HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal to the city’s People’s Committee on opening a chemical trade centre.

 Viet Nam is expected to witness one of the largest growths in mobile broadband subscriptions in Southeast Asia together with Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines, by 2021.

VietNamNet Bridge - The idea of setting up a stock market specifically for startups was first raised at a workshop held in HCM City last week which discussed solutions for startups to seek capital.

 Russia’s Rosneft petroleum group will supply up to 96 million tonnes of oil to the PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PV Oil) from 2016 to 2040.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kite maker Nguyen Thanh Van, of HCM City’s District 8, is known as the father of the longest kite in Viet Nam - a dragon-shaped kite trailing 100 metres.

 The body of the missing pilot on board of fighter jet SU30-MK2 that went down during a training session was found on June 17 and brought ashore on June 18.

As the biggest economic center of Vietnam, HCMC is feeling tied by a slew of prevailing regulations. It is desperate for a special governance mechanism so that the metropolis will be able to grow faster and thus fuel development

 VietNamNet Bridge – James Bond famously likes his vodka martini cocktail “shaken, not stirred”.

The Ministry of Education and Training is preparing to submit a long-awaited decree on university autonomy to the government in an attempt to assist the country’s universities, especially in terms of finance.

 Spending needs to be reined in given that State budget deficit is a problem, according to VEPR.

VietNamNet Bridge - At the age of 82, instead of having fun with hobbies at home like planting ornamental trees or breeding pets, this man pedalled from his apartment on Nguyen Cong Tru Road to the Hoang Kiem Lek to take photos every day.

Dang Quyet Tien, Deputy Director of the Department of Enterprise Finance, under the Ministry of Finance, spoke to the newspaper Kinh te & Do thi on the importance of having a correct understanding about the equitisation process of SOEs.

 More than 67 million eligible Vietnamese voters across the country elected 496 deputies to the 14th National Assembly on May 22. Hereafter is the major structure of the new National Assembly in the 2016-2021 tenure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people think that ballet students must begin training at an early age, or else, their dream of performing ballet on stage will never come true.

World Bank report shows that at least 5.6 million people in five surveyed provinces lack permanent residency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has proposed revising up airport fees on passengers of domestic flights to and from a number of airports, particularly new and just upgraded ones.

 Hologic Inc won emergency U.S. authorization to sell its Zika test, expanding the number of public and private labs that can test for the virus as health officials brace for a rise this summer in the number of infections.

On June 15, the National Assembly Standing Committee listened to Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung’s report on the implementation of the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat in 2015, which pointed out waste in using the state budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba Ria – Vung Tau province must press on with sustainable development and focus on sea-based economic activities and marine sovereignty protection, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued a resolution on promoting human resources development in ethnic minority inhabited areas in 2016-2020, with orientation towards 2030.