Hanoi, Danang and HCM City’s taxi associations have sent a joint petition to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, asking for him to intervene to guarantee a fair business environment.

 The Vietnam National Shipping Lines and Japan’s NYK Line will study developing transportation and logistics activities to serve plants and industrial parks in the Mekong Delta region, per a Memorandum of Understanding inked on June 5.

HCM City's retail market to see large quantity of floor area by end of 2018, according to Colliers report.

David Dao, the doctor who was seen being dragged off a United Airlines jet this month in videos that sparked widespread outrage, has reached a settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount, his lawyers said on Thursday.

 Vietnam is working to expand health insurance coverage and improve health care delivery, with demand expected to increase as the country’s elderly population grows.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has sent a diplomatic note to India requesting the country follow international practices and early lift its suspension of the  import of some Vietnamese products. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant ministries to remove all obstacles, including existing mechanisms and policies, to mobilise capital from all possible sources for transport infrastructure projects.

‘We don’t want your rhino horn!’ is the message Vietnamese celebrities including diva Hong Nhung and composer Thanh Bui have sent to South Africa after the country proposed legalizing rhino horn trade.

 A credit contract worth over 2.98 trillion VND (131.12 million USD) was signed on February 27 for the project on building a new international terminal at the Cam Ranh airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

 Vietnam’s logistics sector is expected to make up 8–10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025.

 Amway has been found not following a number of required procedures in order to carry out multi-level marketing (MLM) activities in Vietnam.

 Foreign retailers are geared toward Vietnam’s e-commerce to take the lead in the market.

Samsung Viet Nam was estimated to reach US$35 billion this year, posting a 7 per cent year-on-year increase despite the impact from this year’s Note 7 incident.

 Packaging production for the liquid and beverage sector in general and cans in particular is luring foreign investment due to the increasing demand.

 The national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines has completed procedures to become a joint-stock company, the corporation announced on October 16. 

  The Ministry of Transport is calling on investors to raise capital for 18 expressway projects with the total value of VND205.56 trillion ($10 billion).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s beer consumption in 2015 increased by 10% compared to 2014, and showed that on average each Vietnamese drinks nearly 38 liters of beer a year.

 Vietnam has set goals for GDP to grow by 6.5-7 percent and inflation to be kept at around 5-7 percent in the next five years, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.

 Vietnam should consider nuclear power production to ensure national energy security, according to a Russian expert.

 The average growth of the consumer price index in 2015 was 0.05 per cent per month, the lowest increase in 14 years, an official from the General Statistics Office said at a press conference in Ha Noi yesterday.