Vietnam has seen a boom in fast-food chains but the failure of some poses questions about whether the market has become saturated and is no longer attractive.

“Strong manufacturing and FDI, an improving construction sector, and robust domestic demand continue to underpin activity [in Vietnam],” Mr. Ranil Salgado, Assistant Director, Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

 A recent deadly fire in Hanoi has raised warnings about house extensions that block emergency exits.

Vietnam aims to cut the number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent every year and lower the number of severe crashes related to coaches and motorbikes between 2016 and 2020.

Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury left Hanoi on July 24, successfully concluding her five-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has become the No 1 seed in Southeast Asia region, as per the latest ATP world rankings released on Monday.

 The families of 37 children, who have genital warts after undergoing circumcisions at an unlicensed clinic in Hung Yen Province, have sent a letter to the health minister of health.

By cooperating with local businesses, the investment wave from Japanese enterprises into Vietnam’s real estate market continues to grow strongly.

 The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line which was planned to enter trial operation in October this year is facing a high risk of being failing to meet the schedule because of a delayed release of funds.

The appearance of big foreign retail chains and the strong rise of Vietnamese chains have fostered the development of consumer credit in Vietnam, according to the State Bank of Vietnam. 

A Vietnamese rescue ship on Sunday brought in the body of a Greek crewman and handed it over to relevant authorities on the mainland, online newspaper vov.vn reported.

 The equitisation of State-owned enterprises in HCM City has been progressing at a snail’s pace partly because their managements are dragging their feet, experts have said.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the northern province of Quang Ninh the go-ahead to develop the Van Don Economic Zone as a special administrative-economic unit.

Vietnam is among the top ten countries buying US residential real estate, according to an annual survey of residential purchases from international buyers released earlier this week by the US National Association of Realtors (NAR).

 There are more than 1,000 restaurants serving Japanese cuisine in Viet Nam, the majority of which are in HCM City.

Local authorities agreed on Wednesday on a plan to build four hydropower plants in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam.

Supercomputers will be deployed to unify databases of different agencies managing information on war invalids and martyrs, significantly reducing time taken to locate documents or determine the identity of remains.

Hanoi has recently attracted a lot of visitors with different kinds of gemstones and decorative stones on sale at the gemstone market on 456 Hoang Hoa Tham street.

 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (BSR), which owns the $3-billion Dung Quat Oil Refinery, reported positive business results in the first half of 2017 and revealed its plans for an IPO.

 Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh missed the chance to enter the final round of the 2017 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships at the Anaheim Convention Centre Arena on July 23.