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Huawei’s plunge unlikely to affect Vietnam’s smartphone market

Huawei holds only a small share in Vietnam’s market, approximately 4%, equal to VND2.7 trillion (US$113 million) in 2018.

Vietnam’s Eastern North-South expressway set for kick-start next April

The Eastern North-South expressway project includes 11 sub-projects with total length of 654km running through 13 provinces, of which three will be financed by state budget and eight under the PPP and BOT financing.

 

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Investor permitted to start survey for giant offshore wind power farm

 

HCM City to build civil status database

HCM City plans to set up a database on civil status to store and manage basic information related to population management of all citizens by 2020, with total cost estimated at VNĐ260 billion (US$11.15 million).

 

Viettel launches ridehailing application MyGo

Viettel Post, the delivery arm of Viettel Group, has developed ride-hailing app MyGo for car, motorbike, delivery and transport services.

 

About five storms to hit mainland Vietnam from July – December

Among 10-12 storms or tropical low pressure forecast to hit East Sea, up to five are forecast to directly impact Vietnam’s mainland from July – December 2019, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

 

Int’l law body hails Vietnam’s realities

Members of the International Law Commission (ILC) have hailed the realities in Vietnam and Southeast Asia at the first session of the just-concluded 71st general assembly at the UN office in Geneva.

Hanoi to install more automatic vending machines in public areas

The initial success in piloting the installation of vending machines in Hoan Kiem Lake and the surrounding areas has proven the advantages of this form of retail in crowded and narrowed areas.

 

Giants make inroads into Vietnam’s intermediary payment service

The market is open to giants with enormous financial resources to become the leaders. However, this competition itself, as well as e-commerce, is predicted to be cutthroat.

 

Ten detained for causing public disorder in Ba Ria-Vung Tau

Police in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province’s Phú Mỹ Town have detained ten people for allegedly causing public disorder and damaging property following an illegal sale of land in the commune.

 

Vietnam makes progress on African swine fever vaccine

Vietnam has worked on clinical trials of a vaccine against African swine fever and gained initial success, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

 

Le Quang Liem ranks fifth at Asian Continental Chess Championships

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem ranked fifth at the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2019 in Xingtai, China on Thursday.

 

HCM City launches bus crime hotline

HCM City has announced a hotline for bus passengers to report sexual harassment and pickpockets, said Tran Chi Trung, the municipal Department of Transport’s director of the Public Transport Management Centre.

Abandoned children find a home with nuns in Lam Dong

Most of the children at the Tin Thac Charity House are nicknamed after fruits, vegetables or animals.

Growing vegetables against all odds on the Spratly Islands

As the last-born in a four-children family with two brothers and one sister in Quang Ngai, 21-year-old Phan Gia Cuong never had to worry about cooking or planting vegetables for daily meals as he had his loving mother to do all of those chores.

Concerns over Ngoc Linh ginseng seedling shortage dispelled

Ho Quang Buu, Chairman of Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province, has confirmed that they have enough Ngoc Linh ginseng seedlings for the monthly market.

Japanese naval vessels visit Vietnam

Helicopter carrier Izumo and destroyer Murasame of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force on June 14 anchored at Cam Ranh International Port in Khanh Hoa, beginning a four-day visit to Vietnam.

 

Vietnam rise two places to 96th in FIFA rankings

Vietnam’s national football team has risen two places to 96th in the latest FIFA’s rankings.

 

Japanese retail giant AEON to double goods from Vietnam

Japanese retail giant AEAON Co. will double the value of products it procures from Vietnam from the current level to 500 million USD in 2020.

 

Cleaner production helps reduce production costs: experts

The adoption of resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) options has helped enterprises increase revenue, reduce production costs while mitigating the overall environmental impact of the industrial zones, experts said.