The transport minister has requested the railway management board to work closely with contractors to put Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway in trial operation in August, one month earlier than expected.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is urgently completing preparations works and planning to organize a national teleconference of the Government on prevention of child violence and abuse. 

 Flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the past days had left 23 dead and 10 missing in the northern mountainous provinces, mainly in Lai Chau and Ha Giang, by 7:00 on June 28.

 Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant-General Le Quy Vuong has said that since 2016 police have prosecuted 589 graft cases with more than 1,400 people involved.

 On June 28, as soon as he returned from Brussels, Minister of Trade and Industry Tran Tuan Anh sent a dispatch to order the immediate stopping the draft Decree that supermarkets must be open all day.

 Vietnam is expected to face with continuous supply surplus before reaching equilibrium, according to Biinform’s Vietnam Cement Market Report 2018.

 Despite being a major seafood producer, Vietnam has bought in many kinds of seafood from foreign markets to process for export and domestic consumption in recent years.

 The Trung Nguyen drama continues, as the group accuses its own subsidiary of violating intellectual property rights by producing its G7 brand instant coffee, requesting authorities to stop the exports of affected products.

 The latest report from the Pew Research Centre in the US shows that smartphone usage in many countries has increased significantly, including Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The reported decline in losses shows that fertilizer manufacturers are reviving. However, they still have to struggle to compete with Chinese imports.

 Senior officials of ASEAN and China held the 15th meeting on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in Hunan province, China, on June 27.

 The banking sector is optimistic about its growth prospect in 2018 as all of surveyed banks expect the growth rate to be more than 10 percent.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with foreign organisations is carrying out a cooperation programme to prevent child drowning, a serious problem in Vietnam.

 Police of Vietnam and China will conduct a joint special operation to combat human trafficking along the shared border from July 1 to September 30, heard a conference on June 27.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that President of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende will create favourable conditions for Vietnam to promote its images and role as the host of the WEF on ASEAN 2018.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and World Economic Forum President Borge Brende co-chaired a press conference on the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 in Hanoi on June 27.

High transportation, packaging and radiation fees all are pushing up prices of fruit, weakening the competitiveness of Vietnam’s fruit in the world market.

 Real estate developer Nomura Real Estate Asia Pte., Ltd., a subsidiary of Nomura Real Estate Holdings, has completed the purchase of a 24 per cent stake in Sun Wah Tower where 85 per cent of the floor area is hired by foreign investors.

Besides calling for capital in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), HCM City is deploying multiple experimental investment models to mobilise private capital to invest in medical projects.  

 Many civil servants have apparently been seen with partners who they aren’t married to.