Leaders of Cambodia hailed their country’s relations with Vietnam during separate meetings with Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man in Phnom Penh on August 14.

Vietnam will send seven young golfers, of average age 18, to take part in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

The Hanoi Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has successfully conducted a trial run of an international container train connecting China’s Guangzhou province and Hanoi’s Yen Vien town.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) had invested in 141 businesses as of July 31 with total State capital of $860.6 million among their combined charter capital of $4.18 billion.

 Lawmakers of Vietnam and Thailand should continue to share common viewpoints and support each other in issues of common concern at international and regional inter-parliamentary forums.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said it disagrees with education experts who believe that questions on this year’s high school final exams were too easy. 

Thousands of households in the Thach Khe iron mining area in Thach Ha district of Ha Tinh province have endured tough lives for the last 10 years. 

HoREA has sent a dispatch to central agencies, proposing to amend articles of the 2013 Land Law. It believes that foreigners buying houses in Vietnam need to be recognized as land users (for no more than 50 years). 

VietNamNet Bridge - Legal obstacles are hindering the construction of smart cities in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s track and field athletes have departed for Malaysia to participate in the 29th SEA Games.

 “War Letters”, an outstanding book by Colonel Dang Vuong Hung, was honored during the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

 Seven State-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) equitisation plans were approved in July, bringing the total number for the first seven months of 2017 to 26.

 The People’s Committee of Ha Tinh central province has decided to withdraw the licence for an iron exploitation project that is yet to be implemented after nine years.

 The National Financial Supervision Commision has assessed in its financial report for July that declines in the interest rate for the rest of 2017 will be supported by both domestic and international factors.

 SEA Games 29: in figures

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF)  believes that it is necessary to tax second and subsequently owned homes to restrict property speculation and oversupply.

 Floods triggered by torrential rains in Hoang Lien National Park on the afternoon of August 12 swept away three local people.

 Authorities of Quang Ninh’s Van Don District have decided to ban the operation of self-modified three-wheel vehicles or tuk tuks at local tourist sites from January 1, 2018.

 Some market observers said not only foreigners but also property developers do not know which projects can be sold to foreign nationals.

 Vietnam imported 5.1 million tons of fuels from Southeast Asia and 1.7 million tons from South Korea, accounting for over 90% of the total in the January-July period.