Mr. Hironobu Kitagawa, Chief Representative of JETRO, talks about Japanese investment in Vietnam's agriculture sector.

 The Vietnam Retailers Association has objected to a draft Government decree on development and management of the distribution sector, especially proposed regulations on supermarkets.

 Many local banks have repeatedly warned their customers about sophisticated hi-tech scams that could leave victims with little or no protection from their banks, Tien Phong newspaper reports.

 A convenience store of Bach Hoa Xanh Joint Stock Company in HCMC has deployed a model using robots to keep motorcycles on a trial basis for a month.

The Vietnam Blockchain Summit 2018 is scheduled to take place on June 8 in Hanoi with an aim of sharing information and discussing policies for promoting blockchain research and use in digital economy development.

 Mobile phones/phone components, and computers/electronics/accessories have overtaken textiles and garments as the nation’s biggest export earners.

Because of shortage of underground parking lot, vehicles still park in sidewalks causing traffic jam in HCMC meanwhile parking lot projects, especially underground ones, are being run slowly.

 Vietnamese football fans are planning to go to Laos and Cambodia to watch World Cup as local TV channels have not yet been able to buy World Cup broadcasting rights.

 The mother of the man who died in Las Vegas stabbing wants to go to the US to bring her son’s body home.

 A Chinese tourist has been found dead at a hotel lift shaft in the central city of Da Nang.

A fire suddenly broke out between two carriages on a train running through Phu Yen Province on June 6.    

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors have been net sellers over a couple of weeks, but this does not mean they are leaving Vietnam, experts say. 

 The import of low-priced Chinese cars into Vietnam has tended to be on the sharp rise.

 Ha Noi Liquor Joint Stock Company (Halico) will start its first trading day on the Unlisted Public Company Market on June 8, Ha Noi Stock Exchange announced.

 Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) will stop providing the VCB-iB@nking service on old browsers and operating systems (OS) from June 30.

 An increasing number of consumers are buying fresh food online, according to the Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade.

 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed to temporarily halt the import of bitcoin mining machines to improve the management of bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions.

 The HCM City Department of Transport has asked for a revision of a taxi development plan to limit the number of taxis in HCM City up to 2025.

 The Government will abolish administrative procedures for issuing investment registration certificates for Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, according to the new governmental Decree 63.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many pilots working for Vietnam Airlines, the national flag air carrier, said they are always under pressure and don’t receive high salaries.