Before the scandal of VN Pharma’s fake anticancer products in 2017 could not cool down, Vinaca Co., Ltd.’s similar drug made from bamboo charcoal powder caused a huge stir.

 Foreign investors are gearing up to enter the Vietnamese stock market, which promises strong growth amid a stable macro-economic backdrop.

 The Ministry of Transport last week confirmed they will remove 10 ports along the Saigon River to areas further on the outskirts, a move which will likely create good opportunities for residential developers.

 JX Nippon Oil & Energy from Japan may face a fall in the dividends from Vietnam's biggest petrol distributor Petrolimex this year compared to last year’s massive harvest due to downward revisions in the firm’s audited financial statement.

 Starbucks opened its first store in Vietnam in 2013, and so far it has had a total of 35 stores in Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City, according to its website.

 The family of a woman who suddenly died from a stroke in Japan is still in shock at the news and lack money to bring her body home.   

 Vietnam will send 30 officers and 30 tonnes of equipment to UN Peacekeeping Forces in South Sudan, according to the Ministry of Defence.

 The Government will convene a conference next week to seek ways to reduce logistics costs that reached US$46 billion in 2017, accounting for nearly 21% of the GDP.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently signed a decision on ratifying a plan to expand the country’s second largest hydropower plant in Hoa Binh province at a cost of US$379 million.

 Nineteen cars collided in a series of accidents on Highway No 6 in northern Hoa BinhProvince on Sunday.

 A ship with an alledged broken engine floating on the Dong Nai River collided with a bridge on Sunday afternoon, causing panic to people nearby.

 Vietnam’s securities market may be upgraded to the emerging market status from its current frontier market by 2020, according to the latest SSI Retail Research.

 Dak Lak authorities have allowed 18 investors to conduct survey and build solar power projects in the Central Highland province after considering their financial capacity and experience.

 Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the President’s Office, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in collaboration with the BKAV Technology Group will organise WhiteHat Drill 05, a network safety rehearsal, on May 9 to tackle the coin-miner virus.

 The HCM City Tax Department has said it will collect VND53.3 biilion (US$2.35 million) of tax liability from Uber.

VietNamNet Bridge - Visa waivers are used by many countries to attract tourists, but Vietnam has chosen to  pursue a strict visa policy.

 Some 215,000 people in the southern province of An Giang are staring at water shortage this summer because of saltwater intrusion and drought, the province’s agricultural official said.

 Meteorologists will now be able to predict storms five days in advance instead of the current three-day early prediction, said a representative of the Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Centre. 

 Many investors of apartment buildings in Hanoi have failed to hand over maintenance fees or communal areas to apartment management boards.