The Vietnam Retailers Association has objected to a draft Government decree on development and management of the distribution sector, especially proposed regulations on supermarkets.

A 2015 study identified China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam and Thailand as the top six sources of marine plastic, responsible for around 60% of plastic pollution at sea.

 Many local banks have repeatedly warned their customers about sophisticated hi-tech scams that could leave victims with little or no protection from their banks, Tien Phong newspaper reports.

 A convenience store of Bach Hoa Xanh Joint Stock Company in HCMC has deployed a model using robots to keep motorcycles on a trial basis for a month.

 The Korea Tourism Organization office in Vietnam and eight South Korean hospitals on June 5 introduced medical tourism services in HCMC in a bid to woo potential customers who have the demand for medical treatment and cosmetic surgery in Korea.

 Vietnam is suffering from severe plastic bag pollution, as it is among four Asian countries discarding the largest volume of plastic bags, Tien Phong newspaper reports, citing experts from a seminar on June 4.

With young adults born between 1980 and 1998 now accounting for 38 per cent of Vietnam’s population, their travelling and sightseeing preferences are having an impact on the tourism industry, 

The Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2018 is scheduled to take place on June 8 in Hanoi with an aim of sharing information and discussing policies for promoting blockchain research and use in digital economy development.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs will restructure vocational training centers in a way that will give them more autonomy so that they can improve the quality of vocational education, said Minister Dao Ngoc Dung. 

 Mobile phones/phone components, and computers/electronics/accessories have overtaken textiles and garments as the nation’s biggest export earners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City has been selected as a host of the Techcombank Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship in 2019. It will offer a US$75,000 cash-prize for professional competitors.

Da Nang has gained the second position among top ten destinations favored by South Korean families and couples, just behind Osaka City in Japan, according to a recent analysis done by Ticket Monster Inc.

Because of shortage of underground parking lot, vehicles still park in sidewalks causing traffic jam in HCMC meanwhile parking lot projects, especially underground ones, are being run slowly.

 Talented flutist Le Thu Huong and her friends will bring music lovers in Hanoi a concert “Parfums de Paris” (Perfumes of Paris) at L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi, at 8pm, on June 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern city of Hai Phong’s People’s Committee has established an inter-sectoral inspection group to examine inland waterway vehicles, including tourist boats, operating in the city.

Authorities in Ninh Binh Province have agreed to extend the deadline for dismantling the construction of an illegal walkway on Cai Ha Mountain, inside the UNESCO heritage site of Trang An, until June 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Central Nha Trang City People’s Court on Monday sentenced a wildlife trafficker to four-and-a-half years in prison for smuggling and processing more than 10 tonnes of sea turtle.

 Vietnamese football fans are planning to go to Laos and Cambodia to watch World Cup as local TV channels have not yet been able to buy World Cup broadcasting rights.

 The mother of the man who died in Las Vegas stabbing wants to go to the US to bring her son’s body home.

 The Department of Performing Arts has given Phan Thi Mo permission to participate in the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018 in Thailand this July.