There is just nearly a month left before the 2018 Asiad commences in Indonesia. Joining many athletes in other teams, members of Vietnam’s gymnastics squad are working hard.

Vietnam now has more than 13 million 4G users after over a year of the service's deployment, accounting for about 30 percent of the total number of mobile phone subscribers, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). 

VietNamNet Bridge - In the last two years, Vietnam saw many foreign finance institutions leaving Vietnam or scaling down their investment.

 A number of local startups have done well in providing passenger and goods transport services.

 Forbes Vietnam on July 26 organised a ceremony to honour Vietnam’s top 50 listed companies in 2018, which account for 70.8 percent of total market capitalisation on the HCM and Hanoi stock exchanges.

Fearing a China-US trade war worth tens of billions of dollars, Chinese steel manufacturers are rushing to relocate parts of their production capacity to other countries, including Vietnam.

 Coming home after the war, many soldiers have made efforts to re-integrate into normal life and escape from poverty.

 Vietnam secured 14 gold medals on the first day of the Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018.

 Algerian Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry Abdelkader Benmessaoud on July 26 received Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quoc Tru in Algiers, who came to discuss expanding cooperation between the two countries, particularly in tourism.

Vietnam’s leading dairy processor, Vinamilk, has spent nearly US$19.74 million acquiring a 51% stake in Lao–Jagro Development Xiengkhouang Co., Ltd, aiming to develop a complex of hi-tech beef-dairy farms.

 Vietnam looks set to attract an estimated US$2.61 billion in FDI this month, taking the total in the year to date to US$22.94 billion, up 4.6% year-on-year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

 The Vietnamese medical equipment market has grown 18% annually over the last five years, but more than 90% of medical equipment is imported from other countries.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the transport ministry, the Dong Nai government and the relevant agencies to speed up the Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai, reported the local media.

 The European Commission (EC) has decided to impose temporary safeguard duties in the form of an import quota on 28 categories of steel from 10 exporting countries, including Vietnam. However, not all Vietnamese exporters are subject to the duties.

 The HCMC government has approved the use of an international contest to choose the best consulting firm to handle the planning of the city’s underground space.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the context of pressure on inflation and exchange rate, macroeconomic stabilization must be the top priority, experts say.

 Ngo Thi Thuy Hang has voluntarily spent the years of her youth searching for the tombs of fallen Vietnamese soldiers for more than a decade.

 Strategy 2030 sets out institution's broad vision and strategic response to evolving needs in Asia and the Pacific.

 Speakers touch on current status and future of AI at Vietnam CEO Summit 2018 in Hanoi on July 25.

 The Ministry of Finance’s Inspectorate has just proposed the handling of numerous violations of Hanoitourist regarding the management and usage of capital and property, business results and their implementation of duties to the state budget.