Private sector small businesses in retail and manufacturing are not demonstrating an ability to effectively compete in the international marketplace, says Dinh Thi My Loan, chair of the Vietnam Retailers Association.

 The textile and garment sector is forecast to benefit greatly from the technologies of Industry 4.0 – businesses in the sector, however, remain indifferent to the changing tide.

A reading and life-long learning following President Ho Chi Minh’s example will be held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on the occasion of 127th birthday of the late leader on May 19. 

 The Toyota junior football summer camp will carry out its first selection round in June, the organisers announced on May 17.

 International delegates to the APEC 2017 Second Senior Officials Meeting (SOM2) and related meetings in Hanoi have highlighted progress on the four priorities for APEC 2017 selected by host Vietnam.

 The 10th session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee closed in Hanoi on May 17 after completing all preparations for the legislature’s third sitting.

 The Mekong Delta city of  Can Tho plans to open more domestic and international flights to the city by giving subsidies to airlines, with a maximum subsidy of $375,000 a year, said a local official.

 Sand mining activities of a company in northern Phu Tho province have allegedly led to serious erosion and subsequent loss of farmland, leading to public concerns.

 Hanoi has reported 669 cases of dengue fever this year, a rise of 26 percent year-on-year, announced the city’s Preventive Medicine Department.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a meeting with ministries and sectors to seek ways to address problems facing businesses on May 17.

 In a recent article, New York-based media firm Bloomberg has cited IMF outlook that Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, is taking over as the region’s growth leader.

 While acknowledging the Government’s efforts in tax reforms, many enterprises say cumbersome tax and customs procedures are blunting the country’s advantage in low-price labour. 

 Officials from Hanoi Fatherland Front, led by its President Vu Hong Khanh, have studied experience in rallying the mass and raising fund in Switzerland.

 Visitors will have the opportunity to meet chef Martin Yan, enjoy an ox racing festival and join the solemn Ba Chua Xu honouring festival in Chau Doc city this May.

 Delegates at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) 2017 were impressed by Vietnam’s preparations for the event, hailing Hanoi as a hospitable city on the sidelines of SOM-2 and related meetings from May 9-21. 

 Party, State and Front leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18 on the occasion of the late leader’s 127th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).

PEGA, the owner of HKBike electric bicycle brand, announced that 35 percent of bicycle components are made in Vietnam by 30 Vietnamese companies, drawing public attention to the development of support industries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city’s People’s Court rejected poacher Nguyen Van Ly’s appeal of a three-year conviction at a hearing on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on Monday spoke with provincial authorities and government agencies about the need for urgent action to prevent landslides in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.

The Office Chief of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Nguyen Trong Thai, talks to Hai quan (Customs) newspaper about measures to reduce speeding, one of the key traffic accident causes.