Hanoi tightens parking lot regulations, NGO highlights plight of migrant workers, Beware of overseas job scams: Ministry, Ly Son's marine resources diminish,  Ha Tinh wants $3.6m in drought relief, Vietnamese drug addicts still high

 The State Securities Commission (SSC) will hold a conference in the US from tomorrow to Sunday to attract more foreign investments in Viet Nam's securities market and stabilise foreign investor confidence.

 Two people are dead after one of them set himself on fire on board a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train, public broadcaster NHK reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Although it is not as famous as Da Lat, Bao Loc town still attracts visitors thanks to the rustic beauty of the scenery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has said that Vietnam will not sell Phu Quoc airport and will only transfer the rights of exploitation.

 Hanoi-based Green Planet Aviation Co. is planning to offer pilot training courses, lease private planes, arrange sightseeing tours by air, provide search and rescue services and sell aircraft, said chairman Cao Van Son.

 Having sold 80% of its confectionery business to Mondelez International for around US$370 million, Kinh Do Corporation (KDC) has changed its name into KIDO Corporation, effectively abandoning its core confectionery operations.

 Nguyen Thi Le Nam Em from Tien Giang province has been crowned the first Miss Mekong Delta 2015 on the final night of the pageant, which concluded in Can Tho.

 US global equity firm Warburg Pincus announced that it has invested an additional US$100 million into Vincom Retail, a subsidiary of Vingroup, raising its total investment in the Vietnamese company to US$300 million.

 Musician Phan Huynh Dieu, the author of many revolutionary and love songs, took his last breathe at the age of 91 at the Thong Nhat hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29.

 Leaders of central Khanh Hoa Province are moving ahead with plans to privatize Nha Trang beach despite strong opposition from local residents.

 The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group, better known as PetroVietnam, on Sunday launched a synthetic oil service port system and a bonded fuel warehouse on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang.

 Some localities in HCM City have begun to collect road maintenance fees from motorbike owners before the designated start date of July 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Preparations to build three metro lines in HCM City at a cost of nearly VND92 trillion (over US$4.2 billion) have been finalised,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Inland Waterway Administration (VIWA) has suspended officials of Hai Phong Maritime Administration for 15 days, following a report about an overloaded vessel in Hai Phong Port.

 SkyScanner, the world’s travel search engine, has cited Vietnam’s central Da Nang city among top 8 most colourful cities in the world.

 An estimated 5,000 athletes, city residents and visitors were bombarded on June 27 with more than one-tonne of different coloured paints during Danang’s first ever happiest five-kilometre run.

 During the first half of this year, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved 64 million USD worth of investment in 85 foreign-invested projects in information technology (IT), a year on year leap of 93 percent.

 The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in June is estimated at 529,000, down 8.2 percent from May, making it the 13 th consecutive month the country has experienced a decrease in foreign tourist arrivals.

 Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of this year reached a five year record, hitting 6.44%, reported Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh at the Government’s monthly meeting on June 29.

 Over the past few years, there has been an ever widening disparity between the import-export statistics released by Vietnamese and Chinese trade officials, specifically as it relates to cross border trade.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has launched an portal on foreign investment procedures with the purpose of increasing the attractiveness of the country’s business-investment climate.

 The Vietnamese-Russian oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro on June 29 organised a launching ceremony for Platform BK Thien Ung at the company’s port area.

The race for licenses for casino projects, which stopped short because of arguments about whether to allow Vietnamese to enter casinos, has kicked off again .

 TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has named the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel as one of the best hotels in Vietnam in 2015 based on positive feedback from users worldwide, the hotel’s room rates and excellent service quality.