Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in HCM City has decreased by 65 per cent year-on-year, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

 Vietnam entered the second round of the Asian U-19 Women’s Volleyball Championship after beating Sri Lanka 3-0 in the preliminary round in Thailand on July 24.

 National number one hope Ly Hoang Nam entered the second round of the Vietnam F1 Futures-Becamex IDC Cup on July 25 in Binh Duong Province.

 The first Tai Tu Music Festival for Children, to be held at HCM City’s Labour Cultural House next week, will include participants under 15 years old performing songs and instrumental pieces.

 HCM City’s plan to set up a mechanised slaughterhouse system replacing the existing manual one has been stymied for more than a decade after getting entangled in red tape.

The first ever world Vietnamese traditional martial art championship will take place in HCM City from July 26-29 at the Phu Tho Gymnasium, HCM City.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been stepping up the inspection at of environmental pollution “hot spots” in the northern provinces of Thai Nguyen and Bac Giang, and the central city of Da Nang.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had separate meetings with foreign ministers from other countries on the margins of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) in Laos.

 Legislators continued their plenary session in Hanoi on July 25 under the chair of National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented a report on the organisational structure of the Government in the 2016-2021 tenure at the first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on July 25.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnessed the signing of US$370-million cooperative agreements in the fields of competitiveness enhancement, environment protection and sustainable development between the WB and the State Bank of Vietmam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 25 hosted a reception for Cambodian Ambassador Hul Phany, who came to say goodbye at the end of his tenure in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The massive conversion of forests into the land areas for rubber, industrial crop cultivation and hydropower plant development led to the loss of 500,000 hectares of  natural forests in the last 10 years.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN member states and China issued their joint statement on the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea in Vientiane on July 25.

 The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a Joint communiqué in Vientiane on July 24.

China may damage its image in the international community if the country ignores the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea, a South Korean expert in international law said.

 The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam (GIV) and the Government Inspection Authority of Laos (GIA) are hoped to expand and deepen their comprehensive cooperation, especially in experience exchange.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC is looking for locations to develop large-scale logistics centers that can incorporate different services and modes of transport to meet growing demand of importers and exporters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beepub is a recommended place for young visitors to Dalat these days as it is where they can have fun chats over drinks and then stay overnight in the resort city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

 Archaeological evidence of an old trading port have been found at a recent excavation conducted in the central Binh Dinh Province.