The changes in tax policy and investment incentives are the issues of greatest concern for foreign investors in Vietnam, said Bui Ngoc Tuan, Deputy General Director of the Audit and Advisory firm Deloitte Vietnam at a workshop on in Hanoi on July 10.

 Two new species of Camellia flowers found in Vu Quang National Park in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh have been entered the Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy.

 23-year-old Nguyen Huong Lien is working her way through university to become an English language teacher, her career choice, with the help and support of her adoptive parents. 

 The Ministry of Public Security has launched criminal proceedings against law violations relating to the State-owned telecommunication giant Mobifone’s purchase of 95 percent of shares of AVG.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved Bamboo Airways’ investment project at Phu Cat Airport in the south central province of Binh Dinh.

 Vietnam is an outstanding economy in turning its investment for innovation into concrete results, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) Report 2018 released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on July 10. 

 Swine flu A/H1N1 is one of the three most common seasonal influenza strains in Vietnam, with at least five deaths recorded since the beginning of this year.

 People require medical care even before they fall sick, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 25th session on July 11 with discussions on contentious points in the draft law on the Vietnam Coast Guard. 

 The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged domestic enterprises to maintain strict quality control of aquatic products exported to China amidst the fast growth of tra fish export to this market recently. 

 The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has reported that its members sold 783,940 motorbikes of all kinds in the second quarter of 2018, up 6.1 percent against the same period last year.

 Over 700 leather and shoe exhibitors from Vietnam and 26 countries and territories worldwide will be displaying their products at two exhibitions on leather, footwear, and the sewing machine industry, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a decision adding six construction projects to the list of important works related to national security.

 A draft strategy for sea farming development has set the target of making Vietnam a leading country in mariculture in Asia, and one of the world’s top five farmed seafood producers and exporters by 2050.

 Foreign exchange rates are likely to rise strongly due to concerns that the US-China trade war may be escalating, said Director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) Nguyen Duc Thanh. 

 The Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed the first aircraft on the morning of July 11, marking an important milestone in preparations for putting the airport into official operation later this year.

 Forestry posted the highest trade surplus, at 3.23 billion USD, amongst agricultural sectors in the first half of 2018, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest).

Expanding alternative care is part of the national target program launched by the Vietnamese Government to ensure disadvantaged children in the country are able to grow up in a family environment.

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 Vietnam’s economy maintained impressive growth in the second quarter this year, according to a macroeconomic report released by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) in Hanoi on July 11.