VietNamNet Bridge - The contract worth $11.3 billion signed between Vietjet Air, Vietnam’s only private airline, and Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer, has caught the special attention of  the media around the world.

 Viet Nam and Da Nang in particular could emerge as huge potential markets for Japanese businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - Economists have been cautious when asked whether Obama’s visit would give a push to Vietnam’s economic development, but have said it would help Vietnamese products penetrate the US market.

Franchising has grown into a prevailing investment channel with strong adaptability and a bright growth prospect in Vietnam.

 The HCMC government will have to find at least VND74.35 trillion (US$3.34 billion) to fund flood control projects in 2016-2020, according to a report on flood control solutions released at a HCMC Party Committee meeting on Tuesday.

  Localities have expressed high hopes for the tax office’s investigation into the affairs of Vietnamese citizens linked to the Panama Papers leaks.

 Vietnam’s U16 football team has been drawn into the “Group of Death” at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Football Championship.

 The Italian Senate supports the early ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Italy and Vietnam, Senate President Pietro Grasso told Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong on May 25.

 Bui Yen Ly of Vietnam entered the final of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur World Championships on May 26 in Jonkoping, Sweden.

With 95 per cent of the vote, Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has been elected member of the municipal People’s Council for the period 2016-21.

The prosperity and sustainable development in Viet Nam, Asia and the world may be ensured only in a peaceful and stable international environment, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the expanded G7 Summit in Mie Prefecture, Japan on May 27.

An official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed the ministry will announce the official cause of the mass fish deaths when the investigation is finally finished, denying that they are burying the news.

 Though the number of Vietnamese smokers reduced, the country is still one of nations who have high rate of smokers in the world, said the Ministry of Health.

Microsoft Vietnam today organised Technology for Good Day, specifically designed for NGOs with attendance of about 100 people from more than 60 NGOs in Vietnam.

 The Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to a Vietnamese fishing vessel caught illegally operating in its waters.

The US Senate’s approval of a bill that would repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme is good news for Vietnam’s tra fish industry, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

All samples of salt products taken from central coastal provinces that recently recorded an unusual massive fish death along the coast were tested and have met the national quality standards.

VietNamNet Bridge - The demand for capital for investment and development remains high, but 500 tons of gold kept by the people, a huge source of capital, has been forgotten.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese who found their names in Panama Papers have described it as a ‘normal thing’. However, experts say that in most cases, it is ‘abnormal’. 

 Vietnam recorded some 225,000 unemployed graduates in the first quarter of 2016 while many industrial zones are still facing serious lack of qualified staff, according to a local official.