VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for waste as the input material for the recycling industry in Vietnam has increased by 10-20 percent per annum. 

Commenting about the exam cheating scandal in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, education experts say it reflects the problems of an educational system which attaches too much attention to exam scores and degrees.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese manufacturers have been quietly preparing their companies to adapt to the 4.0 industrial revolution.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested further boosting economic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and the US city of Los Angeles during a reception for its Mayor Eric Garcetti in Hanoi on July 28. 

Real estate transactions in Van Don and Bac Van Phong, reserved to become SEZs in the future, have become frozen. 

The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam have decided to take disciplinary actions against three high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defence.

VietNamNet Bridge - Speculators are leaving the high-end apartment market, causing a sharp fall in the market segment. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts have advised wooden furniture manufacturers to focus on developing certified woodwork with clear origin and to diversify import sources.

 There is a house and workshop in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district where disabled people from across the country can come for a better life.

A number of ride-hailing apps have been launched recently in bids to wrestle the initiative away from Grab.

Saigon Premier Container Terminal has not been able to accommodate large container ships due to sedimentation in the Soai Rap River since June 2017, increasing the likelihood of heavy losses for the investor of the multi-million-dollar terminal.

The total accumulative loss of the four biggest players in the e-commerce market has reached VND4.5 trillion. 

 Student nurses from the United Kingdom are enjoying a taste of Asia and learning about the Vietnamese healthcare system.

About 4,000 owners of vehicles in the northern province of Hưng Yên and Hải Phòng City will receive a fee exemption or reduction when they travel through two BOT toll stations installed along the National Highway No 5 starting August 1

 Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis along three routes from August 1 as the city marks 10 years of the expansion of its administrative boundary, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

 With a two-digit growth rate in many years, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market has boosted foreign drug firms to continue M&A deals with their Vietnamese counterparts in a move to get higher revenue from the potential market.

Officials and scientists have said that the accident at the Sepien Senamnoi hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos will not create a “water bomb” attacking the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

 The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.

 Vietnamese agencies, businesses, organisations, and individuals have offered aid to victims of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of the Lao province of Attapeu. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received President of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association Ryu Shionoya in Hanoi on July 27.