The financial sector needs to work on a solution to reduce tax rates but still increase the total tax collection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Supaksom Nuntana from Thailand won the sixth and final stage of the National Women’s Cycling Open - An Giang Television Cup 2018 on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition showcasing origami works of art, titled Nhung Doi Canh (Wings), will open to the public on Friday at Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art.

Costs have been cut for 70 healthcare services at hospitals and clinics nationwide following a circular that took effect on Sunday. Patients will now pay anything from 5 to 50 per cent less for dozens of services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of residents from Quy Nhon in the central province of Binh Dinh have been setting up blockades over the past two days along a section of Highway 1A to prevent dust-billowing lorries

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City swimmers shone at the National Youth Swimming Championship which concluded in HCM City yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - A new investment wave is expected to hit Vietnam’s textile & garment industry in the time to come, triggered by the Vietnam-South Korea FTA.

VinFast factory will have 1,200 remote-controlled robots operating on nights and weekends. Vo Quang Hue, Vingroup Deputy CEO-Automotive, shared with local media some thoughts about VinFast amid the technology revolution 4.0

 Retail companies are racing to expand but are challenged by high rental costs in major cities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday gave a warning to Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan as a disciplinary measure for his violations at the ministry. 

VN should undertake more ambitious reforms to tackle remaining distortions and capacity constraints, increase investment and reduce the external surplus amidst strong economic growth, IMF recommended.

 The implementation of financial and monetary policies must assure that the country’s economic growth is stable and protected from strong volatility in the second half of 2018, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said yesterday.

 Shares rose for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday with an improvement of liquidity, largely on the strength of a handful of banking and individual blue-chips.

 The Vietnamese junior wushu team won nine medals, including three gold, two silver and four bronze at the 7th World Junior Wushu Championship 2018, which closed on Tuesday in Brasilia, Brazil.

Many young people in the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Phu Tho and Lao Cai have rushed illegally across the border to China, leaving their parents and children behind in the hopes of finding a well-paid job

Vietnamese artist Hoang Ngoc Tu has won three prizes at the recent Copenhagen International Choreography Competition.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has critised ministries for failing to build a mechanism for ordering training and scientific research for autonomous universities in the last three years.

 Taxpayers are claiming they should not have to pay an entry fee for airports and terminals given the fact that airport investors do not have to pay land taxes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction of two underground parking lots in Trong Dong Centre and Le Van Tam Park will start in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the HCM City’s Department of Transport.

 “Son Tinh,” the third storm appeared in the East Sea so far this year, weakened to a low pressure after making its landfall in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An on July 18.