VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers may have colluded in the disappearance of 213 containers full of electric appliances, electronics and other goods, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is believed to have the best chance ever to win a gold medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are harvesting their summer-autumn rice crop earlier than usual because of earlier than usual flooding.

The Deputy Minister of Defence has urged all military units to comply with the Central Military Commission’s regulations on management and use of military land near HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport.

 With high-end smartphones like Bphone 2 or affordable smartphones like Mobiistar, will Vietnamese smartphones survive amidst the vicious competition?

The HCM City Stock Exchange approved the registration for listing of VPBank shares on August 8, with the lender most likely to follow its plan of debuting on the country’s main bourse in the third quarter under the “VPB” ticker.

The U.S. Navy’s USS San Diego (LPD 22) arrived in the Cam Ranh International Port on August 6 for a routine technical stop and for the crew to have an opportunity to experience Nha Trang.

Rice exports are expected to earn Vietnam from $2.3 to $2.5 billion annually during the 2021-2030 period, according to the Development Strategy for Rice Export Markets in 2017-2020 and Vision to 2030.

 Nguyen Hoang Thien and Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles in the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament.

 The Vietnam Software Association has launched a programme to choose Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

 Hanoi athletes win up to 30 percent of Vietnam’s gold medals at international events, and they are expected to do the same in the upcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

 An art and street food space will be launched at Trinh Cong Son street and adjacent areas in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district from August 19, according to the People’s Committee of Tay Ho district.

The second International Conference on Information Technology Outsourcing/Business Process Outsourcing in Viet Nam will be held in HCM City next October. 

 Military-run telecom group Viettel today announced that it was increasing its broadband speed for free for all its subscribers nationwide.

 The Bkav Corporation officially introduced the Bphone 2017, the second version of its Bphone, the first made-in-Viet Nam smartphone, on Tuesday.

 Vietnam’s derivatives market will start official operations on August 10 with the VN30-Index futures contract set to launch first.

 Businesses should co-operate closely with the Government to usher in a second export wave of products with higher added-value and promotion of brands, participants at a seminar in HMC City said on Tuesday.

 The Vietnam Offroad Cup (VOC) is scheduled to kick off on September 9-10 at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Nationalities on the outskirts of Hanoi.

The War Remnants Museum in HCM City’s new showroom called White Doves Carry Peace contains paintings on the theme of peace.

VietNamNet Bridge - Brewers and pubs are thriving thanks to Vietnamese wine and beer consumption.