The long awaited Pokemon Go is officially launched in Vietnam on August 6.

Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep underlined the necessity to accurately investigate information related to the damage caused by the recent environmental incident in Ha Tinh.

 Singapore government’s investment fund GIC Private Limited (GIC) is negotiating to buy at least 7 percent of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank).

 Swiss giant cement producer LafargeHolcim has agreed to sell its entire 65-percent ownership in the joint-venture LafargeHolcim Vietnam to Thailand’s Siam City Cement Public Co Ltd. 

 The public have expressed dismay at corrupt officials that use state money to subsidise their own luxurious lifestyles, such as in the case of Hau Giang Province's former vice chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh.

 The National Off Road Cycling Tournament for amateurs, Vietnam MTB Series, is scheduled to kick off on August 14 in the National Culture History Park in HCM City.

Vietnamese pair Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien were eliminated from the Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures tournament in the southern province of Binh Duong yesterday.

 Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh yesterday confirmed to voters from Long An Province that there would be no concession on territorial sovereignty.

Around 4,000 runners from 35 countries worldwide participated in the fourth Da Nang International Marathon hosted by the central city of Da Nang on August 6. 

The ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation Meeting took place in Laos, with ministers agreeing to push the implementation of the two sides’ agreements on investment, trade and services towards lifting ASEAN-India ties to a strategic partnership.

 Vietnam has made specific and important contributions to the success of the 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and related events that took place in Vientiane in early August, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said. 

 Vietnam came out on top at the Asia Cup 1 Rowing Championships which finished in Singapore early this week.

 Globalisation and technology are transforming universities and colleges worldwide, leading to different approaches in research and education, including in Vietnam, the President of University of Victoria in Canada said at a conference in HCM City. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese commercial banks have been taking cautious steps to exploit foreign markets in an effort to seek new business opportunities.

Vietnam’s no. 1 shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh captured the men’s 10m air pistol gold medal at the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympics in the early morning of August 7, thus ending the country’s long-standing thirst for a first Olympic gold.

 An increasing number of foreign companies are expanding research and development (R&D) activities in Vietnam.

 More foreign investors are planning to develop wind farms in Vietnam to satisfy the country’s rising demand for renewable energy.

 Ho Chi Minh City-based Terra Wood is planning to develop two renewable energy plants in the central province of Quang Ngai to tap into the local wind and solar resources.

 The fish sauce market is witnessing increasingly fierce competition between many famous brand names that use both industrial and traditional methods like Unilever, Masan Consumer, Phu Quoc, and Phan Thiet.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh hailed the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership relations in all areas at a meeting on August 5.