The business community has put forward recommendations for the more effective implementation of the Government’s Resolution No.35/NQ-CP on supporting and developing enterprises through 2020 at a conference with the Prime Minister in Hanoi on May 17.

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defence, hosted a reception for Senior Vice President of the US-ASEAN Business Council Michael Michalak in Hanoi on May 17. 

 The country`s tourism ambassador Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the movie “Kong: Skull Island” plans to offer at least two scholarships on arts education to Vietnamese students in the U.S.

Lawyer Tran My Hoa from the HCMC Lawyer Association said that 34 percent of Vietnamese adolescents at the age of 14 – 17 consume alcohol.

 The fourth industrial revolution is coming and Vietnamese enterprises simply must give it due regard.

Despite the problems besetting the Galaxy Note 7 and its batteries, Samsung products remain popular in Vietnam, with smartphone sales at impressive levels in 2016. Who can take over third place in Vietnam's smartphone market from Apple this year?

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has warned that it would be difficult to export rice in 2017. 

 In Vietnam, the localities attracting greater foreign direct investment have generally reached higher development levels than their counterparts, a situation which has led to uneven development among regions. 

 The number of mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam’s real estate market has increased considerably in the first four months of this year, and the figure is expected to see continued growth throughout 2017.

 New policies will soon be announced by the Vietnamese  government to provide more support for domestic and foreign businesses in Vietnam.

 The national-level dialogue of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the business community, entitled “Walking in the step of businesses,” has kicked off. The PM promised to help enterprises tackle their woes.

 Authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have offered to assist airlines in recouping potential losses from future flight routes to the city. However, the proposal has drawn the public and expert opposition.

 Binh Dinh authorities have criticised several shipbuilding companies for supplying poor-quality fishing vessels but then blamed the fishermen and the sea for their problems.

 An expat said he wants a polluted canal in Cau Giay District, Hanoi to be turned into a garden.

 The construction of the first phase of a tourism complex on Haiphong City’s Cat Ba Islands started on May 14.

 Bay Mau coconut grove, a popular tourism spot, in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An Town has suffered through tourist development.

 More pavements in Hanoi are returning to their previous state in the more than two months since municipal authorities vowed to crack down on violators blocking streets.

 Thousands of fish suddenly died in the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal, HCM City, on May 16.

 A delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army is participating in the 14th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-14) in Manila, the Philippines, from May 17-19.

 The China Eximbank has disbursed 18.25 million USD for the Cat Linh – Ha Dong Railway Project, said Vu Hong Phuong, Deputy Director General of the Railway Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport.