Vietnam will send their best 34 athletes to compete in the Thailand Athletics Open 2017 which is scheduled for July 12-15.

 A new rule issued by the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, allowing brokerages to become securities market members, is expected to improve the trading quality of Viet Nam’s securities market.

A number of commercial banks have been increasing promotional rates for long-term deposits by 0.1 to 0.2 per cent per annum, along with issuing additional certificates of deposit, in an attempt to safely restructure their reserves.

 The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment not to set up more large garment-textile industrial parks in the city.

 The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has opened an anti-dumping investigation on wire rod in coil imports from Indonesia, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Viet Nam.

 Businesses making coconut-based products in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are facing a raw material shortage due to last year’s drought and saltwater intrusion from the sea into rivers.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped 42 spots to reach world No 559 in the latest men’s singles rankings, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on June 12.

 Hanoi administration will revoke the State-owned houses from civil servants who are found to be misusing the facilities.

 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, which offers up to 92 percent reduction in the risk of contracting HIV if taken consistently, will  be offered on a trial basis to people at high risk in HCM City from March 2017 to September 2018.

 Vietnam pocketed five gold, one silver and five bronze medals at the first day of the Thailand Open Track and Field Championship in Bangkok on June 12.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cabinet have decided to hire a foreign consultant to study opening another runway to raise the capacity of Tan Son Nhat international airport based in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a list of online public services at level 3 and 4, which will be implemented at ministries, departments and localities in 2017.

 The steel industry is predicted to grow by 12-15 percent in the next five years, heard a workshop titled “Steel sector dialogue: Prospects 2017-2020” in Ho Chi Minh City on June 12.

Vietnamese workers in Qatar, where diplomatic tension with Gulf countries is escalating, will be evacuated if the situation becomes complicated, said the Department of Overseas Labour.

Q & A session of the ongoing third meeting of the 14th National Assembly focuses on four matters of public concern, including agricultural restructuring, management of cultural activities, social affairs and tourism quality. 

 The Midterm Vietnam Business Forum 2017 (VBF 2017) will be held at Sheraton Hotel in Hanoi on June 16, announced the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).

VietNamNet Bridge - The ice cream and frozen dessert market is a lucrative market with value of VND2.620 trillion in 2016, an increase of 13 percent over 2015. 

 The National Assembly (NA) approved a draft law on support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the sitting on June 12.

 Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are paired with Milan (Italy) and Kosice (Slovakia), respectively, under the World Cities project launched by the European Union (EU) in Hanoi on June 12.

About 130 Vietnamese and foreign medical experts gathered in Hanoi on June 12 at an international symposium on the management, prevention and control of some diseases caused by Arthropod-borne virus.