Eleven Vietnamese brands appear in the list of Asia’s Top 1000 this year, according to the annual Asia’s Top 1000 Brands survey.

 Quang Ninh Coal FC have signed Russian-born American striker Rod Dyachenko for the second leg of the national premier league season.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a national plan to cope with radiation and nuclear incidents, aiming to set up a system with clear responsibility allocation.

 The Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) must cut costs to become competitive and find buyers for its stockpile of 9.3 million tonnes of coal, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working group said.

 With double-digit growth annually, Vietnam has a promising cosmetics industry for foreign firms seeking to expand overseas, experts have said.

 Vietnam produced 34.3 billion USD worth of cellphones and components for export in 2016, 99.8 percent of which, or 34.2 billion USD, made by FDI enterprises.

 Lai Gia Thanh brought home one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing IWF Junior World Championships in Japan.

 Administration of public lands should be tightened to increase Ho Chi Minh City’s revenues, a city People’s Council meeting heard recently.

 Vietnam’s cashew processing sector aims to export 360,000 tonnes of cashews for 3.3 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 percent in volume, according to the Vietnam Cashew Association.

 Vietnam’s plant protection product market is valued at 1 billion USD a year, but the country is still heavily dependent on imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that the stock market is still the most effective investment channel this year, though the yield will be lower than in the golden days in the past.

VietNamNet Bridge - The weaker water flow towards the downstream Mekong River has caused drought in  The Mekong Delta, affecting the livelihood of millions of people in the area.

VietNamNet Bridge - The news about a university lecturer who had to sell his land to pay for his child’s overseas study has stirred up the public. 

 The Vietnamese community in India and Nepal convened its first congress at the Vietnamese Embassy in India on June 18 to discuss establishing a General Association of Vietnamese in the two southern Asian nations.

A report on 2017 Business Conditions shows that 234 business sectors require new legal prerequisites. There currently are around 300 legal documents laying out business sector prerequisites.

Vietnam-based internet company VNG Corporation earned $133 million and $23.9million in after-tax profit last year, according to its 2016 financial report.

 Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu had separate meetings with two foreign firms, UPC Ranewables and Kimin Power, on feasibility study reports on wind power projects to be developed by the firms.

 President Tran Dai Quang received outgoing Israeli Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar in Hanoi on June 19, congratulating the diplomat on a successful tenure in Vietnam during which bilateral ties have recorded important strides.

 Thailand, Indonesia become Vietnam's top automobile suppliers

 BRG Group said it will join hands with Hilton Worldwide Group to run 11 Hilton hotel projects in Vietnam.