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Shock horror at bureaucratic excess

 Good advice is hard to come by and common tropes regurgitated as advice can often be little help, so one advisory department in the capital is firmly eschewing the credo ‘double the trouble’.

Parents spend overnight at school gate to register for grade 1

 Most people spend an all-nighter or two during their school days, but few people expect to have to pull an all-nighter on behalf of their children’s school carreer. 

You’re really going to dig this

Most burglary in Vietnam is performed with basic tools and little planning, wham, bam thank-you ma’am stuff. But a gang of thieves from the northern province of Bac Giang went above and beyond to fulfill their nefarious goals.

HCM City needs $5.6b for projects

 HCM City is seeking more than VNĐ128 trillion (US$5.63 billion) in investment between now and 2020 for socio-economic development, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Sun Group to launch luxury resort in Ha Long this weekend

Sun Group, one of Vietnam’s largest resort estate developers, is opening its luxury resort complex Sun Premier Village Ha Long Bay at a grand ceremony held in Wyndham Legend Halong Hotel, Quang Ninh Province on July 1.

Banks circumventing rules on real estate loans

 Relevant authorities should further monitor consumer lending as real estate loans were hidden in consumer loans, experts told Viet Nam Television.

Phu Yen's dam at risk of breaking

A dam of the La Bach reservoir in central Phu Yen Province’s Song Hinh District is at risk of breaking as a large amount of water has permeated through a large area of its downstream surface.

Heat wave forecast in the north, followed by rain

 A heat wave engulfed the North on Monday, with temperatures rising by one to two degrees Celsius, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

14th NA's third session passes 12 laws,12 resolutions

 14th NA's third session passes 12 laws,12 resolutions

Ministry mulls auto industry protection

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is crafting a new strategy to protect the auto industry with tax policies at its centre, Sai Gon Times Weekly reported.

UN team assesses Vietnam’s readiness for peacekeeping activities

A UN delegation is making an assessment and advisory visit to the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre from June 26-30 to examine the country’s military medicine and engineering capacity for peacekeeping.

President Tran Dai Quang begins official trip to Belarus

President Tran Dai Quang, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Minsk on June 26 afternoon, beginning a three-day official visit to Belarus.

Hanoi U13 Club to compete in Gothia Cup in Sweden

 Hanoi Football Club will compete in the Gothia World Youth Cup 2017 from July 16-22 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

HCM City fosters front connection with Cambodia

 Ho Chi Minh City wishes the National Council of Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland (FDCM) facilitate cooperation in front work between Vietnam’s southern city and the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.

Defence minister receives outgoing Israeli ambassador

Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich received outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Meirav Eilon Shahar in Hanoi on June 26.

Lao PM urges closer coordination in searching fallen Vietnamese soldiers

Lao PM Thongloun Sisoulith has urged the Special Working Committees of the Vietnamese and Lao Governments to continue their close coordination in searching and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts. 

Vietnam, Laos intensify judicial ties

 National Assembly Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien on June 26 welcomed head of the Justice Committee of the Lao National Assembly Bouakham Thippavong. 

President meets Belarusian friendship association members, veterans

Right after his arrival in Minsk on June 26, President Tran Dai Quang met representatives of the Belarus-Vietnam Friendship Association (BVFA) and Belarusian veterans who helped Vietnam in wartime.

VN chess prodigies bring home the bacon

Young Vietnamese chess players won 20 gold medals at the Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championships which concluded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 25.

Vietnam’s mobile game market poised to explode

In recent years, millions of electronic game fans have gradually left internet cafes, where they played games on PCs, and have shifted to mobile phones.