Nguyen Quang Dung, director general of the Department of Salary Affairs under the Ministry of Home Affairs, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about proposed changes in the future wage system. 

A couple in the southern province of Binh Duong use their hotel as the accommodation for nearly 40 orphans and two lonely elderly people.

Dr. Luu Bich Ho is the former director of the Institute for Strategic Development, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. He talks to newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) on challenges in the course of reforming the State apparatus.

 Vietnam Railways (VNR) has launched service to allow customers to book train tickets and make the payments through mobile phones since May 7.

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed salary reform that will allow state-owned firms to decide salaries so that boards of directors will be hired rather than appointed as currently.

 The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has suspended midfielder Huynh Tan Tai of Long An for a dangerous error during the match against Viettel in the third round of V.League 2.

 For some of the most breathtaking and majestic landscapes in the world, there's no better place to visit than Ninh Binh. 

 Three workers died of burns on Tuesday after being injured in a fire accident at a steel complex in Hai Duong Province.

 Thirty-two most outstanding teams have come to the northern province of Vinh Phuc to compete in the 2018 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam)’s final round.

 The average labour productivity in Vietnam increased from 1,700 USD per laborer in 2006 to 2,672 USD in 2017, according to the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR). 

 Vietnam needs to set a clear vision and plan to achieve its goals of developing smart public transportation, and study successful cases from countries that are world leaders in this development, according to international experts.

 Prospects of coastal economic zones

 The final round of the Miss Ha Long 2018 pageant will take place in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 12.

 Domestic and foreign scientists along with over 600 students from universities in Hanoi gathered in Hanoi on May 8 for a dialogue on climate change adaptation.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on May 8 presented the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia to outgoing Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Barbara Szymanowska.

 Members of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee discussed a project on building a contingent of cadres at all levelsduring the second working day of their 7th plenary session in Hanoi on May 8.

 Caution took the place of the excitement a day earlier to embrace the local stock market on May 8 as indications slumped on both bourses.

 Vietnam asks China, as a large nation in the region and the world, to perform its responsibility in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on May 8.

 The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on May 8 opened the first trial for 28 former officials of Dai Tin Bank (Trust Bank).

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on May 8 it will increase service between Hanoi and Dong Hoi in central Quang Binh province up to seven flights per week to meet travel demand during this summer.

As Hanoi Liquor Joint Stock Company (Halico) is flooded by massive losses, the company's shares will likely fall, giving an opportunity to the world's biggest spirits company Diageo to acquire the remaining stake in Halico, if it still wants to.

Handing over the right of prosecution and investigation to the tax authorities is expected to hinder tax evasion as well as delayed tax payments by enterprises, especially multinational firms in Vietnam.

 Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will propose its shareholders the target of VND2.421 trillion ($107.6 million) in consolidated pre-tax profit for the 2018 financial year at the upcoming annual general shareholders’ meeting (AGM).

 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (BSR) would have made more on its initial public offering (IPO) if it had been evaluated more accurately.

 A 13-year-old boy in the US state of Alabama regained consciousness just after his parents signed the paperwork to donate his organs.