Vietnam Airlines (VNA) will spend over VND2.11 trillion ($95.9 million) on purchasing ten Airbus A350-900XWB and 8 Boeing B787-9 aircraft this year.

Petronas Dagangan Bhd, whose deal to sell its Vietnam-based unit Thang Long LPG Company Ltd to Totalgaz Vietnam LLC fell through in January this year, has sold the LPGbottler and jetty owner to Noi Thuong Bac JSC.

 Some 81.4 per cent of 4G consumers have discussed Viettel’s 4G on social media, according to Buzzmetrics’ 4G Market Overview report, which analyzed the opinions of consumers on social media from November 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017.

 The increasing interest rates on house buying and housing repair loans at commercial banks raise worries about the liquidity of the Vietnamese economy.

Bibica Corporation may see the end of conflicts between its two big shareholders, PAN Food and Lotte Confectionery, as the former is forecasted to purchase more shares and take the helm of Bibica’s board of directors.

 Vietnam’s first 7-Eleven convenience store opened in HCM City on June 15, attracting thousands of customers.

 Experts gathered at a workshop in Hanoi on June 15 to discuss activities to adapt to climate change in the agricultural sector to implement the Paris Agreement.

 The 14th National Assembly wrapped up its second Q&A session of this tenure after three working days in Hanoi on June 15. 

 The People’s Court of northern Phu Tho province on June 15 sentenced three men to death and another to life in jail for trafficking 300 heroin bricks in the province’s largest-ever narcotics case in terms of drug quantity.

Cities and provinces around Vietnam will have new telephone area codes from June 17.

 The Ministry of Health has urged people to take actions to prevent dengue fever amid increasing infections nationwide.

 The Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC) will offer a 25 per cent stake or 329.25 million shares to strategic investors at the upcoming initial public offering (IPO).

 FPT Corporation has reportedly sold its distribution business FPT Trading to US-headquartered Synnex Corp, retail sources told zing.vn.

 The head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV), Lai Xuan Thanh, denied on Thursday that his agency had rejected an operating application from Viet Bamboo Airways Company.

 The Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi will exhibit its collection of around 100 red lacquer trimmed with gold wooden artefacts from the 15th century, starting June 20.

Korean pop star Jessica Jung, ex SNSD (Girls’ Generation) member will headline the card at a concert this coming June 24 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The north and the northern part of central region is likely to see rainstorms of varying degrees this weekend, the weather office says.

 Vietnam pocketed a silver medal at the 23rd Southeast Asia Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Singapore.

Vietnam wishes to develop friendship with all nations involved in the wars in the country, including the Republic of Korea (RoK), the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said in a regular press conference in Hanoi on June 15. 

 Voters in some northern localities had mixed views on Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung’s answers to questions about public investment raised by National Assembly deputies on June 15.

 President of the Senate of the Republic of Haiti Youri Latortue and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from June 17-22 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on June 15 provided the latest information about Vietnamese citizens in Qatar, where political tension remains, noting that their situation is stable.

China needs to act responsibly and constructively in the maintenance of peace and stability in the region as well as in the East Sea on the basis of complying with international law, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said. 

 The General Electric Corporation 3 under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group plans to invest in building Long Son thermal power plant with a total capital of 4.39 billion USD in southern Ba Ria–Vung Tau province.

 Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh took the floor at the Q&A session of the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing third session in Hanoi on June 15.