Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and national carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) are completing the necessary procedures to open direct air routes to the United States in 2018.

 ANZ Vietnam will be offloading its retail banking arm to Shinhan Vietnam by the end of 2017, to focus primarily on its institutional banking in the country, ANZ Vietnam said in its latest press release.

With the listed price of VND43,200 ($1.9) per share, Petrolimex’s market capitalisation stands at $2.46 billion, making it the ninth largest Vietnamese enterprise in this respect on the stock market. 

 Viet Nam is forecast to be the fastest growing convenience store market in Asia by 2021, according to new data released by international grocery research organisation the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

 Dozens of paintings featuring the rhino have been made on many streets in HCM City which aims to raise awareness in protecting the endangered animal.

 Many Vietnamese parents want children to study majors which are thought to be easy to get a well-paid job after graduation, but often ignore what the children actually want to study.

 To-be-bankrupt financial and credit institutions may have to refund their individual customers using support loans from the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) and other financial firms.

 Viet Nam will inspect a sample from every batch of tra fish exported to the US to check them for food safety, according to a new ministerial decision.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average price for imported pork is now $1.2 per kilo, or VND27,000, while the domestic pork price has dropped dramatically to a 30-year low.

Argentina’s U20 squad will play two friendly matches in Viet Nam next month, Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary Le Hoai Anh confirmed yesterday at a press briefing in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese representatives lost in the last qualifying round matches of the International U19 Football Championship in Nha Trang City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City faces a shortage of garbage collection stations, with empty pavements in public areas often used as makeshift stations.

 Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened from April 25 to May 23 to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day, Labour Day, Dien Bien Phu Victory Day, and late President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

 Vietnam is willing to share experience in managing and organising primary education with Bangladesh, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children Hoang Thi Hoa has said.

Vietnam and the US should sustain and strengthen economic and trade links, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said, describing these links as key to bilateral relations.

 The Trump administration had a simple but stark message for world financial leaders who gathered in Washington on Thursday amid worries about rising U.S. protectionism: fair trade means tit-for-tat tariffs.

 Greek-born Swedish DJ Steve Angello, a member of Swedish House Mafia, will perform at Ravolution Music Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12-13.

 Tours of villages in Vietnam’s northwest and Lai Chau province in particular have become popular in recent years.

 Tour bookings for the Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day (May 1) holiday have grown 15-25% year-on-year but tour prices have remained mostly unchanged.

Taxi app Uber could face an increase in operator license fees in London under proposed changes by the city's transport authority, the latest in a series of moves by regulators to rein in a firm