Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said her ministry will do its utmost to improve grassroots-level healthcare network as the government already approved a resolution on the plan.

 Capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals amounted to around US$1.8 billion in the first five months of the year, up a whopping 116.2% compared to the same period last year.

 District authorities said that it is difficult to encourage laborers in rural districts to take park in vocational training courses and it is more difficult to find suitable jobs for them.

 Around 30,000 Vietnamese farmers in 9 provinces in the country will be trained to use internet for their work by Google over the next three years.

 The USS Coronado (LCS 4) is conducting an Expeditionary Preventive Maintenance Availability as part of a technical visit to Cam Ranh International Port in south-central Khanh Hoa province from June 11 to 15.

 China was Vietnam’s largest trade partner in the first five months of this year, with turnover of $32.76 billion, up 23.6 per cent year-on-year, according to General Department of Vietnam Customs.

 Many wells in the southern province of Dong Nai have been found to be contaminated with petrol which is the cause for them to catch fire.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed importing sand due to apparent domestic shortages. 

 The steel industry is predicted to grow by 12-15 per cent in the next five years, the Viet Nam Steel Association (VSA) reported at a June 12 workshop in HCM City.

 In the first five months of this year, auctions held on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) raised VNĐ2.42 trillion (US$107 million), a year on year increase of 24 per cent.

The Thuy Ta Ice-cream Joint Stock Company will trade three million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on June 20.

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Foreign-invested automobile manufacturers have denied a MOIT report about Vietnam’s automobile industry that says assembled-in-Vietnam cars are twice as expensive as Thailand’s and Indonesia’s.

 The People’s Committee of Hanoi has asked the relevant agencies to warn residents to not go out if they feel a thunderstorm is approaching.

Vietnam won four more golds and one more silver on the second day of the Thailand Open Track and Field Championship in Bangkok on June 13.

 The Saigon Bank for Industry and Trade (SaigonBank) has appointed Vu Quang Lam as its CEO with effect from Monday.

 The average Internet speed in Vietnam has risen to 9.5 megabit per second (Mbps) to take the 58th spot in the world rankings, according to a report by content delivery network service provider Akamai.

 The big-ticket North-South Expressway project is not on the agenda of the National Assembly at its ongoing session in Hanoi.

 More than 8,400 households in HCMC have been made vulnerable to floods by environment cleanup and road upgrade projects.

 Vietnam’s steel export has grown a strong 35% in the first five months of this year but such robust growth may induce protectionist actions by overseas markets, said the Vietnam Steel Association.