Local authorities in the northern province of Lang Son have been forced to tighten control over the trading of red-claw crayfish in order to prevent an invasion of the species into the locality.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is under the process of drafting up the investment law on the basis of public-private partnership (PPP), the governmental portal reported.

Macau’s biggest junket operator Suncity Group will open its own US$4-billion casino-integrated resort in Vietnam by year’s end, Bloomberg reported.

The number of Vietnamese people making mobile payments in stores is growing fastest, according to a survey by PcW.

For the past 2 years, the massive number of death in the fish population in artificial breeding farms on the La Nga river, Dinh Quan district, Dong Nai province has been leaving local fishermen devastated.

The area of land needed for the Long Thanh International Airport project in Dong Nai Province in the first phase has been adjusted upward to 1,810 hectares from the original 1,165 hectares.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 22 during his official visit to Russia.

Le Quoc Cuong, deputy director of HCM City Department of Information and Communication, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the installed camera system to monitor the city.

A recent draft circular on safety limits for banking operations, which applies a credit risk ratio three times higher than the current ratio, has created controversy among real estate consultants, developers, and buyers.

Vietnam always welcomes Russian enterprises, says PM

Vietnam’s industrial real estate is ­undergoing a turnaround to cash in on the rising wave of foreign capital ­influx and factories moving out of China.

Mr. Chua Hak Bin, Senior Economist at Maybank Kim Eng, tells how Vietnam is the biggest beneficiary in investment shifts from China as trade war with US continues.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev discussed measures to enhance the two countries’ cooperation during talks in Moscow on May 22.

Vietnamese doctors won two of five awards given for Best Oral Presentation on outstanding scientific research at the 9th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2019).

Vietnam has sustained an accumulated trade deficit worth over US$1 billion by mid-May, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has expressed concern over a decline in Vietnam’s seafood exports to China due to the sharp depreciation of the yuan.

Hospitals from central to district levels across the country have been ordered to set up detailed plans on training and transferring professional techniques to commune-level medical stations.

Steel imports from China surged by 7.3 per cent to nearly 2 million tons during the first four months of this year, totaling US$1.22 million in value.

VN's interbank e-payment system handled 37 million transactions worth US$898.4 billion in the first quarter of the year, up 23 per cent and 17.8 per cent respectively compared to 2018, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Lawmakers urged the Government to devise plans to deal with the possible ramifications of the escalating US-Iran tensions and US-China trade war and the influx of foreign direct investment into Vietnam.