Defending champion Nguyễn Huy Hoàng from Quảng Bình Province won a gold medal in the 800m free-style at the National Youth Swimming Championship in HCM City, which concluded on Wednesday.

Many provinces and cities plan to visit and present gifts to families who are beneficiaries of state policies on the occasion of War Invalids’ and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

The case file on a massive police-backed online gambling ring worth VNĐ 9.8 trillion (US$426.3 million), involving high-ranking police officials has been completed and submitted to the court, the criminal investigation unit of Phú Thọ Province said on July 18.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has required commercial banks to control their credit growth in line with their capital mobilisation ability and credit growth limits set by SBV.

The National Youth Shooting Championship started at the National Sports Training Centre in Hà Nội yesterday.

As many as 32 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and international organisations have confirmed that they will attend the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) slated for September 19-22 in Hà Nội.

Writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư is announced as the laureate of the Literaturpreis Prize 2018 for the German version of her book Cánh Đồng Bất Tận (Endlose Felder).

The State Treasury of Việt Nam collected VNĐ4.6 trillion (US$197.8 million) on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) on July 18.

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

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