Foreign investors are gearing up to enter the Vietnamese stock market, which promises strong growth amid a stable macro-economic backdrop.

 The Ministry of Transport last week confirmed they will remove 10 ports along the Saigon River to areas further on the outskirts, a move which will likely create good opportunities for residential developers.

 JX Nippon Oil & Energy from Japan may face a fall in the dividends from Vietnam's biggest petrol distributor Petrolimex this year compared to last year’s massive harvest due to downward revisions in the firm’s audited financial statement.

 Starbucks opened its first store in Vietnam in 2013, and so far it has had a total of 35 stores in Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City, according to its website.

 Vietnam is building documents to seek UNESCO's recognition to honour Chu Van An, the Confucian teacher famous for his intelligence and ethics.

 A rubbish dump in Phu Quoc Island’s An Thoi Town is severely over capacity and polluting the surrounding neighbourhood.

 The family of a woman who suddenly died from a stroke in Japan is still in shock at the news and lack money to bring her body home.   

 Vietnam will send 30 officers and 30 tonnes of equipment to UN Peacekeeping Forces in South Sudan, according to the Ministry of Defence.

 An international beauty expert has forecasted that Miss Vietnam Universe 2017 H'Hen Nie can make top 5 of Miss Universe 2018.

 Of Nghe An’s 124 sand exploitation locations, 101 are unlicensed.

 The Government will convene a conference next week to seek ways to reduce logistics costs that reached US$46 billion in 2017, accounting for nearly 21% of the GDP.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently signed a decision on ratifying a plan to expand the country’s second largest hydropower plant in Hoa Binh province at a cost of US$379 million.

 Nineteen cars collided in a series of accidents on Highway No 6 in northern Hoa BinhProvince on Sunday.

 A groundbreaking study has uncovered why some patients' cancers are more deadly than others, despite appearing identical.

 A ship with an alledged broken engine floating on the Dong Nai River collided with a bridge on Sunday afternoon, causing panic to people nearby.

 A large bushfire that has threatened homes in Sydney is likely to have been deliberately lit, Australian authorities say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second Viet Nam Tennis Federation Tour begins today in Tay Ninh Province, with the participation of many national top tennis players.

 The global shipping industry has for the first time agreed to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases.

 Giac Lam Pagoda on Lac Long Quan Street in Tan Binh district is the oldest pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam’s securities market may be upgraded to the emerging market status from its current frontier market by 2020, according to the latest SSI Retail Research.

 The island district of Ly Son, 30km off the coast of the central province of Quang Ngai, will open a night market for tourists on the island in May.

 Fireworks will light up the sky of Ho Chi Minh City later this month to celebrate 43 years of the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) and the 132nd May Day (May 1, 1886).

 A court in Moscow has approved a request from the Russian media regulator to block the Telegram messaging app immediately.

 Dak Lak authorities have allowed 18 investors to conduct survey and build solar power projects in the Central Highland province after considering their financial capacity and experience.

 Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the President’s Office, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.