The International Three-Cushion Billiards Tournament BTV-Becamex IJC Cup 2017 opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on July 14.

Some large foreign banks operating in Vietnam have recently scaled down their business or withdrawn capital from Vietnamese banks. What is happening with the banking sector?

Vietnam had 325 industrial parks on a total area of 94,900 ha as at the end of June, according to a report from the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The government has approved the State maintaining a majority holding of 51 percent in the Trang Tien Investment & Trade Co., the manager of the luxurious Trang Tien Plaza shopping center in Hanoi’s city center.

 Numerous commercial banks have reported rising profits in the first half of 2017. However, experts have raised concerns over this growth.

 A fourth draw pushed Le Quang Liem to the No 3 spot in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China on July 13.

The testing results announced on July 13 show that three rice samples collected in the southern province of Dong Thap are real rice, refuting the rumor about the appearance of fake rice in the southwestern region.

VietNamNet Bridge - The VN Index has increased by 14.4 percent this year, staying firmly at the 9-year peak. However, many divestment deals have been made by foreign investment funds.  

 The Ministry of Defense is ready to hand over land at the golf course inside the Tan Son Nhat International Airport should the airport be expanded toward the north, said Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich.

The Party Committee in HCMC announced Party Chief Nguyen Thien Nhan’s decision to invite lecturers from University of Technology and scientists, experts to partake in Tan Son Nhat Airport expansion project.

 The President Office yesterday announced 12 new laws that were approved during the third plenary session of the 14th National Assembly.

 Vietnamese agriculture products are being rejected and more firms are having their business codes in the US revoked because of poorly performing business and low-quality products.

 Vietnamese karate artist Doan Bao Chau lost in a four-minute match with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores from Canada as the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism were still seeking permission to hold the match.

More lakes in Hanoi have been filled for housing, while the construction of proper water drainage systems has not received sufficient attention, which has caused more serious floods for the city after downpours.

 Viet Nam’s import value for animal feed and materials for producing animal feed stood at US$1.8 billion in the first half of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 17.3 per cent.

Urbanisation brings rural consumers, accounting for 68 per cent of the country’s 90 million people, closer to their counterparts living in towns and big cities and to a diversified media world, according to Nielsen’s recent Rural Mythbuster study.

 Indonesia came from behind to beat Viet Nam 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-12 in the first semi-finals of the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, the VTV Cup, in Hai Duong Province yesterday.

ROSATOM has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam on the construction of a Centre for Nuclear Energy Science and Technology in Vietnam during the recent Russia visit by President Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnamese tra fish processors and exporters are worried that it will cost more time and money to put their fish on plates in the US after the country announced ahead-of-schedule food safety tests on imported Siluriformers fish and fish products. 

State-of-the-art products in fire protection and rescue, security and safety will be introduced at the 10th International Security, Fire and Safety Exhibition & Conference in Vietnam.