Issues relating to the management of apartment buildings and the quality of non-public kindergartens dominated the question and answer session as the 15th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up its sixth meeting yesterday.

 The State monopoly in the rail industry has diminished competition and pushed the sector to the edge of crisis, economic experts said yesterday.

 Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Government Inspectorate of VN to respond in writing to complaints about environmental violations from residents who live near the Da Phuoc Solid Waste Treatment Complex in HCMC.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors are interested in BOT projects, but few investors dare to pour money into the sector because of unstable policies.

 Vietnam has attracted companies renting industrial property due to low cost as well as strategic location, strong economic growth and development of the middle-class, according to JLL Vietnam.

 The Vietnamese delegation has actively contributed to the discussions at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which wrapped up on July 7 in Geneva, Switzerland after three weeks of sitting. 

 Vietnamese boxers are competing with professional boxers from the Republic of Korea at the Vina Boxing Cup 2018, held in the southern province of Dong Nai on July 7.

 Trung Nam Solar Power JSC on July 7 kicked off construction of a $216.5 million solar power plant in Thuan Bac district, the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan.

Vinsmart and the leading Spanish technology firm BQ recently signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote the production of smartphones branded Vsmart.

 The swine flu virus A/H1N1 has left a female dead in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long after a male patient died at a medical centre in Tran Van Thoi district of Ca Mau province earlier this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - China may become the biggest importer of Vietnam’s seafood in the time to come. It is already the major importer of many other items.

 HCM City authorities must continue to mobilise all resources and fully tap the potential and advantages the city has to achieve breakthroughs in its seven key economic development programmes.

VietNamNet Bridge - Doors and flaps just account for 1-2 percent of total value of an aircraft. If Vietnam manufactures these items and joins the production chain, its earnings will be small. 

 Vietnam’s U23 team will face Japan in Group D of the men’s football of the Asian Games (ASIAD) 18, following the draw held in Indonesia on July 5.

 When it comes to food policy, Vietnam faces a double health burden: The country has seen a rising number of children with obesity in urban areas, while the number of malnourished children remains high.

The Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration as built a project to enhance the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting’s capacity to generate warnings on thunderstorms, lightning, storms, and rain.

 Vietnamese women’s football team put ten goals past Singapore in the second match of the group round of the 2018 AFF Women’s Championship in Indonesia.

 Most credit institutions reported good results in the second quarter of this year, and expected their business performance throughout 2018 to be better than the previous year. 

 The Ministry of Finance led the way in e-Government development in 2017, with more than 20 million requested records under online processing, according to a report on Vietnam’s e-Government development in 2017.

 Vietnam’s total revenue from retail sales and services in the first half of this year has maintained high growth since the beginning of the year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).