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.

 Vietnam’s rice export markets development strategy

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions on July 13 for the newly-accredited Ambassadors of Spain and Yemen who came to present credential letters to him.

 The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam has stated that the Vietnamese economy marked positive changes in the first half, with growth estimated at 5.7 percent and inflation kept below 2 percent. 

 Nguyen Thi That of Vietnam has won the final stage and the cup at the National Women’s Open Cycling Tournament for An Giang Television Cup.

Tsutomu Koizumi, head of Japan’s delegation to the first Senior Officials’ Meetings of the APEC forum held in Hanoi in February 2017, has highly valued Vietnam’s efforts in hosting the forum’s meetings.

 Vietnam and Turkey agreed to strive for a two-way trade of 4 billion USD by 2020 during the seventh meeting of the Vietnam-Turkey Joint Committee in Hanoi on July 13. 

 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he will direct authorised agencies to work with Vietnam on the signing of an agreement on fishery cooperation while meeting Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on July 13.

 Vietnam was ranked 47th among over 127 economies surveyed in the global innovation index (GII) report 2017, the highest ranking to date, up 12 places compared to last year’s report.

 Police in the northern border province of Lai Chau said on July 13 that they have busted a trans-regional drug ring and seized 300,000 pink-coloured Methamphetamine pills weighing more than 30kg.

 Public hospitals in HCMC which do not receive local funds for regular expenditures will increase fees for non-insured patients by 30 percent from August 1, according to the city’s Department of Health.

As of July 13, floods in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang caused 10 deaths, damaged nearly 200 houses and submerged large farming areas and aquatic ponds.

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Satellite Center, which regulates activities related to space and satellite, will be renamed Vietnam Space Center on July 17.