Building on the success of the forum “Connecting Vietnamese Startups in the US and Viet Nam” held in San Francisco last December, HCM City hosted a similar event on June 26-27 to bring together Vietnamese startups at home and abroad.

The Ministry of Health has yet to implement a Government decision issued in May 2017 to scrap or amend regulations that require salt used in processed food to be fortified with iodine and wheat flour with iron and zinc.

 The General Department of Customs has asked localities to tighten imports of scrap into Viet Nam.

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 27 met with UNIDO Director Li Yong and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner in Da Nang City.

VietNamNet Bridge - The mobile payment service market in Vietnam has yet to enter a boom period, but many big players are present.

The 6th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly opened in Da Nang city on June 27. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a speech at the event's opening session.

 Vietnamese artist Tran Thi Thanh Nhan, better known as Ly Nha Ky, was named the Honorary Consul of Romania in Ho Chi Minh City at a ceremony held in the city on June 26.

 A person with the influenza virus A/H1N1 recently died after two days of treatment at the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, becoming the second fatality of swine flu at the hospital and the third in the city. 

 Seagate Technology on Monday announced a partnership with CyArk, to digitally preserve Tu Duc Tomb and An Dinh Palace in the Complex of Hue Monuments in central Hue City.

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnamese banks are trying to collect fee from clients, e-wallet service providers are not charging fees, or collecting low fees to lure more users, analysts say.

 Vietnamese shares fell yesterday after two consecutive rising sessions as investors worried about a potential trade war between China and the US, which shook global markets.

 PV Power will shift its listing from the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) to the HCM Stock Exchange by the end of this year, the company announced in its first shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday in Ha Noi.

 Yeah1 Group Corporation listed more than 27.36 million of its shares on the HCM Stock Exchange on June 26, becoming the first ever entertainment company to list.

 Viet Nam’s total import and export turnover this year reached an estimated US$204.72 billion by June 15, up 13.2 per cent over the same period last year, the General Department of Customs reported.

 Vietnam and Saint Lucia have agreed to establish diplomatic ties at the ambassador level and apply the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to their ties. 

The World Bank (WB) will continue to help Vietnam achieve its development goals, WB Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue during their meeting in Washington on June 26.  

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on June 26 as part of his ongoing visit to the US.

 The State Bank of Vietnam last week sent a document to the Republic of Korea’s Woori Bank allowing it to open five branches and a transaction office in Vietnam.

 Passenger traffic through airports in Vietnam hit 52.8 million in the first half of this year, a surge of 14 percent year on year, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam reported.

 Flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the past days had left 19 dead, 11 missing and 12 injured in the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang by 16:00 on June 26.