The People’s Court of My Duc district, Hanoi, on August 8 opened the first instance trial on law violations regarding land management in the district’s Dong Tam commune. 

 Vietnam’s stock market has 23 companies valued at over US$1 billion and most of them have reported higher business results in the first half of this year.

 Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Town has been restored and attracted many visitors after three years being ravaged by erosion.

 The authorities of Dak Nong Province are calling for the government to complete a road which is causing huge travel problems.

 Significant sites in major cities of Vietnam will be lit up simultaneously on the night of August 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

 Hospitals across Hanoi are at full capacity treating dengue fever patients.

Vietnam successfully fulfilled its role as rotational Chairman of the ASEAN Committee in Paris from April to July, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As night approaches, most people head home to rest after a long working day. But not Ho Tuan Sang.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his players have started training for their AFF U18 Championship in Ha Noi discrediting a rumour that Tuan’s coach days were over after he led the country’s U20 team to its first world cup

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese startups complain that they still find it difficult to get capital from angel and venture investors even though many investment funds have been established.

It may be her career’s first Southeast Asian Games (SEA), but all eyes are on 20-year-old Le Tu Chinh, who is expected to bring back the 100m and 200m titles to the country later this month.

 Born into a family with a four-generation tradition of martial arts in Lam Dong, seven-time world champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has been called “The loner who seeks defeat” in Muay Thai. 

 HCM City has an average 30,000 newly-registered vehicles per month with the majority being motorbikes, said a municipal police officer.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with his counterparts from New Zealand, the US, China and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on August 7.

Vietnam is committed, along with other member countries, to build a united and self-reliant ASEAN Community, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN today.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has stressed the need for ASEAN 3, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum to promote cooperation on the basis of ensuring ASEAN’s central role. 

 Listed coal producers recorded profits during the second quarter and first half of 2017, but the the second half of the year may not be so promising due to large stockpiles, adverse weather and technological and geological barriers.

To meet the demand for clothes and ancillary materials for outsourcing enterprises by 2025, Vietnam needs some US$22 billion invested in textile and dyeing.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has demanded that all corresponding government departments, agencies and institutions to adjust policies as part of an “action-minded” government, to unburden Vietnamese firms of unnecessary business regulations.

The Vietnam Steel Association is calling on the Government to maintain a series of quality and management controls in the steel industry since trade fraud in steel imports is still high.