VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has asked agencies to mobilise VND25 trillion (US$1.07 billion) in funding to expand Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City’s Tan Binh District.  

Bai Sau (Back Beach), or Thuy Van Beach, is one of several beautiful beaches in Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

Tra Su indigo forest in the South-Western province of An Giang has attracted a large number of visitors to its natural scenery, especially during flooding season.

 Foreign finance groups are eager to join Vietnam’s fruitful fintech market, which is still at early stage but is forecast to reach nearly US$8 billion in 2020 thanks to surging internet and smartphone penetration.

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 Concerns over potential oversupply has driven Petrolimex to halt construction, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

 While Vietnam is regarded like “a hot cake” among foreign investors, the country needs to give more consideration to proposed projects and maybe say “No” to those too small in scale.

 More investors have planned to take part in the country’s medicine retail system through merger and acquisition (M&A), expecting to gain higher value from owning completed chains from production to distribution.

 Despite their overwhelming popularity around the world, McDonald’s and Burger King have not risen to dominance during the long years in Vietnam.

 Vietnamese airlines continue to open more lines connect to tourist destinations even in the low season, but airport infrastructure needs to be upgraded to ensure flight quality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high school in the northern province of Nam Dinh has launched a new idea to promote physical activity at schools.

 The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years.

 As trade tensions between the US and China worsen, Vietnam’s textile and aquaculture stocks are rallying thanks to their strong business prospects. However, challenges may still arise due to protectionist sentiments.

 A foreign tourist has complained about continuously being asked for tip while on a boat ride in Tam Coc-Bich Dong in Ninh Binh Province.

 Vard Braila Shipyard, the company employing the largest number of workers in the eastern city of Braila in Romania, has employed 70 Vietnamese workers and plans to bring another 60 to cover its workforce deficit.

 Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has been fined hundreds of millions of yuan for tax evasion and other offences, authorities said Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam beat Canada 4-0 in the seventh round of the ongoing 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia on Monday.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cam revealed a little-known fact about late Party General Secretary Do Muoi: his fervent support was a major factor in Vietnam’s choice to join ASEAN.

 Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport have seized nearly a tonne of elephant tusks, ivory products and pangolin scales hidden inside cargo packages.