As ride-hailing services like Grab have become increasingly popular, traditional taxi firms are urged to apply technology and adapt to ride-hailing trend. 

 Vietnam's e-commerce platforms keep rolling in losses and taking in massive amounts of capital in wait for the online retail market to take flight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese bands performed on June 21, at Bouffay Square in downtown Nantes, France, as part of the city’s annual Music Festival (Fete de la Musique).

FDI pledged for Vietnam’s property market in the year’s first half witnessed a big surge and was higher than total pledged capital of the entire year of 2017, according to national investment data.

 Technology firms have suggested that Vietnam should prep for 5G mobile services when it comes to developing the digital economy and catching up with the fourth industrial revolution.

 The domestic business sector earned roughly US$33.1 billion in outbound sales in the first half of the year, increasing by 19.9% year-on-year, according to a newly released report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on its website.

 Compulsory social insurance for foreigners working in Vietnam is creating a heavy burden on local enterprises, according to a report by the Investment and Trade Working Group of the Vietnam Business Forum.

 Wastewater standards on the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric and ammonia permitted at seafood processors are still awaiting the final decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Engine maker Rolls-Royce has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi which it says could take to the skies as soon as early next decade.

 Local mobile carriers have proposed the Ministry of Information and Communications remove the discount cap of 20% on prepaid subscriptions. Since the limit was introduced in March, the sales of top-up cards have slumped sharply.

 Multiple solutions, including limiting new auto registrations and developing public transportation, have been proposed at the seventh meeting of the Danang People’s Council. 

 Growing foreign direct investment (FDI) and a move up the value chain mean Vietnam’s industrial real estate sector has a bright future, according to real estate services provider Savills Vietnam.

 As many as five million workers in Vietnam are at high risk of losing their jobs by 2020 because of the boom in artificial intelligence, which may replace laborers with robots, according to a recent study by ILO.

 The 12 young footballers who were saved from a Thai cave after an international rescue effort are mourning a former Navy Seal who died in the operation.

Da Nang City has been given the title of National Green City 2017-18 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme, making it onto a list of 21 cities from around the world.

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More foreign retailers have flocked to Vietnam as they believe the market is promising. But many retailers have had to leave because of stiff competition.

 Slow reforms of procedures in Vietnam have forced enterprises to move to other countries to start businesses, and investments in startups remain modest compared with those in regional countries.

 HCMC-based young artist Pham Thanh Toan will put on a solo exhibition of paintings from July 20 to August 10 at Craig Thomas Gallery in District 1, HCMC.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has enough resources to stabilize the foreign exchange market, which is under the pressure of change due to several factors. However, it’s not easy to guess the concrete steps it will take.