National carrier Vietnam Airlines have raised salaries for the firm’s pilots from June 1 with rises depending on different kinds of airplanes.

Peace has returned to the streets and traffic has resumed smoothly in Phan Thiet city in the morning of June 11 after authorised forces worked all night to disperse incited crowds around the headquarters of the provincial People’s Committee. 

Many strong brands in the plastics industry have fallen into the hands of investors from Thailand, Japan and South Korea, which has raised concern about the future of the industry.

 Representatives of MobiFone and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) have proposed the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to consider scratch card payment for digital content services.

 Statistics showed as many as 2,000 cases of child abuse recorded each year in Vietnam, including 1,500 molestations. It is said that more drastic measures should be taken to strictly deal with violations.

 The domestic market remained stable in May with total revenue from goods retail sales and services exceeding $15.6 billion, up 1.5 percent against the previous month and 10.4 percent year-on-year. 

 Ninety percent of assaults against medical workers occurred while they were treating patients and those actions should be prevented.

 Experts from the Czech Republic have expressed his concerns about the recent militarisation of China in the East Sea while lauding Vietnam’s balanced and open external policy.

 The vote to approve the controversial draft Law on Special Administrative and Economic Units will be postponed until the sixth National Assembly session, to commence in October, instead of the on-going fifth.

 The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in the UK and the Vietnamese Association in the country held a requiem in London on June 10 for fallen Vietnamese soldiers.

The draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units of Van Don, Bac Van Phong and Phu Quoc has been a hot topic not only at the on-going fifth session of the 14th National Assembly but also on the mass media during recent days. 

 The Government Inspectorate will carry out an inspection targeting State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in which the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) controls State capital.

Teams from Portugal and Sweden treated the audience in Da Nang city with their colourful fireworks performances on the banks of the Han River on June 9 to convey the desire for love and friendship. 

Vietnamese enterprises invested nearly 184.7 million USD in overseas projects in the first five months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

 Vietnam’s imports of organic fertiliser has surged in the past three years, reflecting increasing demand for the green product.

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 Much like home testing kits, the oral HIV quick test method will be launched in Vietnam for the first time, said an official of the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau held talks in Quebec, Canada, on June 10 (local time), agreeing on measures to step up bilateral ties across fields.

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The eye-catching positions at mobile phone shops in Hanoi and HCM City are now reserved for Oppo, Huawei and Vivo products, next to the areas reserved for the bestsellers of Samsung and Apple.