Foreign investors are keen on Vietnam’s healthcare industry and seeking to tap into local patients’ spending power.

 Vietnam’s stock market will rise higher in the second half of 2017 provided macro-economic conditions remain positive as they were in the first half, experts have said.

 In recent years, the solar power industry has become a lucrative and sustainable field for investors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Marketed later than other tourism products, combo tours have quickly become the favorite choice for travelers as they can reduce costs.

 Vienam spent US$1.04 billion to import some 51,000 various vehicles in the first half of this year, according to statistics of the General Department of Viet Nam Customs.

The State Securities Commission terminated the operations of 28 securities companies, approved the dissolution of five companies, merged eight companies and withdrew the brokerage business of 13 companies in the first half of this year. 

 Domestic trade is expected to continue rising this year, experts forecast.

 Vietnam’s shrimp exports in the first half of this year rose 15.7 per cent year-on-year to US$1.56 billion, thanks to declining supply sources from other shrimp exporting countries.

 Viet Nam must reach crude oil stock levels that are equal to no less than 90 days of net imports following International Energy Agency (IEA)’s criteria by the year 2020.

 The total premium collected by insurance companies in Viet Nam in the first half of 2017 has grown 21 per cent year-on-year to VND47.17 trillion (US$1.8 billion).

 HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT) will focus on improving the strength and efficiency of four key industries under the city’s stimulus package until the end of this year.

 Le Quang Liem dropped to the third place at the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament after the penultimate round in China yesterday.

 Vietnam’s national U23 football team will compete against Timor Leste in the first match of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship.

 Vietnam is forecast to be the fastest growing convenience store market in Asia by 2021, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s upcoming state visit to Cambodia from July 20-22 will open a new stage of development in relations between the two countries.

 Vietnam ranked 101st out of 193 countries with a score of 0.245 in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2017 compiled by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

 The fifth Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting began in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 17, drawing nearly 50 domestic and foreign scientists and managers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the biggest power generator, says it does not want to buy coal from Vinacomin, the country's largest coal miner, for its power plants. 

 Ships between Co To island and Van Don port in the mainland of the northern province of Quang Ninh have yet to resume operation on July 17 due to rough sea, leaving about 3,500 tourists stranded.

 Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will pay an official visit to Vietnam from July 20-24.