HCM City’s People’s Committee has set up an interdisciplinary inspection team to check food safety across the city during an action month for food safety that kicked off last Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Young commercial banks in Vietnam have geared up to automate retail banking services in order to compete with older banks.

VietNamNet Bridge - Saline intrusion, unexpected hot and cold weather, and tropical low pressure that causes long rains are all influencing agricultural production and people's lives.

VietNamNet Bridge - Exploiting one more million tons of oil for sale to obtain higher GDP shows that the national economy still cannot gain substantial reform.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam does not follow international practice in awarding the title of professor or associate professor to educators.

 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his spouse began an official visit to Vietnam on April 16 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Customers who want to use Vietnamese domain names can register through registrars instead of registering with the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) from April 15.

 The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) convened its Congress for the 2016-2020 tenure in Hanoi on April 16. 

 The customs at Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with the police, has seized seven pieces of rhino horn weighing nearly 5 kg.

 A number of listed companies - especially those whose capital structures have run out of space for foreign investment - will discuss raising foreign ownership at their coming annual shareholder meetings.

Tuan Chau Island "King" Dao Hong Tuyen has caused quite a stir by suggesting a series of mammoth real estate projects in HCMC with total investment capital of VND65 trillion. 

 2017 is considered a key to implementing Vietnam’s socio-economic development plan until 2020. To realize the GDP growth of 6.7% set by the National Assembly will require stronger measures.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors have spent hundreds or thousands of billions of dong to buy a stake in state enterprises. 

Temperatures are heating up in HCM City, leaving many locals looking for ways to beat the heat. We searched the web and came up with some photos of folks taking unusual steps to cool off.

 Bai Dai Resort, the US$1.6-billion investment by Starbay Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s Millennium Group, now belongs to a Vietnamese investor. However, so far, this project is still very sluggish in implementation.

 A number of mobile stores in Hanoi began removing Apple’s “half-eaten apple” logo from their shop banners following the US tech company’s request sent to Vietnamese mobile traders recently.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport plans to build a road parallel with Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh district in an aim to reduce traffic congestion around Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Japan is committed to investigating the murder of Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba prefecture and punishing the culprit in line with the law, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on April 14.

 The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission on April 14 issued an announcement about its 13th session that took place in Hanoi on April 12-13. 

 The French Navy’s amphibious assault ship Mistral and frigate Courbet arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on April 15, starting a week-long friendship visit to Vietnam.