An art programme will open at Hue Imperial Citadel every evening from July 1 to delight visitors with ‘Nha Nhac’ (Hue royal court music).

 High school students across the nation finished their 2018 graduation exam on June 27, with over 99% of the registered candidates sitting their exam, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

 Vietnam is expected to face with continuous supply surplus before reaching equilibrium, according to Biinform’s Vietnam Cement Market Report 2018.

 Despite being a major seafood producer, Vietnam has bought in many kinds of seafood from foreign markets to process for export and domestic consumption in recent years.

 The Trung Nguyen drama continues, as the group accuses its own subsidiary of violating intellectual property rights by producing its G7 brand instant coffee, requesting authorities to stop the exports of affected products.

 The latest report from the Pew Research Centre in the US shows that smartphone usage in many countries has increased significantly, including Viet Nam.

 The protective forest in Quang Ninh Province has been destroyed for a long time while local authorities have claimed they are unaware of the situation.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Kien Giang Province held a joint conference about plastic waste on June 27 with World Wide Fund for Nature-Vietnam.    

VietNamNet Bridge - The reported decline in losses shows that fertilizer manufacturers are reviving. However, they still have to struggle to compete with Chinese imports.

 Senior officials of ASEAN and China held the 15th meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in Hunan province, China, on June 27.

 The Ambassador for the World Animal Protection (WAP), Thai singer and actor Tono Pakin Kumwilaisuk is set to come to Vietnam to attend a bear protection exhibition in Hanoi on June 30.

 The banking sector is optimistic about its growth prospect in 2018 as all of surveyed banks expect the growth rate to be more than 10 percent.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with foreign organisations is carrying out a cooperation programme to prevent child drowning, a serious problem in Vietnam.

 Police of Vietnam and China will conduct a joint special operation to combat human trafficking along the shared border from July 1 to September 30, heard a conference on June 27.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that President of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende will create favourable conditions for Vietnam to promote its images and role as the host of the WEF on ASEAN 2018.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and World Economic Forum President Borge Brende co-chaired a press conference on the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 in Hanoi on June 27.

High transportation, packaging and radiation fees all are pushing up prices of fruit, weakening the competitiveness of Vietnam’s fruit in the world market.

 Real estate developer Nomura Real Estate Asia Pte., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, has completed the purchase of a 24 per cent stake in Sun Wah Tower where 85 per cent of the floor area is hired by foreign investors.

Besides calling for capital in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), HCM City is deploying multiple experimental investment models to mobilise private capital to invest in medical projects.  

 The ’Water is Life’ exhibition will open on July 7 at 7:30 pm at L’Usine on 151/5 Dong Khoi St in HCM City’s District 1.