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.

It is golden time for transfering tradition television to internet television, said Internet TV Phan Thanh Gian, managing director of Clip TV at a recent seminar.

 Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien proposed to change medical insurance pledging no more overloaded hospitals from 2020.

 Ho Chi Minh City needs to mobilize VND128 trillion (US$5.64 billion) from now until 2020 for development investment, reported the Department of Planning and Investment yesterday.

A delegation of the National Committee for Search and Rescue arrived on Phu Quy Island, the south central province of Binh Thuan, on June 14 to direct the rescue of a foreign cargo vessel stranded near the island. 

 Doctors at Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have successfully performed surgery on a child patient with a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm, a rare case in Vietnamese medicine.

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.