Citizens in HCM City are flocking to buy fire safety equipment after at least 13 people were killed in an apartment fire last week.

 Many young Vietnamese are willing to spend the higher incomes they now earn rather than save.

 Hanoi has been chosen as the forecast support center for weather phenomena for countries in Southeast Asia by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

PV Power, the second largest electricity producer of Vietnam, may replace PetroVietnam as the investor of Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants located in Ong Keo Industrial Zone in Dong Nai.

 While signalling a breakthrough improvement in the local logistics service market, Vietnam’s new regulations have raised concerns over e-commerce among EU investors.

 Online intellectual property infringements related to industrial design are worrying investors, including those from the US, forcing state agencies to set forth an adequate legal mechanism to handle the situation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Encouraged and supported by the government and local authorities, the startup movement in Hanoi has not developed well despite numerous business ideas.

An exhibition called “Truong Sa’s vitality-Colors of the Youth” has been organized to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Youth Month.

 Vietnamese readers will receive free access to the e-book funds of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and LitRes e-book store of Russia.

Popular Vietnamese products are being sold in many Japanese supermarkets and on websites at prices which are several times higher than in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s 11 ministries and sectors have been linked to the national one-stop-shop portal, which was launched in 2015. 

 The SOE equitization process has yielded mixed results over recent months. 

 Hanoi People's Committee has asked the Ministry of Construction to check fire safety threats on 17 apartment buildings in the area.

 Local people living along the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in the central city of Da Nang have complained that the sea water became black with brown foam and a foul smell.

 State-of-the-art QR code payment methods and the mass adoption of smartphones are predicted to provide ample room for the development of mobile shopping in Vietnam.

ComfortDelgro Savico Taxi announced suspending its operations. The movement came after the operations of several traditional taxi firms were impacted by Uber and Grab.

 More than 5,600 households in erosion-prone areas in the southernmost province of Ca Mau need to be relocated by 2020 but local authorities are struggling to find capital and land, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

Some commercial banks appreciated the US dollar after last week’s interest rate hike by the Fed. Experts, however, have said the exchange rate between the US dollar and Vietnamese Dong is likely to remain relatively stable throughout the year.

 Since last year there has been a churn in the banking sector with some foreign investors selling their stakes in local banks and others buying in.

 Le Thi Thu Hang from HCM City’s Go Vap District recently ordered a product displayed on an e-commerce marketplace from a supplier that had no e-commerce website.