Despite accounting for some 65 percent of Vietnam’s market share, foreign animal feed producers are continuously expanding production to further dominate the country’s fertile market.

 Urban government plays an important role in the socio-economic development of a country.

 The sixth robot talent contest ‘Robot Robotacon – WRO 2018’ took place on August 18 – 19, 2018 in the Military Zone 7 Competition Center, in Phu Nhuan District of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). 

In its urgent document to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and three carriers, the Ministry of Transport ordered not to increase plane ticket prices in 2018.

 A wide variety of activities have been held across the country to mark the 73rd anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

 Despite some corrections in the first half, bank tickers are expected to lead the market in the second half, buoyed by dwindling provisioning and upbeat profit prospect.  

 An investigation into baby product retailer Con Cung has found that it had complied with all import and consumer protection regulations and possessed documents to prove origin, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported.

 Viet Nam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on Saturday.

Bamboo Airways’ first flights are scheduled for October and the airline plans to open 37 domestic and international routes in the future.

 Four teenage boys from Viet Nam have disappeared in the United Kingdom, sparking a police search to find them.

 The Ministry of Defence promised to hand over military-owned land to the south of HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport, if required by the Government. A golf course, which opened in 2015, is located on the land. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors successfully bought 5-year government bonds at a 3.45 interest rate at a bid organized on July 11 at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). 

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will conduct unannounced inspections at credit institutions with a high proportion of loans going to the real estate sector among their total outstanding loans.

 Home-sharing is increasingly dominating Vietnam's hospitality market and already affecting hoteliers.

 The shortage of organic foods in the country is both an opportunity and a challenge for growers, a forum on organic agricultural development was told on August 18.

 Amid the peak of the rainy season, dyke violations in Hanoi are set to rear their ugly head.

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) in HCM City is dwindling and cannot continue to drive the economy, Su Ngoc Anh, Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment, has said.

 The Government has set a target for reducing foreign currency mobilization and ending foreign currency lending to fight dollarization, news website Thanh Nien reported, citing the Government’s Decision 986.

 The State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) said in its first-half production and business report that the holding company may incur a net loss of more than VND2.8 trillion (US$124 million) in all of 2018.

 Professor Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), shares his thoughts with VET on Vietnam's economy past, present and future.