Mr. Kakioka Naoki, Senior Representative at JICA Vietnam, tells VET's Quynh Nguyen about the advantages and disadvantages for Vietnam's agriculture sector in the global value chain.

 The Vietnamese real estate market continues to attract capital from regional foreign investors, mostly through mergers and acquisitions.

 Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank’s long-term deposit and issuer ratings have been downgraded to Caa1 from B3 by Moody’s Investors Service. Its ratings outlook remains negative.

 Around 1.11 million Vietnamese people of working age were unemployed by the end of the first quarter, down 8,400 against the figure of the fourth quarter of 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - 7-Eleven has announced it will open its first shop in Vietnam on June 15. Aeon, MiniStop and FamilyMart have already joined one of the fastest growing retail markets in the world.

When making an investment in Vietnam, foreign investors must study the feasibility of the project based on various factors. 

 LienVietPostBank’s new chairman Nguyen Duc Huong has rejected rumours that his bank will merge with Sacombank.

 The General Electric Corporation 3 under Viet Nam Electric Group plans to invest in building Long Son thermal power plant with a total capital of US$4.39 billion in southern Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beat Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand in the first round of the Thailand F2 Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday.

Karl-Heinz Weigang, former coach of Viet Nam national football team and the national Malaysian team, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 82 in Germany.

 Gangwon FC of K-League will allow Vietnamese midfielder Luong Xuan Truong to play for U23 Việt Nam national team in the upcoming Southeast Asian Games to be held in Malaysia in August.

 Hanoi's traffic police have dealt with more than 1,000 violations related to overloaded vehicles and self-modified three-wheeled vehicles between June 9 and 11.

Hanoi has set a target that all citizens will have access to clean, drinkable tap water by 2020, affirmed Chairman of the city People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

 Vietnam tied goalless with Jordan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification match at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on June 13.

Once the EU-Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade comes into force, there will be opportunities for Vietnam to export more wooden products to Europe and other markets.

 Facebook Messenger users can now book taxis by using the social network.

 The southern province of Kien Giang aims to mobilise 255 trillion VND (11.3 billion USD) for socio-economic development by 2020.

 The promotion and protection of rights of persons with disabilities is always high on Vietnam’s agenda, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, permanent representative of Vietnam at the United Nations (UN), in New York, the United States, on June 13.

 The International Yoga Day in Vietnam 2017, the third of its kind held in Vietnam, will take place from June 17 in nine cities and provinces nationwide, according to Indian Ambassador in Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish.

 Vietnam is expected to be the world’s fifth largest rice producer in 2017, according to the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).