The sixth international Vietnamese traditional martial arts festival this August will attract 15 foreign delegations from around the world, according to Nguyen Van Dung – deputy head of the event’s organising board.

VietNamNet Bridge – The government in the 2016-2021 term will maintain the structure and number of cabinet members. There will be one new candidate for the position of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Jakarta based Habibie Centre hosted the 36th Talking ASEAN Dialogue post The Hague tribunal’s ruling on the East Sea dispute, in the Indonesian capital city on July 26.

 As many as 96.96 percent of deputies at the first session of the 14th National Assembly on July 27 approved a resolution determining there will be 27 members of the Government in the 2016-2021 tenure, the same number as the previous tenure.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany in Hanoi on July 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have noted signs of a decrease in imports from China, while imports from South Korea rose by 7.9 percent in the first six months of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bioenergy from agricultural byproducts could reach 53.5 million tons, which is equivalent to 12.8 million tons of crude oil.

Though the bad debt ratio of the banking system has been reported to drop to below 3 percent of its outstanding loans, how to deal with the amount of bad debt stuck at the Vietnam Asset Management Company  is still a troublesome job.

VietNamNet Bridge - The fast food chains that arrived early in Vietnam have seen growth slow, while the chains which came later seem to have fewer opportunities. The heyday of the fast food sector is over.

  Vietnam is becoming an attractive investment destination for Thai firms as it embraces a more friendly business climate with increasing participation in trade blocs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many businesses would rather pay fines for illegally discharging waste water directly into the Hau River than install required waste water treatment systems.

 Japanese retail group Takashimaya will launch its first-ever trade center at the Saigon Center in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30, with investment of $25 million.

VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of pollution have appeared in HCM City’s major canal of Tau Hu, the segment in Ward 16 of District 8, in recent days, as the water surface was covered by a thick layer of white foam with a bad smell.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Checking a bus with Lao number plate, the police of Thanh Hoa province discovered 18 frozen bear paws in two carton boxes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Insider Retail, New York Dessert Coffee (NYDC) has closed all of its restaurants in Vietnam after many months of trying to continue to operate.

 Nearly 400 athletes from six countries and territories in Asia will compete in the 23rd HCM City International Track and Field Championships Open 2016, which is scheduled for July 29-30.

 Vietnamese badminton players will compete against tough renowned rivals at the 2016 Olympic Games, which will kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5.

 Commercial breeding and trading of wild animals should be banned in Vietnam as it will decimate numbers in endangered species and drive them to the verge of extinction.

 Nearly 80 households set up tents to prevent the operations of Giang Sơn Manufacture, Trade and Services Joint-Stock Company’s asphalt mixing station on Monday night.

Vietnam may fail to curb the sex imbalance at birth in 2016 as about 113.4 boys were born for every 100 girls during the first half of this year, higher than last year’s ratio of 112.8/100.