Domestic retailers will continue to lead the market in the coming years, experts have said.

PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV Gas) has said it will build more pipelines and seaport infrastructure to import natural gas given forecasts its gas output will fall in the next decade.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to issue a special stamp set on Vietnamese sea and islands every two years starting from 2018.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the press to refute false information on social networks in a public and timely fashion, contributing to solidifying the trust among the people, the business community, and investors, both at home and abroad.

 If you’re going to invite a bunch of Instagram’s biggest “influencers” to an event, you better make it Instagrammable to the extreme.

 Many major corruption cases were handled swiftly and strictly in the first half of 2018, winning the support of the public, heard a press conference held by the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi on June 20.

 A group of young people in HCM City has begun a project to set up 1,001 libraries for children in remote areas.

 The government of Hanoi City plans to provide 39.8 hectares of land in Nam Tu Liem District in exchange for the construction of a 2.8-kilometer road, news website VnEconomy reported.

 The General Department of Vietnam Customs has ordered customs agencies in cities and provinces to place tighter controls on waste imports into Vietnam, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.

 The Muay Thai (Thai boxing) Fight Night is scheduled to take place at Riverside Palace in HCM City on June 22.

 More private companies have shown poor competitiveness though Vietnam is intensifying its global economic integration, the 2018 Vietnam Business Development Forum heard in the capital city of Hanoi on June 19.

 The situation of security and order in HCMC was in control, the city police reported yesterday.

Following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed) short-term interest rate hike and possibly many more hikes this year and the next, Vietnamese banks have announced that they are always ready to cope with any monetary tightening stateside.

An Suong-An Lac Station in Binh Tan District will begin electronic toll collection in July.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines has finally decided to raise the salaries for its pilots to VND205-246 million. However, the debate over pilots’ salaries still continues.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh yesterday issued a fine of VND1.9 billion (US$93,600) on a local sugar factory for illegally discharge into Con river. 

 A visitor has been killed and several others injured when a tree fell at the clay tunnel in Dalat City.

 Hanoi Power Corporation (EVN Hanoi) is asking customers to use power wisely during summer months to avoid power cuts.

 HCM City’s hotel market, especially the luxury segment, is attractive to investors due to the relentless rise in tourist numbers.

For Thai people in the North West in particular and ethnic minorities in general, the construction of new houses is very important.