The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPOST), on June 13, debuted the website https://www.badasa.com.vn, an online trading platform for Vietnamese specialties.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the Parties of Vietnam and Cuba should exert all-out efforts to foster the long-standing and model fraternity between the two countries amidst the complicated developments in the international situation. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 13 for Geetesh Sharma, President of the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in India’s West Bengal.

 Hanoi investigation police have launched criminal proceedings against the illegal arrest of people in Dong Tam commune in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc. 

 The global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney said he reason why Vietnam is in the Top 6 is that its investment laws are open and promote its attraction among foreign retailers.

A cargo train heading for Vietnam left Kunming, the capital of the Chinese southwestern province of Yunnan, on June 13, an opening of a new route between the two countries. 

The import of machines, equipment and spare parts from China in the first four months of the year increased by 40 percent over the same period last year. Of this, machine imports increased by 31 percent, or $803 million, reaching $3.4 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government’s decision to stop the use of RON 92 petrol is expected to revive a series of ethanol plants which have been bogged down in problems.

With $4.432 billion of export turnover to South Korea and $9.942 billion of import turnover from Korea in the first four months of the year, the country has become the biggest partner with which Vietnam has a trade deficit.

Prof Van Nhu Cuong, a renowned educator, finds it surprising that thousands of primary school graduates got a perfect 10/10 score from the year-end Vietnamese language and math exams. 

 One of Vietnam’s leading mobile operators, MobiFone, has partnered with Google to allow subscribers to purchase apps in the Google Play Store and pay via their mobile phone.

 The country’s increasing population and rising middle class with disposable income have fueled demand for passenger vehicles as consumers begin to move away from a traditional reliance on two-wheeled transportation. 

 The general public and industry insiders were taken by surprise by the regulations on the import of CBUs outlined in the draft decree on conditions for auto manufacturing, assembling, importing, and maintenance and warranty business.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) had achieved considerable success during the reconstruction process between 2014 and 2016.

Vietnam and Bangladesh two countries with the lowest adult obesity rate at 1 percent, according to the latest global study released on June 12. 

At least six people, including two women who were identified as Vietnamese citizens, were killed in a traffic accident on June 13 in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, 200 kilometers to the northeast of Bangkok.

 Vietnam ranks 6th in global retail development index

 Nearly 80 apartment buildings in Hanoi violate fire safety regulations according to the Hanoi Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department.

 Many people have argued that a golf course located next to Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City should be closed for airport expansion, but this obvious decision seems to be hard to achieve.

 Pig overproduction was a hot topic that many National Assembly (NA) deputies asked Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong about on June 13 morning.