The HCM City People’s Committee on Thursday approved three new electric-bus routes to serve tourists in the city, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

 All districts in HCM City have been told by the city’s People’s Committee to give priority to allocating land and funds to build at least one new swimming pool each year in their localities until 2020.

The restaurant An Vien at the end of the Tran Dai Nghia Street, near its intersection with the Dong Tam Street, is quite famous among the student populace for its exceptional recipe of salty stir-fried chicken feet and wings.

Admitting that the number of ships held in custody rose significantly in the first quarter of 2017, the Vietnam Maritime Bureau (Vinamarine) said it had warned ship owners against using substandard ships.

 Indonesian authorities have so far captured nearly 580 Vietnamese fishermen for illegal fishing in the country’s waters.

 Police in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 12 on May 5 inaugurated a centre to monitor more than 500 public security cameras as an effort to prevent street crimes.

 A thematic seminar on the close linkage between IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) and the Internet of Things (IoT) industry took place in Hanoi on May 5. 

 Vietnam’s farmed seafood output is likely to reach 4.7 million tonnes with export earnings expected to hit 30-35 billion USD by 2030.

 Vietnam’s University of Transport Technology (UTT) and Sapa Thale Company of Germany on May 5 signed an agreement on cooperation in training, human resources development, scientific research and transport technology transfer. 

 A meeting of the Technical Working Group on establishment of Regional Convention on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) and its related Crimes was held in Indonesia’s Surabaya city on May 2-3. 

 Preserving biodiversity in Vietnam was the main topic of discussion at a workshop on May 5 in Hanoi.

The Republic of Korea-based Samsung Fire & Marine Insurancesigned agreements to become a strategic investor of Petrolimex Joint Stock Insurance Company and to acquire 20 percent stake in the Vietnamese insurer Friday.

With changes and turnover in senior management levels in 2016, there are a number of issues that business leaders in Vietnam should think carefully about in 2017 for their company’s future development.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Japanese Ambassador Kunio Umeda in Hanoi on May 5 to discuss preparations for the PM’s upcoming official visit to Japan.

 Denmark will provide technical support for Vietnamese partners in the four strategic cooperation areas of education, healthcare, food safety and environment, said Danish Minister of Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnӕs.

 The 12th Party Central Committee listened to several important schemes on economic issues during the first working day of its fifth plenary meeting on May 5.

 Vietnam attaches importance to its strategic partnership with Japan and considers Japan as a leading and long-term partner, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 One new startup focuses on addressing matters relating to the sale and purchase of second-hand motor cars.

Luong Ngoc Khue, director general of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department, talks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the Ministry of Health’s resolve to tighten control of private clinic operations.

DIY Cosmetics: Guidebook to Making Your Own Cosmetics at Home, co-authored by Do Anh Thu and Nguyen Thu Giang, is among the few books by Vietnamese authors sold on Amazon.