NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of the National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control.  

NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh presented the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic development in the first quarter of 2019 and measures for the remaining months of the year at the opening meeting of the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly on May 20. 

NDO/VNA – Cat Hiep solar power plant has become the first of its kind in the central province of Binh Dinh to join the national grid on May 20. 

NDO – Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) is planning to establish an information technology (IT) centre in Ho Chi Minh City with the capacity of training and recruiting around 10,000 engineering technologists within the next five years.  

NDO - The Ministry of Transport (MOT) held a conference on May 17 to call for investment in a number of sections of the eastern North-South Expressway. 

NDO - The outstanding credit of the banking system was equal to 130% of the GDP by the end of 2018, while market capitalisation was only equivalent to 71.6% of the GDP and the total value of listed bonds reached VND1.1 quadrillion (US$47.3 billion), equivalent to 20.3% of the GDP. The imbalance between the monetary market and the capital market continues to put pressure on the banking system. 

NDO – Vietnam is boosting promotion activities in a bid to export avocados to the high potential market of the US after its mangos have been officially shipped to the market following nearly 10 years of negotiations. 

NDO – More than 1,000 pavilions by 300 businesses at home and abroad are being set up at the Vietbuild International Exhibition, which opened in the central city of Da Nang on May 15. 

NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung spoke highly of France’s investment in Vietnam while hosting a reception in Hanoi on May 15 for several large French enterprises operating in infrastructure and aviation. 

NDO – A cooperation agreement was inked between the Vietnam Business Association for Cooperation and Investment in Laos (Viet-Lao BACI) and the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Laos (YEAL) in Vientiane on May 14. 

NDO – The 2020s are set to be the Asian decade, including Vietnam, with sustained growth rates of around 7%, according to Bloomberg.  

NDO – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), is committed to providing support worth nearly US$20.2 million for women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam and the Pacific to access critical financing and training. 

NDO/VNA - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has given instruction to the construction of Sa Pa airport in the northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai.