VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Meteorological Center has said that from now until the end of the year, seven to nine storms and tropical depressions will affect the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have warned that Vietnam is in danger as Thailand, Laos and Cambodia are speeding up their Mekong water diversion plans.

VietNamNet Bridge - The steering committee of Vietcombank, members of the board of directors and supervisory board receive VND1.9 billion a year in salary each. 

The government of Vietnam has successfully negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU that incorporates a new method for the resolution of disputes between foreign investors and states.

Hanoi on Saturday made public the planning of transportation development in the capital city from now to 2030, with a vision to 2050. The plan needs total capital of up to nearly $55.4 billion.

Vietnam will lose 2.08 per cent of daylight working hours by 2025 due to rising temperatures, according to the “Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace” report from the UNDP released recently.

The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Hoa Lạc Hi-tech Park are to complete a draft of a decree on specific investment incentives for the park, according to the ministry.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nokia will return to the global market, including Vietnam later this year with two new phone models, according to distributor FPT Trading.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several people living along Rach Bang Canal in District 7, HCM City on July 30 caught a monitor lizard of up to 1.5 meters long, weighing over 15 kg.

Vingroup (VIC) asked its shareholders for the issuance of about 484.5 million additional shares to increase the charter capital from the capital surplus, according to local media.

A working group led by the chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Science, Technology and Environment has arrived in Ha Tinh to supervise the implementation of the law on environmental protection on Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company.

 Physicists from 13 countries worldwide gathered at a seminar on physics which kicked off in the central province of Binh Dinh on August 1.

 The national football team will enjoy a training course in the Republic of Korea as one of their activities in preparing for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup.

 Vietnam had more than 14 million hectares of forest as of December 21, 2015, including over 10.1 million hectares of natural forest and nearly 3.9 million hectares of planted forest.

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that its computer systems at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports have been fully restored following cyber attacks on July 29.

Vietnamese students claimed two gold and one silver medals at the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad in Georgia.

The Prime Minister on August 1 ordered ministries, agencies and localities to actively make preparations to cope with typhoon Nida, which entered the East Sea the previous night.

A string of new policies on tougher fires on transport violations and amendment of labor export regulations shall take effect in Vietnam in August.

Vietnam has eight universities in South East Asia’s top 100 universities according to the latest report from Webometrics, however, many of them have dropped in the rankings.

A proposal from the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport to borrow US$300 million from a Chinese bank to build the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway is facing strong opposition from local economic experts and the public.