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Port investor in HCMC likely to suffer heavy losses

Saigon Premier Container Terminal has not been able to accommodate large container ships due to sedimentation in the Soai Rap River since June 2017, increasing the likelihood of heavy losses for the investor of the multi-million-dollar terminal.

E-commerce market: big players incur big losses

The total accumulative loss of the four biggest players in the e-commerce market has reached VND4.5 trillion. 

Growth at all costs should not be the case anymore

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gross domestic product (GDP) is still an important indicator needed to assess the current level of a country’s growth. However, Governments are advised not to try to increase GDP at all costs 

Reviving traditional theatre arts

On the glowing stage of cheo, Thuy Mui is a charming artist who mesmerises audiences with sweet folk melodies. She is also known as a decisive leader who has contributed significantly to attracting people back to cheo. 

Nurses travel thousands of miles to learn Vietnamese health care

 Student nurses from the United Kingdom are enjoying a taste of Asia and learning about the Vietnamese healthcare system.

Drivers win fee reduction at controversial toll booth

About 4,000 owners of vehicles in the northern province of Hưng Yên and Hải Phòng City will receive a fee exemption or reduction when they travel through two BOT toll stations installed along the National Highway No 5 starting August 1

HCMC encourages environment projects

 HCM City has called for investment in environmental protection projects from now through 2025 and announced incentives for such investment as it seeks to resolve certain problems soon.

Eco-friendly bus to start running in in Hanoi

 Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis along three routes from August 1 as the city marks 10 years of the expansion of its administrative boundary, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Foreign investors promote M&A with Vietnam’s pharmacy firms

 With a two-digit growth rate in many years, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market has boosted foreign drug firms to continue M&A deals with their Vietnamese counterparts in a move to get higher revenue from the potential market.

Collapse of Laos hydropower dam will have minor impact in Vietnam: scientists

Officials and scientists have said that the accident at the Sepien Senamnoi hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos will not create a “water bomb” attacking the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission holds 28th meeting

 The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.

Vietnam continues aid to victims of Lao dam collapse

 Vietnamese agencies, businesses, organisations, and individuals have offered aid to victims of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of the Lao province of Attapeu. 

PM meets head of Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received President of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association Ryu Shionoya in Hanoi on July 27.

A glimpse at female street vendors in Hanoi

 Street vendors have grown along with Hanoi through hundreds of years. They have become a symbolic image of the thousands-year-old capital.

Vietnamese shooters aim for gold at ASIAD 2018

 Vietnamese shooters are aiming for gold medals at the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) in Indonesia, the Vietnam Shooting Federation said at a ceremony to send off the team in Hanoi on July 26.  

Thanh Hoa man revives province’s traditional martial art

Tran Van Dung stumbled into a traditional Vietnamese martial art called Nhat Nam as a college kid looking for something to do. After falling in love with the activity, he has shared passion for the martial art with hundreds of pupils

EVFTA expected to be signed late 2018

 Bernd Lange, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, has said he expects the EVFTA to be signed at the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in October or sometime in November this year.

Int’l Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018 concludes in HCM City

 The Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018 wrapped up on July 27.

Galaxy Note 9, S10 imitation products available in HCMC

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese-made smartphones imitating Samsung's upcoming high-end models are being sold in HCMC at VND2.7 million.

Vietnamese gymnastics confident towards 2018 Asian Games

 There is just nearly a month left before the 2018 Asiad commences in Indonesia. Joining many athletes in other teams, members of Vietnam’s gymnastics squad are working hard.