Hanoi and HCM City authorities have asked to tighten management over Uber and Grab operations as they claim the services are causing congestion and affecting traffic planning.

 Vietnam may surpass China to become one among 10 countries with the most serious environmental pollution in the world by 2035 if the country continues maintaining the current industrial development, experts warned.

 HCM City once was called the “Pearl of the Far-East” during the French colonial period, however, in the middle of District 1 is a slum where the houses are so small that a family has no space to eat a meal together.

 At least 2,765 communes (equivalent to 31%) and 38 districts nationwide will be recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of 2017.

 Three people died and one was seriously injured in an explosion occured in Thanh Minh Hamlet, Truc Phu Commune, Truc Ninh District, Nam Dinh Province at 9:00pm on April 13.

If embezzlement continues, breakthrough reforms initiated by local authorities will not bring the desired effects, Dang Dinh Dao from the Institute for Economics & Development Studies has said.

 Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco) posted a record revenue of 65.8 trillion VND (3 billion USD) in 2016, a growth of 44 percent against the previous year.

 The real estate market in HCM City has continued its positive growth late 2016 with many new projects launched, particularly in the mid-end segment, in the first quarter of this year.

The fourth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau and Yunnan province of China in May.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to implement a national action programme addressing the consequences of bombs and mines left over from war in 2016-2020.

 Demand for new staff at the country’s enterprises increased in the first quarter, according to job recruitment agencies.

 Police of Japan’s Chiba prefecture on April 14 said the suspect arrested in the morning of the same day in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl is the girl’s neighbor in Matsudo.

 The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) had plans to sell its entire capital in 137 State-owned enterprises from now until 2020.

The Vietnam Logistics Association n Wednesday launched a ceremony to implement the Government’s first national action plan to improve the country’s competitiveness and its logistics sector by 2025.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will stop the acquisition of poor-performing commercial banks at zero dong as it did previously.

 Police in the southern province of Dong Nai’s Vinh Cuu District on Thursday arrested a man suspected to have caused a fire at a lubricant recycling plant in a cajuput forest on Wednesday night.

 Shares stepped back from morning trade on the HCM Stock Exchange on April 13 as selling pressure increased in large-cap stocks on fears of a steeper correction.

 The seafood market in the central province of Quang Binh has heated up again after the sea was declared to become safe following the environmental incident caused by Formosa one year ago.

 President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking a comprehensive review of the massive US trade deficit totalling more than US$500 billion per annum with 16 countries including China and Vietnam.

 Vietnam economic growth has moderated in 2016 to 6.2%, accompanied by moderate inflation and a strengthening external position.