Many cement and steel manufacturers, civil engineering and agricultural companies have added real estate development onto the lists of their strategic business fields. They have become new but powerful players in the market.

In 2015, the average mark students received on high-school finals was ‘abnormally low’. The same phenomenon is happening this year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists of the World Bank (WB) said that Vietnam's retirement fund might have a deficit in 2020 despite positive changes in the Social Insurance Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of people aged 65 years and older in Vietnam is 6.5 million but will increase by 3 times, reaching 18.4 million in 2040, according to the latest report of the World Bank (WB).

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to some sources, Pokemon Go will be officially released in eight Asian countries this week, but not in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking with Hanoi people at a meeting on July 18, Hanoi’s Mayor Nguyen Duc Chung said that since taking office he had become more interested in Hanoi’s trees and green space.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested an investigation into the destruction of a pomu forest in military sub-zone 351 within Nam Song Bung protected forest in the central province of Quang Nam.

 Special Advisor to the Japan- Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomo Takebe stressed that exchanges between people, legislators and localities lay a firm foundation for the bilateral ties to advance strongly.

 Lao Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining Viraphong Viravong has expressed wish to boost cooperation with major Vietnamese firms, especially those working in electricity and power transmission.

Debt owed by provinces and cities is poised to increase steadily in the coming years as the Government will boost its on-lending of foreign loans and reduce budget allocations for projects using ODA and preferential loans in provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge - Myanmar has jumped into large markets, getting ready to become the No 1 in the world in rice exports, according to Vo Tong Xuan, the leading rice expert. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Coc Coc is well known in Vietnam as a browser on par with the world favorite Chrome. However, its founders initially planned to develop the company as a search engine.

VietNamNet Bridge - A female student studying in the U.S. is leading a project to protect Son Doong Cave from work that may affect the local ecosystem.

Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company will next month put up for auction the five turboprop ATR-72-500s currently leased to Vietnam Airlines as the national carrier will end its short-haul aircraft lease four years ahead of schedule.

 People in some areas in Hanoi are facing serious water shortages again after a major pipeline that transports water from the Da River Plant broke for an eighteenth consecutive time on July 11.

 The value of M&A activities in the first half of 2016 in Vietnam reached $1.551 billion in 20 deals, according to the “South East Asia M&A Trend Report H1 2016”.

An 800-tonne building has been moved 35m from its original position in the central Nghe An Province.

The Government's establishment of a special committee to manage capital at State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is necessary, but it is likely to face significant challenges in its work, experts said.

  The Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016 were recently launched in Ha Noi with theme of "For the quality of life".

 The State Securities Commission of Viet Nam has allowed Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) to increase its foreign stake to 100 per cent.