Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh received Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong Siow Ping in Hanoi on July 6, expressing his hope that she will continue to contribute to the bilateral relations.

 Both foreign and domestic banks are racing to develop retail sales strategies in Viet Nam.

 The Government held a meeting on Thursday to discuss urgent measures to limit illegal sand mining in the country, which has reached epidemic proportions in response to a boom in construction demand. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung appreciated the active and effective support ICAOhas given to Vietnam while receiving President of the ICAO Council Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu in Hanoi on July 6.

 Vietnam: Over 61,000 new enterprises formed in 6 months

 Vietnam aims to export 4 million tonnes of rice in 2030 under a 2017-2020 rice export development strategy with a vision to 2030 recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

Vietnam’s external policy is always treasuring the relations with the US, National Assembly Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty told visiting US congress officials in Hanoi on July 6.

 Eight years after the 25th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25) hosted by Laos, television rights are reminded at SEA Games 29 scheduled to take place in Malaysia from August 11-30.

Interpol will help Vietnam hunt fugitive criminals around the world and enhance information sharing with the country, the organisation’s Secretary General Jurgen Stock told President Tran Dai Quang at a meeting in Hanoi on July 6. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on July 6 that the terrorists who caused the death of Vietnamese citizens must be severely punished.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his desire that Germany would help attract global resources into Vietnam, particularly in mechanical engineering, automation, vocational training and tertiary education. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Of the five telecom networks in Vietnam, one has begun providing 4G service and two others are hurrying to complete infrastructure to expand their network.

VietNamNet Bridge - VietNamNet Bridge - The government has promised to provide loans to support the development of hi-tech agriculture, but farmers say bank loans are still out of reach.

VietNamNet Bridge - The news that the US and other western countries are tightening immigration policies may force Vietnamese students to rethink their education plans.

VietNamNet Bridge - The sea area from Khanh Hoa to Binh Thuan, which is above a coral triangle, has been seriously affected by sludge.

 China’s Beijing Baic Motor beat Viet Nam in a match to determine the fifth to eighth positions of the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on July 5.

 HCM City plans to expand its trial programme to classify solid waste before treatment to all 24 districts by next year.

 Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung on Wednesday denied rumours that the city was planning to replace the trees around the symbolic Hoan Kiem Lake.

 Excavation workers on Wednesday stumbled upon a 344kg live bomb at a construction site in a residential area in the central province of Quang Tri's Huong Hoa District.

 The iParking service, which makes it easier for drivers to find and pay for parking, will be rolled out to four central districts in Hanoi, namely Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Dong Da and Ba Dinh, at the beginning of October.