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. 

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Quang Ngai has allocated funds of $1.83 million to support ecosystem recovery and biodiversity supervision as well as strengthening the protection of the Ly Son Marine Protected Area (MPA) for the 2018-22 period.

 Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is due to sell more than 280 million shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in early August.

A Vietnamese company has won a bid to export 60,000 tonnes of Japonica brown rice to the Republic of Korea (RoK), defeating competition from rivals of China, Thailand and Australia.

 As a country engaged in the development of the global value chain, Vietnam is likely to be affected by the US-China trade war, stated Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.