VietNamNet Bridge - Sea water rise and saline intrusion have damaged crops this year, but they have offered opportunities for farmers to breed shrimp on rice fields.

VietNamNet Bridge - Coffee chains require long-term capital, but profits can be unpredictable as some chains have found.  

Ha Nam province is committed to providing the best conditions possible to attract investors, including tax preferences, modern infrastructure, speedy administrative procedures, and a trained local workforce.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Thai Embassy in Vietnam on August 9 held a meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the Government’s determination to turn tourism into the country’s spearhead economic sector during a national conference on tourism development in Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province, on August 9. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Although they have not yet released an official announcement, Internet service providers said that it would take at least 10 days from now to finish the repair of the AAG submarine cable route.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will provide free wifi service at many locations this year, aiming to serve tourists and smart transport, said the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Binh province will not accept three luxury cars worth VND6.6 billion ($300,000), a gift from a local private firm, according to the province’s Party Secretary Nguyen Thi Thanh.

 A collision between a Vietnamese and a South Korean vessel on August 8 has left two Vietnamese crew members missing.

Quang Ninh People's Committee has just sent a letter to the prime minister proposing to seek domestic loans for the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway project and not accept China's offer of a $300 million bank loan.

The Viet Nam Coffee and Cacao Association (Vicofa) proposed to the state that it launch credit support for the local coffee firms competing with foreign companies.

 The Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina chaired a ceremony to celebrate the 49 th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Argentina on August 8. 

Mobile operator Movitel, a joint venture between Vietnamese company Viettel and Mozambique’s SPI, has given learning assistance software M-Escola to high schools in Mozambique.

Campaign Asia has named Thi Anh Dao (Denise Thi), CEO of Isobar Vietnam, among its ‘Women To Watch’ list.

 The HCM City People’s Council has decided to provide an additional tax incentive for an expansion plan of the Samsung Electronics HCM City CE Complex at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dong Hoang Bridge, more than 50 years old, in Dong Mai Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi is seriously degraded and can collapse anytime.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 7.3 percent increase in the minimum wage increase for 2017 is the smallest increase in the last decade but businesses still do not like it. 

 Former world silver medallist Thach Kim Tuan failed to win a medal as had been hoped at the ongoing Rio Olympics Games this morning (August 8) Hanoi time.

 The first two typhoons to hit Vietnam this year have caused damage worth more than VNĐ6.7 trillion (US$297.7 million), announced the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) yesterday.

 Vietnam should place importance on the panorama of investment in climate change in the country while building a plan on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.