VietNamNet Bridge - Provincial authorities in the central region have decided to withdraw proposed hydropower projects in an effort to protect forested land. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The great potential of the Vietnamese food market has attracted the South Korean conglomerate the CJ Group.

As many as 352,000 students passed exams to enter universities in the first enrollment period, but only 242,000 students have turned up to start school, while 110,000 students have rejected the opportunity. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts are advising software firms to spend money in niche markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of businesses contribute VND5 billion each a year to a tourism promotion fund expected to reach VND70 billion by 2020. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for an increase in credit growth to 21 per cent this year to help the country hit its economic growth target, potentially adding to concerns over the pace of new lending.

On August 17, VPBank will be officially listed on the HCM City Stock Exchange. Including this, there are at least four major bank listings in 2017, and so far, this trend has shown no signs of stopping.

 Vietnam is still facing difficulties in ensuring the counter funding for ODA transport projects, leading to sluggish implementation.

 Several traditional lottery firms in Vietnam have begun co-operating with Vietlott to sharpen their competitiveness in the context of the falling revenues.

VietNamNet Bridge - The lack of transparency in Vietnam is causing foreign investors to consider BOT (build-operate-transfer) projects cautiously.

Vietnam is facing a severe shortage of IT workers though there is a large number of universities and colleges teaching IT nationwide, heard a conference on IT human resource development on Friday.

The police of Lang Son yesterday announced to capture a young Chinese man who was carrying nearly $1 million into Vietnam through border crossing.

 An international scientific conference on flavour physics opened on August 14, in the central city of Quy Nhon, as part of the on-going Rencontres du Vietnam 2017, a series of scientific events held annually in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Information and Communications directed MobiFone Corporation and VTC Multimedia Corporation to finish their equitisation in 2018.

 Vietnam’s first polyester fibre manufacturing plant may soon resume production following the investor’s strong commitment.

 Household businesses in Vietnam don't want to expand into firms because of the fear of losses, high taxes and complicated procedures.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the first-ever regulations on specific standards and assessment criteria for officials under the management of the Party Central Committee, Politburo and Secretariat. 

VN Air Traffic Management Corporation announced on Monday that it had conducted operational trials of the Distributed Multi-Nodal ATFM Operational Trail between Viet Nam and Singapore.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will complete the reduction of administrative procedures in the third quarter of the year, with two-thirds out of 443 being removed.

 This year’s professional national basketball tournament, sponsored by Jetstar, will be held from September 05 to December 03.