The derivatives market proved its attractiveness when the value of transactions in the second quarter doubled the amount recorded in the previous quarter to over 417.7 trillion VND (18.4 billion USD), according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to actively and proactively direct monetary policy.

 Twenty-one socio-economic projects in Hanoi are likely to lag behind schedule in 2020, reported Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen in a meeting on July 10 between Hanoi’s leaders and heads of districts.

 The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau is preparing to evacuate local residents in areas prone to landslides as it braces for complicated weather over the next few days.

 The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee has decided to issue a warning as a disciplinary measure against the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 Chairman of PetroVietnam Tran Sy Thanh and Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian gas group Gazprom Alexey Miller discussed a broad array of future cooperation fields at their recent working session in Moscow.

 Automobile sales in the two first quarters of 2018 went down 6 percent compared to the same period last year to reach 125,659 units, the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAVA) reported on July 10. 

 The Vietnam Timber and Forest Production Association (VIFORES) has called on the forestry industry to keep a close eye on US-China trade war developments in order to be able to respond quickly. 

 The massive increase in the number of M&A deals involving foreign investors is putting pressure on Vietnam’s plastics industry.

 After a long period of decline, the last two years have seen an increase in output of giant river prawns in the Mekong Delta.

 The 600-year-old citadel in the central province of Thanh Hoa is facing serious erosion caused by heavy rains.

 Japan’s team took the first place in the overall rankings at the 32nd Open Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament 2018, which wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on July 7.

 Drug addiction among young people has remained high and is the main cause of crimes among them, with half of young addicts having committed crimes, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s women’s football team will meet U-20 Australia in the semi-final of the AFF Championship on July 11 at the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium in Indonesia.

 European firms continued to be optimistic about the business environment in Vietnam, according to the EuroCham’s latest Business Climate Index.

 Malaysia is well-known for its multi-ethnic culture, with the many ethnic groups maintaining separate cultural identities. 

Eighty-five leading travel enterprises were honoured at the Việt Nam Tourism Awards 2018 organised on Monday in Hà Nội by the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism and Việt Nam Tourism Association.

  Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong will present a report on Vietnam’s progress in realising SDGs at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U19 team were knocked out of the group stages of the AFF Under-19 Championship in Indonesia following a 2-2 draw with Singapore on Monday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2015 penal code includes revised articles and supplements to fight money laundering.