The Ministry of Industry and Trade is making every endeavour to complete all required papers and to submit the CPTPP to the National Assembly for ratification in the legislature’s session later this year.

 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Le Quoc Phong has been named Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Federation’s (VYF) Central Committee.

 A festival was held in Dak R’Moan commune of the Central Highlands of Dak Nong on July 18 to celebrate the avocado season there. 

 Vietnam’s insurance industry achieved high year-on-year growth of 24.35 percent in the first half of 2018, helping total revenue to reach 2.58 billion USD.

 Romanian painter, Sergiu Moise is showing his art works at a solo exhibition in Hanoi.

 Vietnam is committed to implementing the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, stated Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong.

 The investigation bureau of the Ha Giang police has started criminal proceedings against the exam cheating scandal in the northern mountainous province, the Ministry of Public Security announced on July 19. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign travelers are creating their own tours to HCM City instead of booking package tours at travel agencies. 

More than 99 percent of goods available at Mumuso shops are made-in-China products, while other retail brands such as Miniso, Daiso and Yoyso are also selling products made in China.

VietNamNet Bridge - While other regional countries have shut down some cement plants and stopped developing new projects, Vietnam is doing the opposite.

Technology fans were excited to see the images of BPhone 3, or the third-generation BPhone, a made-in-Vietnam product, appearing on 2018 World Cup ads.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign teachers at foreign language centers do not have teaching certificates.

 Nearly 386,000 books were sold at Ho Chi Minh City’s Duong Sach (or Book Street) in the first half of this year, bringing a revenue of 20 billion VND (880,000 USD), up 5 percent annually. 

 The Ministry of Transport has proposed a plan to upgrade runways at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports, the nation’s two largest and busiest airports, which would cost around 4.2 trillion VND (184 million USD).

 A ritual celebrating the ripe avocado season was held in Dak R’Moan hamlet of Dak R’Moan commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on July 18.

 More than 50 photos featuring women’s nude bodies by 10 popular artists will be on show in downtown Hanoi between July 20 and 27.

 Fishes raised by farmers along the Da River in the northern province of Hoa Binh died en masse during the past week, causing great losses.

 Floods brought by typhoon Son Tinh killed two people, damaged 15 houses and thousands of hectares of crops yesterday in the central and northern provinces.

 The National Youth Shooting Championship started at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi on Wednesday.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam said that it agreed with the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to suspend the import of cryptocurrency mining machines in a move to improve the management of currency transactions in the country.