Nguyen Bich Lam, director general of Viet Nam General Statistics Office, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper about the significance of the 2017 Census.

 Vietnam – Netherlands relations continue to thrive

 Viet Nam will send two representatives to the International Association of Athletics Federation World U18 Championship in Kenya this week.

 Vietnamese Nguyen Quoc Nguyen finished second at the World Union of Billiards (UMB) World Cup Porto, which closed early Monday in Portugal.

 The Viet Nam Youth Team defeated Thailand’s U18 squad 25-15, 17-25, 25-16, 25-20 at the VTV Cup, an international women’s volleyball tournament, yesterday in Hai Duong City.

 Tens of black-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nigripes), an endangered species, have been spotted in Chua Chan mountain in Suoi Cat commune of Xuan Loc district, the southern province of Dong Nai.

 Significant milestones in ASEAN development

 About 500,000 tonnes of material cashew nuts will be imported from now to October to serve processing and meet the targeted export volume of 360,000 tonnes of cashew nuts this year.

 A series of scientific workshops began in Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh on July 10, as part of the 13th Meet Vietnam programme this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten years ago, the risk for Vietnam was that it might miss the glbal ‘integration train’. Today, the question is where is Vietnam in that train?

 The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the Department of Communication and Information and other relevant agencies to take urgent action to ward off the threat from the Petrwrap ransomware attack.

 Film screenings will begin nationwide to celebrate the anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

New report reveals that widespread fraud by both healthcare institutions and patients have cost health insurance funds some VND3 trillion ($132 million) in the first four months of the year.

Transportation companies say there are suffering significant losses because of a new rule that requires original documents of vehicles to be presented on demand by traffic police. 

 Thousands of tourists have been stranded on Co To Island in the northern province of Quang Ninh because of the bad weather.

A new tuong (classical drama) show, the brainchild of a Vietnamese and Singaporean director, will be performed at Pohang Bada International Festival in South Korea in August 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 3rd Viet Nam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival will be held in Ha Noi and HCM City on July 18 & 19.

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday approved a resolution on mid-term public investment plan from 2016-2020 with the total capital US$7.56 billion at the closing session of the 5th meeting of the 9th council.

 Shopping malls in Ho Chi Minh City draw attention of young people as the sales season kicks off; most of them are white-collar workers who are interested in internationally famous brand names like Zara.

 Despite historical ups and downs, artisans in Ninh Van commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province, have promoted the arts of stone carving, which have been handed down by their ancestors over many generations.