“We have also pared back our full-year forecast from 6.4 per cent to 6 per cent growth in 2017, due to the country’s sluggish start in the first quarter,” HSBC noted in its Vietnam at a Glance Report.  

In spite of numerous failures, Singapore-based F&N Dairy Investments Pte., Ltd., has expressed its determination to own more stakes in Vinamilk via registering to buy an additional 14.5 million shares.

VietNamNet Bridge - The statistics on the number of private businesses released by state management agencies vary.

 The Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts Association has banned the Nam Huynh Dao Kung Fu School from participating in any competition with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores without official permission.

 South Korea has surpassed the US, the EU, and ASEAN for the first time to become Vietnam’s second-largest trade partner.

 An American man has died while undergoing liposuction at a clinic in HCM City local police said. 

 Many Japanese firms such as Mitsubishi, Maeda, Kajima, Sumitomo and Creed Group have made investments worth tens to hundreds of millions USD in the Vietnamese realty market within over the past year.

 The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) can be a major catalyst for national growth, but few Vietnamese businesses have grasped the concept and its importance, officials and experts said at a seminar on Wednesday.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived at Pochentong airport in Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh on July 20 morning, beginning a State-level visit to Cambodia from July 20-22 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

 Vietnamese athletes pocketed two gold medals on the last day of the ASEAN School Games, ASG, yesterday in Singapore.

 Vietnam’s national cricket team will make history by competing for the first time at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia next month.

 Nguyen Van Phuong of Viet Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the ITF Junior Circuit – HCM City yesterday.

 The Japan International Co-operation Agency signed an agreement with the Government of Viet Nam to provide loans of up to 24.2 billion yen (US$216 million) for a water management project in the Mekong River Delta region today.

 A research team from the HCM City University Medical Centre won the award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the  1st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society held in Paris earlier this month.

 Le Duy Minh, Deputy Director of HCM City Department of Taxation, announced on Wednesday that the department will stamp seals at all gas station in the city in order to prevent tax loss and fraud. 

 Vietnam defeated East Timor 4-0 in a match of the AFC U23 Championship qualification, which was played under heavy rains in HCM City on July 19.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi in the morning of July 20 for a State visit to Cambodia from July 20-22 at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) estimates that from January 1, 2018, when Vietnam shifts from using RON 92 to RON 95 and E5, total E5 consumption volume would be around 5.357 million cubic meters, or 70 percent of total fuel demand.

According to a General Confederation of Labor survey, there are about 300 industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZs) throughout the country, attracting 2.8 million workers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say that nearly 100 percent of students can pass the new 2-in-1 exam, which indicates it is ineffective.