The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) on June 17 inaugurated its third vaccination centre at 243A De La Thanh street in Hanoi.

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 The Moscow taxi driver who ploughed into pedestrians says he fled because he feared the crowd would kill him.

 France is threatening to take the unusual step of fining General Electric if it fails to create a set number of jobs in the country.

 A Cambodian prince and former prime minister has been injured and his wife killed in a head-on car collision in the south-west of the country.

Over 132 million bank cards had been issued by the end of 2017. However, according to the Vietnam Card Association (VCA), only 77 million cards are being used to make regular transactions.

VietNamNet Bridge - France, the US, Canada and Scotland have said no to plastic disposable cups, but they  are still used widely in Vietnam despite warnings about the existence of carcinogens.

VietNamNet Bridge - OTT TV service providers are competing with each other as well as amateur and unlicensed players.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 616 people have been sent to training courses under the program on training and attracting talents (Program 922). 

 The Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) will increase its charter capital to nearly VND34.97 trillion (US$1.53 billion).

 Hanoi drew in more than US$5.9 billion in FDI in the first half of 2018, making it the country’s largest six-month FDI attractor for the first time in three decades, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on June 17.

 The HCM City housing market will continue to grow this year, especially the VND1 billion (US$44,000) condo segment, the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has predicted.

 Contributions Vietnam made to ACMECS 8 and CLMV 9 once again affirm its sense of responsibility for and activeness in joining regional cooperation frameworks, thus helping promote comprehensive and sustainable development in the Mekong Sub-region.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on June 17 met with voters in Thanh Xuan, Ha Dong and Cau Giay districts, Hanoi, to inform them about outcomes of the recent fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly. 

 New Decree 86 on foreign investment and co-operation in education states that investors need at least VND1trn (US$42.90m) in capital in order to set up a university in Vietnam.

 Ben Tre is considered one of the leading provinces in the Mekong Delta region to eliminate makeshift bridges thanks to the great contribution by Trinh Van Y, Chairman of Ben Tre province’s Bridge and Road Science and Technology Association.

 The Wayne’s Coffee brand from Sweden has opened its first store in Vietnam, at the Viettel Complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 10. 

 The number of synthetic drug users in Vietnam has tended to be on the rise, particularly among young people.

 The acrobatic Giang brothers share about their future plans with Dan Tri/Dtinews readers in a live discussion on June 15. 

 Nguyen William Anh, a US citizen born in 1985, is facing prosecution for agitating and organising protests against the draft Law on Special Economic Zone on June 10 in HCM City.