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Vietinbank take National Super Volleyball Cup

 Vietinbank pocketed their first National Super Volleyball Cup in their fourth attempt after beating VTV Binh Dien Long An 3-1 in the final match on Saturday.

VN player wins title in Thailand

 Vietnamese Nguyen Van Phuong championed the PTT-ITF Junior Grade 4 tennis tournament in Thailand yesterday.

95 percent of population hoped to be covered by health insurance by 2025

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a CPV Central Committee resolution on public health which sets a goal for 95 percent of the population to be covered by health insurance by 2025.

Motorbike-truck collisions kill four in Ha Tinh

 A father and daughter died yesterday when a motorbike and a truck crashed into each other in central Ha Tinh Province.

Japanese volunteer changes lives of Agent Orange kids

 A group of ten children affected in different ways by Agent Orange look intently as “Teacher Yo” threads beads with a thin string to make bracelets.

HCM City develops use of robots to treat diseases

 Centres specialising in using robots to treat diseases and cancers are being developed in HCM City in order to treat people throughout the country and foreign tourists, according to HCM City Department of Health.

Rice farmers rue missing out on price rise

 Many farmers in the Mekong Delta are regretting that they did not stockpile any rice as prices rise continuously and supply remains limited.

Agro-forestry SOEs to be audited in 2019: Deputy PM

 A thorough audit of all State-owned agricultural businesses will be carried out in 2019 following next year’s concentrated restructuring efforts, so as to identify underperforming firms and other issues facing the sector.

APEC 2017: APEC - Important force supporting Vietnam’s reform

 Since Vietnam joined the APEC forum in 1998, the forum has become an important force supporting the country’s economic reform and restructuring, growth model shift and global economic integration, including the entry to the World Trade Organisation. 

Cash equivalent

 Vietnam is on the verge of recognizing Bitcoin as form of payment but concerns remain.

Individual stocks soar, losers outnumber gainers

 The market trend of heavy dependence on several individual stocks generated some volatility in last week’s trades.

Textile production cannot meet industry demand

If Vietnamese textile and garment companies cannot organize fabric production, the industry will have to import 15 out of 18 billion square meters of fabric it needs by 2025. If so, Vietnam will forever do outsourcing for foreign companies. 

Vietnam cautious about economic growth for 2018

VietNamNet Bridge - Though it believes a 6.7 percent GDP growth rate in 2017 is ‘within reach’, the Ministry of Planning & Investment (MPI) has set a 6.5 percent growth rate for 2018.

A surprise discovery: Vietnam’s propolis can help treat cancer

Dr Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Dean of Chemistry, at the HCMC University of Natural Sciences, has discovered that Vietnam’s propolis has very strong anti-cancer activity, especially for pancreatic cancer.


HCM City struggles to control flooding

Nguyen An Nien, a leading water resources expert, says that controlling floods remains a thorny problem in HCM City.

Parents worried about increase in accidents at schools

Experts have warned schools about the need to ensure security for students as the number of accidents has arisen. 

Int'l school Vietnam- Finland to open in HCMC

 The construction of Vietnam-Finland International School will start officially in November in Ton Duc Thang University's campus in District 7.

Bitcoin use might face criminal charge in Vietnam

 The issue, supply and use of illegal means of payments including Bitcoin and other crypto currencies might face criminal charge according to Item 1, Article 26 of the Penal Code 2015, which has been amended and supplemented in 2017.

Contemporary traits

Talentnet’s latest research reveals the attitudes of the new breed of managers emerging in the modern world of business.

GDT ponders delaying e-invoice application

 Vietnam might delay the schedule of applying e-invoices until July 1, 2019 to facilitate businesses' preparations.