Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to its relations with the US at a reception for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Hanoi on July 9.  

VietNamNet Bridge - Retail chains specializing in products for mothers and children now have to compete with private shops and vendors, whose low cost is a great advantage.

 The condominium market for sale showed signs of slowing down in the second quarter of this year.

 The Vietnamese dong will not depreciate much against the US dollar in the second half of this year, so the whole year’s slide will be 3 per cent at the most, the Bao Viet Securities Company (BVSC) has forecast.

 The Government should create an ecosystem and suitable environment for new products and services as well as pioneer their use to promote the development of contactless payment methods. 

A majority of credit institutions in the country expect an upward trend in their business in the remaining months of the year, after making improvements in the first half of 2018, according to a survey by the State Bank of Viet Nam.

Military-run Viettel Group reported profits in eight of its 10 overseas markets including Peru, Cambodia, Laos, Haiti, Burundi, East Timor, Mozambique and Cameroon in the first half of the year.

 Viet Nam now has more opportunities to promote its tra fish exports to China, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

 Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are suffering losses during the peak harvest season as prices of fruit have declined dramatically.

 The Vietnamese cashew sector is calling for an US$800 million credit package from commercial banks to better serve its exports, as heard at a seminar held in HCM City late last week.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has held talks with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who said the US hopes a strong, independent and prosperous Vietnam will play an increasingly important role

 An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 57,000 hectares of alternative forests were planted across Vietnam as of June 30, equal to 84 percent of the total area needed to be grown after forest land had been shifted to other purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has officially legalised sports betting, with bookies set to open after the amended Law on Physical Training and Sports takes effect on January 1, 2019.

 Cut-price Chinese home insulation is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of a gas, highly damaging to the Earth's protective ozone layer.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has permitted the National Museum of Vietnamese History to co-ordinate with Quang Ngai Province’s culture department to salvage a shipwreck in the sea area 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of Vietnamese and foreign visitors gathered for the Viet Nam Tattoo Expo in Hanoi at the weekend.

Hundreds of kilos of dead fish have been found floating in Hanoi’s West Lake, the capital’s largest lake and a popular scenic spot, over the weekend, posing a health hazard to those living nearby. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The results of the public high school entrance exams in Hanoi and HCM City have been announced, giving great joy to those students who passed and their families.

Condominium sales in HCMC sharply declined in the April-June period, possibly due to a deadly fire in late March.