Japan-based Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd announced on Monday it will spend some US$72.4 million to build a large hotel in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

 The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved a pilot programme that will use software and automation technology to manage public parking zones on two streets in Hoan Kiem District.

 The Viet Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre is mobilising efforts and has called for support from all vessels to participate in the search for nine missing crewmen.

 Nguyen Lan Anh of Viet Nam on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships’ girls’ high jump event in the Philippines.

 Rescuers in Can Tho city yesterday faced difficuties when they tried to move all machines, equipment, furnitures of Kwong Lung Meko Company out of its building as the flames re-ignited on the fifth floor.

 Saigon Newport Corporation on Monday said that the company would cut down cargo receiving and delivery time at Cat Lai port to reduce traffic jam in the area.

 The leader of the Drukpa Lineage, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, has presented the Vietnamese people with a large work of brocade silk embroidery depicting Avalokiteshvara, which is on display at the Tay Thien Grand Mandala Stupa until April 2.

  It took telecoms giant Viettel four years to complete its 2G mobile network roll-out in Vietnam and eight years for the 3G network. But for the 4G network, it took the company only six months to ensure coverage in even remote areas.

Economic growth based on natural resource exploitation and a cheap labor force has reached the critical point. Economists say Vietnam has no choice but to follow a sustainable development strategy.

 A temporary market has recently been set up on the railway in front of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi.

 Changeable weather and careless farming in Tra Vinh Province has caused pollution and killed a large number of shrimp in the area.

Luu Cong Huyen has been growing his fingernails for over three and a half decades, and takes great care to avoid any activity that might cause him to accidentally break on of his keratinous treasures, even bathing.

 As rubber prices have risen, rubber plantations in the Central Highlands have faced labour shortages after many were fired as the sector suffered in the past.

  A constant supervision system installed at all airports and flight control centres and on airlines would help ensure security for Viet Nam’s aviation industry, experts have said.

 Vivu Technology Development Joint Stock Company said at its launch ceremony on Sunday it has acquired Vietnamese car hailing service application FaceCar for an undisclosed amount.

 Residents of Block B of the Tan My apartment building in HCM City have been upset since Sunday when they were informed that the last elevator would be out of service for 14 days.

 Those fluent in Vietnamese had the opportunity to laugh at dozens of huge posters along Ham Nghi Street and Nguyen Hoang Street in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District yesterday morning.

Market observers see a positive outlook in the long term for Vietnamese confectionery exports. 

 The Dung Quat Oil Refinery earned nearly VND1.8 trillion (US$80.4 million) in after-tax profit in the first quarter of the year, achieving 30 per cent of its annual target.

 Anyone found to be hanging advertising boards on trees, electric poles or traffic lights will be fined up to VNĐ10 million (US$439), five times higher than the previous regulation.