Property developer FLC Group has announced the establishment of the Viet Bamboo Airlines Ltd. Co., laying the foundation for the formation of an airline under the name of Bamboo Airways.

A report of the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows a significant increase in Vietnam’s exports to South Korea in the first four months of the year, reaching $4.4 billion, an increase of 32 percent compared with the same period last year. 

 The military-run telecom group Viettel on June 1 announced it has successfully run its Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0) after six years of hard work and many failed attempts.

Functional forces worked with involved parties to find out the origin of 7 deaths at Hoa Binh General Hospital. The first involved party that has been aimed at is Thien Son Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company.

Amid to the current serious landslides, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ca Mau province Le Van Su led a delegation to survey landslide spots in Nam Can district, where 16 houses were swallowed into the river with a total damage of VND1 billion. 

 FPT signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US’s United Parcel Service (UPS) on May 31, according to FPT, during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to the US.

 Vietnam’s public debt will reach a record high during the 2017-2018 period before gradually falling in subsequent years.

A giant railway project linking Hanoi and the northern port province of Quang Ninh has been delayed for many years due to an investment shortfall.

 A Vietnamese woman has just won the legal right to keep her baby who was taken away by her French ex-boyfriend.

 Associate Professor Ta Cao Minh from Hanoi University of Science and Technology has been honoured with the Nagamori Awards for his contribution to the study of motor drives.

 Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has announced to stop countervailing duty investigations into aluminium extrusions imported from Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage returned to Hanoi on June 2, concluding the US visit from May 29-31 at the invitation of President Donald Trump. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s rice production is meeting difficulties because of two bottlenecks at the ends of the production chain, leading to a decline in market share. 

 A major cause of land price bubbles in Viet Nam, known as “fever”, is the lack of transparent information about the master plan, infrastructure works and new projects.

 The emerging trend of “condotels” and “officetels” (condominiums and offices treated as hotels) as attractive investment options in the country requires that the legality of such properties are clarified urgently, experts say.

Green buildings are expected to become a new trend in the low- and medium-priced housing segments.

The real estate market is recovering strongly and attracting huge sums of money from banks, foreign investors and overseas Vietnamese.

 Candidates specialising in merchandising and marketing have the most positive job outlook this year as local demand leads economic growth in Viet Nam, according to a 2017 job outlook report by JobStreet.com.

 Doctors at Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully carried out a heart transplant for the first time, with support from doctors of Hanoi’s Vietnam – Germany Hospital.

 Dozens of franchises are being established in Vietnam and more new brands are expected to enter the market in the near future, according to experts.