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.

 Trade ministers and officials from the 21 APEC member economies will meet in Hanoi to alleviate uncertainty about the future of trade in the Asia-Pacific and its capacity to boost employment and living standards for all people across the region. 

 A man in HCM City has been defrauded of VND30 million (over US$1,300) overnight from his bank account at the Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank).

 Mekong Enterprise Fund III Ltd (MEF III) on Monday announced its fifth investment in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam’s leading online shopping website Zalora and Robins - Fashion and Beauty chain stores, both belonging to Central Group Vietnam, have announced they will merge to give customers the best shopping experience. 

 Binh Phuoc Province wants to strengthen co-operation with other provinces and cities as well as foreign countries to aid its industrial development, especially its cashew processing industry, according to its leader.

As many as 75 per cent of the enterprises surveyed by VCCI have seen the positive impact of the Government resolution on supporting and developing enterprises, according to a VCCI survey of 1,000 enterprises carried out at the end of 2016.