Capital movements across the Southeast Asian region have begun to take shape, evidenced by the growing interest in international investment.

 The expanding non-alcoholic drink segment has pitted domestic and foreign sector companies in a tight race to see who will ultimately control the country’s estimated US$4 billion market.

The development of high-tech agriculture in Vietnam remains sluggish due to unplanned and small-scale production, and is not commensurate with the country’s comparative advantages and efforts.

 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.

A red-shanked douc langur was handed over to the Cuc Phuong national park by forest rangers in Phu Loc district, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14.

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.

HCM City, the country’s commercial hub, is a food paradise not only for Vietnamese but for people from all over the world, including tourists and diverse communities of expatriates 

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.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will hold a floral lantern night festival in Ninh Kiều District from August 19 to 21.

A representative of the Viet Nam Road Administration on Monday worked with the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang’s Department of Transportation on the problem related to the local Cai Lay toll station.

Two more construction projects in coastal Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son districts of Da Nang have been found discharging untreated waste water into the city’s household sewage system.

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