Vietnam’s hotel market has followed an upward trend recently with an increasing number of projects bearing foreign brands with foreign managers.

 Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$2.67 billion in the first five months of the year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Investors are keeping their faith in Vietnam’s wind power sector, even though it is not taking off due to an unbankable purchase power agreement, seven years after the government released the incentives for wind power projects.

 More people in HCM City are keeping snakes, geckos and bearded dragons as pets.

 Apartment prices in HCM City have decreased by 5% following a fatal recent fire in the city which left 13 dead and dozens injured.

 Up to 53,000 square metres of Nha Trang Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa have been illegally encroached upon by three tourism projects.

 Two foreign ships have been fined a total of VND137 million (over US$6,000) for trading diesel oil illegally in Vietnamese waters, the Vietnamese Coast Guard announced on June 12.

 Former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC) Trinh Xuan Thanh used money from the company's project to build his own villa in Tam Dao District, Vinh Phuc Province.

 In only a week, two captive Asiatic black bears were rescued in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) said on Tuesday. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors have poured more capital into Vietnamese technology startups amid the strong rise of new technologies such as AI and Big Data.

The proposal to build a huge artificial island in Danang has faced opposition over fears of its environmental impact.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology launched the Techfest 2018 brand identity design competition on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health insurance coverage for people with HIV has increased, but many are still out of the net, the Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control has said.

The Ha Noi National University here on Tuesday launched EMDDI, a ride-hailing model applied to transport businesses.

 V.League 1 defending champions Quang Nam have signed Brazilian striker Douglas Rosa Tardin to prepare for the competition’s second leg.

 The National Enterprises’ Football Championship, the VCCI Cup 2018, will kick off on June 23 in Hanoi.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hanoi is set to develop a strategy to heighten Hanoi’s creative industries till 2020. 

Tuyen Quang has been recognised as one of the role models in preserving Then singing – a distinctive musical genre of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.  

 Police in Phan Thiet city of the south central province of Binh Thuan have detained 12 people for alleged actions which created social disturbance at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters on June 10-11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight police officers in the northern province of Hung Yen were exposed to HIV while catching criminals,