On Monday morning, people in Phuoc Thanh Commune in the southern province of Tien Giang’s My Tho City heard the sound of a horn coming from a container truck parked along the road.

 Viet Nam will host the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) for the first time this November.

 The accused are Pham Thi Thanh, 36; Kieu Thi Nhuan, 38; Pham Van Quyet, 25 (Nhuan’s nephew); and Vu Van Hoan, 31. All are residents of the capital city.

The international community has given positive assessments of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to the US from May 29-31.

 Vietnam’s Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong said he hopes Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Japan from June 4-8 will create a new wave of Japanese investments in Vietnam, considering the major economic content of the visit. 

November IPO of Binh Son Refinery to see 5-6% of shares up for grabs.

Lotte Duty Free has opened a duty-free shop in Da Nang, the popular tourist destination in central Vietnam. 

 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. 

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