VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky recently paid a three-week visit to Romania as the Romanian Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.

 President Tran Dai Quang’s recent State visits to Ethiopia and Egypt have created new momentum for relations between Vietnam and the two countries as well as African region.

 The Department of Construction of Hanoi has proposed to recall and auction resettlement apartments if they are not used in two years to recoup investment.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called for measures to prevent the African swine fever from spreading to Vietnam.

 The rising cost of paper materials caused by a fall in supply is presenting a challenge for the printing and paper industry, experts said at a conference held on August 30 in HCM City.

 The official opening of bilateral border gates Chi Ma (Vietnam) – Ai Dian (China) is scheduled to be held on September 10.

 The United Nations (UN) should optimise its existing tools in preventive diplomacy and its intermediary role in supporting reconciliation, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

 The Ministry of Finance has topped 19 governmental agencies with public services in the Vietnam ICT Index for six years in a row after earning 0.926 points this year.

 The People’s Procuracy in the central province of Binh Thuan on August 29 approved the launch of legal proceedings against 17 more people concerning the disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters last June.

 Though the Olympic Vietnam squad lost 1 – 3 to the Republic of Korea in the ASIAD 2018 men’s football semifinals on August 29 but they have left great impression on international media with their fighting spirit until the last minute.

 The police force in Ho Chi Minh City has devised numerous measures to increase the helmet-wearing rate among local children. 

 Drops were recorded in the numbers of road traffic accidents, traffic deaths and injuries nationwide in the first two quarters of 2018, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

 The Vietnam Business Summit (VBS) 2018 will take place in Hanoi on September 13, drawing the participation of representatives from about 1,200 domestic and foreign businesses.

Vietnam’s catfish has run into trouble in several EU countries because of misleading information in the media. 

Following a prosperous 2017, Vietnam’s economy has been growing well despite the uncertainties of the global economy. However, problems are still ahead, especially those rising from the China-US trade war.

 Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in August inched up 0.45 percent month-on-month, and 3.89 percent from the same time last year, pushing up the eight-month figure to 3.52 percent year on year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Credit growth had stood at about 8.18 percent as of August 15, 2018 and is expected to be curbed at around 17 percent this year, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung. 

 Vietnamese athletes earned three more bronze medals in athletics and kurash on August 30, standing at the 15th place in the medal tally on the 12th day of the ongoing 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse hosted a banquet for ambassadors, charge d’affaires and heads of international organisations in Hanoi on August 30 on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

The HCMC Taxation Agency has found 598 institutions and 17,130 individuals who received earnings totalling VND1.114 trillion from social networks (Google, Facebook and Youtube) via four banks.