as well as the use of force or threat to use force against Vietnamese fishermen, said the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department.

The People’s Court of the northern province of Ha Nam on July 25 gave a jail sentence of nine years to Tran Thi Nga on the charge of conducting anti-State propaganda under Clause 1 of Article 88 of the Penal Code.

Vietnam wishes to strengthen partnership with Russia in an extensive and effective manner, stated President Tran Dai Quang at a reception for visiting Secretary of the Security Council of Russia General Nikolai Patrushev.

 With the aim of expanding operations in Vietnam, Carlton & United Breweries has become a new competitor in the race to seize the stakes in Habeco and Sabeco.

 Nearly 70 couples took collective wedding photos at popular tourist attractions in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on July 23rd, as part of the 9th Honeymoon Wedding Perfect this year.

 Vietnam lost 0-3 to South Korea in their first match in the Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship being held in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Monday.

Tropical storm Sonca, the fourth to strike the East Sea and third to hit Vietnam this year, is forecast to make landfall in central provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Tri on July 25 afternoon.

 Chiba prefecture of Japan is keen to boost cooperation with Vietnamese localities in many fields, including investment-trade, agriculture, education, labour and tourism, said Governor Morita Kensaku.