The Vietnam national women’s football team will have three friendly matches with leading teams during their training session in the Czech Republic, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

The FIFA Referees Committee have appointed Truong Quoc Dung to referee at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia from September 10 to October 1.

Amateur pianists aged six to 18 will take part in the annual VNAM Piano Festival 2016 to be held in Hanoi between July 15 and 17  at the Vietnam Academy of Music.

Vietnam has a huge domestic market for instant noodles with sales of nearly VND20 trillion (US$888.9million) per year.

Economists are concerned that Vietnam will find it difficult to meet this year’s GDP growth target of 6.7%.

Vietnam take part in the Finswimming World Junior Championship in France from July 4 to July 11 in Annemasse City.

Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao won the mixed doubles event at the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on July 3.

Vietnam gained a 33% year-on-year increase in the fruit and vegetable export value to reach US$1.17 billion for the first half of 2016, officials said.

The Vietnam Cashew Association has suggested establishing a fund that will make cashew production sustainable.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will likely continue to require importers of complete built up (CBU) cars with less than nine seats to show proof that they are authorised dealers for foreign automakers.