Angry voices are heard in local media these days, when the Ministry of Information and Communications orders mobile carriers to send digitalized data of subscribers, including their portraits, to the ministry within one year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to relocate polluting factories from the inner city has become ‘urgent’, but none of the factories scheduled to move have not done so. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides Uber and Grab, seven more taxi firms have joined the so-called ‘technology taxi’ market, providing convenient services at low prices. 

 Exhibition organiser Reed Tradex is ready to work with Vietnam industrialists to catch a new investment wave, said Kasinee Phantteeranurak, Project Manager of Reed Tradex Co., Ltd. in a special interview. 

Vinatex must innovate its technologies as soon as possible in order to increase its market share, said Le Tien Truong, the group’s General Director, at its share-holders’ meeting held in Hanoi on June 29.

The Vietnamese community in Europe has called on Germany, as the rotating President of the G20, to add the East Sea issue to the agenda of the G20 Summit slated for July 7-8 in Hamburg, Germany. 

 Despite the Law on Marriage and Family setting the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 for women and 20 for men, 11% of Vietnamese women aged 20-49 were married before the age of 18.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a target programme to restructure the agricultural economy, prevent natural disasters and stabilise people’s lives with total capital of VNĐ306.66 trillion (US$13.5 billion).

Vietnam posted a trade deficit of US$2.7 billion in the first half of 2017 including nearly US$13 billion of trade deficit reported by the domestic sector and over US$10 billion of trade surplus from FDI.

 The General Department of Taxation has said it would inspect Uber and Grab taxi’s tax payments. 

 Police in Hanoi has summoned a local xe om taxi driver for allegedly overcharging and attacking an Australian tourist.

The upcoming visit to India by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh aims to seek specific measures to enhance the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh.

 As many as 123 villas that should have been on the must-preserved list in Hanoi were demolished because of mismanagement by relevant agencies, a report of the municipal People’s Council revealed.

 The HCM City police have detained restaurant owner Tran Tuan Minh, 22, for allegedly misappropriating nearly VNĐ700 million (US$31,100) from an Australian.

 The derivatives market will start operations in August as all preparatory activities have been completed, according to officials of the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

 Vinatex, the nation’s premier garment and textiles group, is targeting an increase in profits this year despite the difficulties forecast for both domestic and global markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Aviation infrastructure still cannot catch up with the pace of the development of airlines.

An Giang Television-Number 1 Cup, an international women’s cycling tournament, will kick off on July 8.

 The first double-decker bus to ferry tourists around the city started its trial run in Hanoi on Friday morning.

 President Tran Dai Quang’s official visit to Russia is a crucial event and can facilitate the implementation of agreements reached by the two nations, a Russian expert has said.