Vietnam – Netherlands relations continue to thrive

 Viet Nam will send two representatives to the International Association of Athletics Federation World U18 Championship in Kenya this week.

 Vietnamese Nguyen Quoc Nguyen finished second at the World Union of Billiards (UMB) World Cup Porto, which closed early Monday in Portugal.

 The Viet Nam Youth Team defeated Thailand’s U18 squad 25-15, 17-25, 25-16, 25-20 at the VTV Cup, an international women’s volleyball tournament, yesterday in Hai Duong City.

 Significant milestones in ASEAN development

 About 500,000 tonnes of material cashew nuts will be imported from now to October to serve processing and meet the targeted export volume of 360,000 tonnes of cashew nuts this year.

 A series of scientific workshops began in Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh on July 10, as part of the 13th Meet Vietnam programme this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten years ago, the risk for Vietnam was that it might miss the glbal ‘integration train’. Today, the question is where is Vietnam in that train?

 The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Department of Communication and Information and other relevant agencies to take urgent action to ward off the threat from the Petrwrap ransomware attack.

 Thousands of tourists have been stranded on Co To Island in the northern province of Quang Ninh because of the bad weather.

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday approved a resolution on mid-term public investment plan from 2016-2020 with the total capital US$7.56 billion at the closing session of the 5th meeting of the 9th council.

 Shopping malls in Ho Chi Minh City draw attention of young people as the sales season kicks off; most of them are white-collar workers who are interested in internationally famous brand names like Zara.

 Vietnamese military-run telecom giant Viettel has commenced using the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine communications cable system since early July.

 Following Viettel, it is now the turn of MobiFone and VinaPhone to join the battle for 4G supremacy as they have just concurrently introduced a number of competitive price plans with slight differences for various 4G packages.

Ly Son island district, covering a 10 square kilometer area, comprises the main island-Cu Lao Re-and the little island-Cu Lao Bo Bai.

 Hanoi will make public all the projects relating to tree planting and relocating in the area according to the city's chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

VietNamNet Bridge - Very few privately run clinics in Vietnam can make a profit, and after several years of operation, many have shut down.

 Vietnam grandmaster Le Quang Liem has earned a draw with Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine at the ongoing Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament in China.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has reduced its prime interest rates and the cap on short-term loan rates as from July 10 to serve demand for capital in some economic sectors. 

 Viet Nam developed 70,900 national domain names (.vn) in the first quarter of this year, equivalent to 393 domain names per day.