Prime Minister Nguuyen Xuan Phuc reiterated the Government's determination to strictly punish environmental violations at an August 3 meeting with voters from the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Ly Hoang Nam was stopped at the Vietnam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after losing 4-6, 5-7 to No 6 seed Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

FIFA-level referee Phung Dinh Dung will not oversee the remaining matches of the V.League due to an error he made in the 18th round match between Khanh Hoa and Quang Nam.

Singaporean power investor The Blue Circle plans to build a $68 million wind power project with a capacity of 40 MW in Dam Nai reservoir in Ninh Hai district, south-central Ninh Thuan province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Milkbar coffee shop stands out from other cafes along the busy street of Le Quy Don in District 3 as it was built like the “Little House on the Prairie.”

 A week on elephant protection was launched in Nong Son district, the central province of Quang Nam on August 3 with myriad activities.

 VINCI, a French-based leading global group in infrastructure construction and concessions, hopes to cooperate with the Vietnamese Government and partners to develop highway projects in the country.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh attended the 30th meeting of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Council in Vientiane, Laos on August 3.

Vietnam will build a policy on comprehensive competition by 2017, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyen Dinh Cung said at a workshop in Hanoi on August 3.

Hanoi is offering incentives for enterprises, particularly those from Japan, to apply advanced technologies in waste treatment in the capital, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

 The Ministry of Finance should take people and businesses’ satisfaction as the meter of its administrative reforms’ effectiveness, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said at a working session with the ministry on August 3.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong lauded outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany for strengthening the fine neighbourliness, traditional solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia during a reception yesterday. 

 Hanoi will focus on urban planning, construction and management, and new rural building, along with resources management and environmental protection in the next five years.

 The Hanoi People’s Council adopted a resolution relieving Nguyen Thi Nguyet Huong of her post as deputy of the council for the 2016-2020 tenure during its third working day of the second session in Hanoi on August 3.

Official reports show an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real estate sector, as a number of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals and investment from Singaporean tycoons have been made recently. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – During her business trips to ASEAN member countries, Nguyen Hong Hoa of HCM City finds it very hard to find Vietnamese goods on supermarket shelves in Malaysia or Singapore.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past 6 months, a group of deaf and mute people have staged performance on Nguyen Hue walking street in district 1, Ho Chi Minh City. At about 7 pm every day, they place their musical instruments and loudspeakers

 Local authorities in Can Tho City are being criticised for damaging handrails of seven of eight bridges in two hamlets so cars can get through.

Taiwan’s footwear giants are looking at Vietnam as an attractive stop-off point to open new manufacturing plants. 

The minimum wage will increase by 7.3 per cent in 2017, a National Wage Council meeting on August 2 in northern Vinh Phuc province has decided.