MSCI, a global leading provider of research-based indexes and analytics, has eyes for Vietnamese shares when it added five local shares to its MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index.

Grab’s acquisition of Uber could have violated the Competition Law, said officials of the Viet Nam Competition Authority (VCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, adding that they might begin an official investigation.

Vietnam will send more officers, especially females, to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations, said Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh. 

A tourism culture week is scheduled to take place in Bac Ha district in the northwestern province of Lao Cai from June 1-9, under the theme “Colours of the White Highland”.

 India’s Institute of Social Sciences inaugurated its Centre for Vietnam Studies on May 15 in New Delhi.

About 600 out of 2,500 old apartment buildings in Vietnam are in dangerous or seriously dilapidated conditions, making up some 25 percent of the total number of old buildings, according to the Construction Ministry. 

The US Air Force Academy is scheduled to send a delegation of students to Vietnam and several other Southeast Asian nations this summer for information, language and cultural exchanges with these countries. 

 Elder son Lachlan Murdoch has been named as the heir to Rupert Murdoch's business empire.

Off-shore fishing has over recent years become an economic spearhead in many localities. However, beyond the bumper harvest, there left a hardship weariness that makes it hard for fishermen to do their job.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed a rise of environmental protection tax on petrol to the ceiling level of 4,000 VND (17 US cent) per litre from the current 3,000 VND (13 US cent) per litre.

 The Australian government is willing to cooperate and share experience with Vietnam in seeking effective measures to adapt to the fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), said an Australian official.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment and Ministry of Finance to monthly publicise the disbursement of capital for public investment projects by ministries, sectors and localities.

Petrolimex and the Japan Cooperation Centre Petroleum has signed an agreement for the second phase of a technical cooperation project on operating the petroleum depot at Petrolimex’s headquarters.

 Fitch raises sovereign rating for Vietnam

The Tam Chuc national tourism site is expected to form an attractive tourism centre of the Red River Delta, the north-east coastal region and the nation at large by 2030. 

Imposing landscapes, daily life stories and internal sensations are themes of a joint exhibition between Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai artists.

The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recommended Vietnamese citizens to avoid nonessential travel to Indonesia as the country has raised the security alert status to the highest level after bomb attacks on May 13 and 14.

 At least 18 people have been killed and dozens trapped in the Indian city of Varanasi after a flyover collapsed, crushing vehicles beneath it.

Deputy PM lauds Vietnam – Spain strategic partnership, Wallonie-Bruxelles region cements ties with Vietnam, NA Vice Chairwoman receives Lao youth union delegation, Vietnam Naval Academy ship concludes Cambodia, Thailand visits

 IT Techmart, a fair featuring technological advances and specialised electronic devices kicked off in Hanoi on May 16. The event gathered 40 booths from universities and enterprises in technology field.