VietNamNet Bridge - Coffee chains require long-term capital, but profits can be unpredictable as some chains have found.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has long strived to tap its immense maritime potential to become a rich and strong country based on its marine economy.

An exhibition and a talk about the book “My little museum of natural history” by Henry Desmet and Sandrine Mercier on the occasion of publishing it in Vietnamese will be held at L'Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi in late August.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Quan Tho 1 Alley on Ton Duc Thang Street of Ha Noi live in fear because they do not know when a house that tilts precariously will collapse.

Ha Nam province is committed to providing the best conditions possible to attract investors, including tax preferences, modern infrastructure, speedy administrative procedures, and a trained local workforce.

 The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Thai Embassy in Vietnam on August 9 held a meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed the Government’s determination to turn tourism into the country’s spearhead economic sector during a national conference on tourism development in Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province, on August 9. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Although they have not yet released an official announcement, Internet service providers said that it would take at least 10 days from now to finish the repair of the AAG submarine cable route.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will provide free wifi service at many locations this year, aiming to serve tourists and smart transport, said the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Binh province will not accept three luxury cars worth VND6.6 billion ($300,000), a gift from a local private firm, according to the province’s Party Secretary Nguyen Thi Thanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has been asked to quickly release the rankings of domestic universities.

 A collision between a Vietnamese and a South Korean vessel on August 8 has left two Vietnamese crew members missing.

Quang Ninh People's Committee has just sent a letter to the prime minister proposing to seek domestic loans for the Van Don-Mong Cai Expressway project and not accept China's offer of a $300 million bank loan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The American University in Viet Nam was launched in the central city of Da Nang on Saturday, the first education institution under the US curriculum in the central Viet Nam.

The Viet Nam Coffee and Cacao Association (Vicofa) proposed to the state that it launch credit support for the local coffee firms competing with foreign companies.

 The Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina chaired a ceremony to celebrate the 49 th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Argentina on August 8. 

Mobile operator Movitel, a joint venture between Vietnamese company Viettel and Mozambique’s SPI, has given learning assistance software M-Escola to high schools in Mozambique.

Campaign Asia has named Thi Anh Dao (Denise Thi), CEO of Isobar Vietnam, among its ‘Women To Watch’ list.

 The HCM City People’s Council has decided to provide an additional tax incentive for an expansion plan of the Samsung Electronics HCM City CE Complex at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duo Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien advanced to the quarter-final round of the Vietnam F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.