The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has officially approved Vingroup as the developer of the sports and entertainment complex at the 2C functional area in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area.

 Bucking the trend of seaport growth nationwide, joint venture ports between Vietnam National Shipping Lines and its foreign partners have suffered poor performances in container throughput in the year to date.

 There will be no real estate bubble in HCM City in the last quarter of this year, the HCM City Real Estate Association has assured.

 The Ministry of Transport has handed over its stake in eight Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration enterprises to the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC).

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) yesterday signed an agreement with Japanese Marubeni Company and South Korean KEPCO Company for the Nghi Son 2 Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) thermal power plant.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has proposed to hike aviation service fees by 15 to 40 per cent from 2017.

Striker Nguyen Van Toan scored the decisive goal as Viet Nam edged Indonesia 3-2 in a friendly match at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium yesterday.

 For the first time in the tournament’s history, FIFA world ranking points will be at stake at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup.

 Vietnam’s national U22 football team tied with China 1-1 in their first match in a friendly international tournament in Wuhan, China, yesterday.

 Vietnamese swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc won a silver medal at the Hungary National Swimming Short Course Championship in Szazhalombata.

 The capital city is considering issuing a ban on all karaoke bar services until the year end, Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee, said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The value of the elevator manufacturing industry reached VND7.6 trillion in the first half of the year, with Vietnam leading South East Asia in elevator production capability.

 Vietnam has successfully produced a combined measles-rubella vaccine as part of a project with co-operation from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

 Vietnam reports $3.5 billion in trade surplus in ten months

 The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will invest 90 billion VND (4 million USD) to develop sustainable ecological tourism in Tram Chim National Park in 2016-2020. 

 Vietnam and Ireland have been actively engaging in climate change adaptation activities and realising the UN sustainable development goals to build a green and peaceful world for future generations.

The Irish Government considers Vietnam an important partner in the region and wishes to enhance multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, President Michael D. Higgins has said. 

 State budget overspending will be reduced to below 3.5 percent of GDP by 2020, while public debts, government debts and the country’s foreign debts will not exceed 65 percent, 54 percent and 50 percent, respectively, of GDP annually in 2016-2020. 

 President Tran Dai Quang has sent a letter of thanks to his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, for freeing 17 Vietnamese fishermen and eliminating all related accusations since they had only entered the Philippine waters to avoid bad weather.

Vietnam and Cambodia should boost their solidarity, work together, and assist each other in the interests of their people, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Cambodia’s Ambassador to Vietnam Prak Nguon Hong.