VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of foreign television channels from Japan, South Korea, China, India, Russia and Thailand are being provided to Vietnamese watchers via OTT (over the top) apps. 

 No one element of an investment attraction policy determines success.

 The real estate market in Lao Cai Province is not developed, but has good potential, leading property services provider Savills Viet Nam Co Ltd said on Monday.

 Quang Ninh Province has permitted the FLC Group to study to invest in the high-end entertainment and services complex in Van Don Special Economic Zone.

 The Government’s Small and Medium Enterprise Development Foundation (SMEDF) will receive applications for the first stage of the programme on financial support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) until the end of this month.

 Phu Yen Province’s People’s Committee has asked the Australian Golden Turf Club Pty Ltd to accelerate the construction process of the US$100 million racecourse in the south central coastal province.

 The Information System (IS), a company of the FPT Group, will supply information technology infrastructure (IT) for 16 hospitals in Da Nang this year.

 Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has assigned the Department of Planning and Architecture to build an underground space plan this year, adding that the agency can invite experienced foreign experts to do that.

 Five female staff members of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology recently were presented with the 2016 Kovalevskaia Award for their project on nanotechnology applied in agricultural production and healthcare. 

Lac Hong University flies the flag for Vietnam in Eco-Marathon competition, with teams winning first prize for last three years.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least four foreign investors have drawn up casino and betting projects capitalized at billions of dollars in Vietnam.

US-based global cable and satellite sports television channel ESPN has made a TV reportage on family life of Vietnamese famous footballer Cong Vinh and his wife, singer ThuyTien.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue pursuing the dream of a real auto industry in Vietnam despite the failure of 20 years of efforts towards this goal. 

 A 35-year-old worker died on Monday after a rock plunged into his head while he was working in a quarry near Phung Mountain in Tay Ninh Province’s Thanh Tan Commune.

 The equitisation of State-owned enterprises has been an attractive target for foreign investors, however, there are still challenges that discourage them from participating in those deals.

 High-end and luxury housing continues to be an attractive segment in the national real estate market, with high demand and a good purchasing scale, experts have said.

 Some commercial banks have entered a new interest rate hike race to lure medium- and long-term deposits, pushing the rate to a record high of more than 9 per cent per year.

 Viet Nam will soon issue quality and technical regulations for wood glues to better control this input material for the wood processing industry, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 The main reason for the rapid rise of Viet Nam’s public debt is the failure to achieve the targeted economic growth rate and the resulting tax collection shortfall, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge - With the collapse of TPP, the textile & garment industry will have to revise its investment and development strategy.