Seven industry associations in Vietnam have voiced their concerns over a new rule from the Ministry of Science and Technology that strips businesses of the right to request labs to retest product samples.

The General Hospital in Can Tho had to pay VND375 million ($16,261) in compensation and provide lifetime medical treatment to a patient after it wrongly removed both her kidneys many years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an adjusted construction plan at a scale of 1/2000 for the C30 and Truong Tho complex areas in districts 10, Tan Binh, and Thu Duc.

 Maybe due to not charging viewers, Vietnam Television (VTV) is trying to recover its capital spent on buying the 2018 World Cup’s TV rights by raising advertisement prices. A 30-second slot during the finals now goes for VND800 million ($35,242).

 Numerous South Korean firms in Vietnam expressed concerns about losing their tax incentives due to surprise decisions from the authorities.

 A family member of Nguyen Thi Thi has paid VND8 billion ($352,423) in full. She is charged with appropriating VND245 billion ($10.8 million) from client Chu Thi Binh in Eximbank’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.

 The list of thermal power plants in Vietnam having investment capital from China will be extended once Chinese investors are approved to take over Long Phu III thermal power plant located in the Mekong Delta province province of Soc Trang.

 The 35th ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) Board Meeting will take place from September 17 – 21 in Nha Trang, the resort city of Khanh Hoa in central Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese athlete Le Tien Long won the bronze medal in the men’s 2000m steeplechase at the Asian Youth Olympic Games 2018, held in Bangkok, Thailand

Improving competitive capacity to expand export markets and understanding of international trade regulations are significant for Vietnamese steel firms to respond to trade defence lawsuits in the context of growing protectionism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy can be re-defined by focusing on the effective exploitation of four megatrends affecting the country’s sustainable and competitive development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – June 25, 2018 will become an unforgettable day in the life of thousands of students in Vietnam. No, not because it’s the ninth anniversary of the death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson, but because it’s the day ...

 There was no new supply in Ho Chi Minh City’s office market in the second quarter of the year, according to CBRE’s Q2 Quarterly Report highlighting the city. 

Head of the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition Vi Kien Thanh has just asked the HCMC's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to report on the controversial Mystery of the Human Body exhibition.

 One person has been injured and two others are missing when a container ship from Mongolia collided with a barge carrying sand on the Saigon River on July 4.  

Many guesthouses in Hanoi have already closed at around 9 pm in the past week since they are full as people seek shelter from the heat wave.

 Police in the central province of Nghe An and the anti-drug unit of the Vietnam Coast Guard have smashed a drug ring, confiscating large quantities of drugs transported from Laos to Nghe An. 

 Twenty-five artworks including paintings, videos and installations made by artists of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are on display at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on July 4.

As many as 20 products recorded more than 1 billion USD in export turnover in the first half of 2018, accounting for 85.6 percent of Vietnam’s total exports, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 A graduation ceremony was held in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev on July 3 for the first class of post-graduate students of the Taras Shevchenco National University of Kiev’s Vietnamese Language and Literature course.