The second plenary session of the Vietnam Private Sector Forum 2017 will take place in Hanoi at the end of July, chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Deputies voted to approve the draft revised Law on State compensation liability and the revised Law on legal aid during the third session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 20.

Steel manufacturers are facing bigger barriers, trade remedies and measures to restrict imports from major markets. However, exports are expected to reach $3 billion this year.

 Market research firm MarketIntello has forecast that Vietnam’s inflation may fall to below 3 percent, lower than the rate of 3.8 percent it predicted last month.

 The average cost of a kilometer of expressway in Vietnam is about US$12 million, far higher than in other countries.

Many electricity companies and projects invested by the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) will be privatized, as the State will maintain majority stakes in certain primary businesses in the sector.

 HCM City has implemented lot of projects to solve flooding, traffic jam and overloading for Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Still they are unlikely to radically tackle the issues due to rapid mechanical population increase.

Dr Bui Hung Thang Thang has the strong belief that Vietnam will catch up to the world in new research directions such as carbon nanotubes.

 Not everyone is pleased with talk of raising the retirement age.

 92% of Vietnamese people shopped online in first half and 96.2% said they would make at least one online shopping transaction, latest Mastercard report finds.

Traditional taxi companies have their work cut out staving off the attack from ride-hailing apps.

 Japanese retailer holds recruitment event, triggering debate about its intentions in Vietnam.

 The real estate market has become busier with a large number of merger & acquisition (M&A) deals recorded in the last two quarters. 

 The National Traffic Safety Committee has requested an urgent inspection into a big board of spikes that was deliberately put on a road between Phu Tho and Tuyen Quang provinces.

 Second-hand consumer goods have been smuggled and abandoned in HCM City.

 The Japan Business Association in Vietnam (JBAV) has said Vietnam is losing its advantage of cheap labour and must focus on developing support industries and Japanese firms can help with technology transfers.

Vietnamese player Bao Tram defeated her Chinese rival Tan Zhongyi in the third round of FIDE Women’s Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on June 19.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese products have more opportunities than ever before to conquer the world market. 

 Nguyen Thi Hong, deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, said as of May end bank credit had grown at 6.58 per cent in the year-to-date, an eight-year high.

Eight years after the phase-in schedule for the relevant WTO commitments, Vietnam is setting forth a legal framework for foreign invested enterprises to trade in pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients to fulfill its WTO commitments.