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HCMC - The VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange fell through the important supporting level at 950 points in the first trading session of the week as the market came under selling pressure.

HCMC – E-medical records will be deployed in all provinces and cities next month, said Tran Quy Tuong, director of the Health Ministry's Information Technology Department at a seminar on June 17.

HANOI – Some US$17 billion worth of official development assistance (ODA) loans pledged by six development banks have yet to be disbursed, heard attendees at a meeting held today, June 17, in the capital city of Hanoi.

HCMC – The Government has asked the Ministry of Transport to prepare a comprehensive report on manpower in the fast growing aviation industry, and propose solutions to deal with any shortage of high-skilled labor faced by airlines, according to the Nguoi Lao Dong Online website.

HCMC – The retail fuel prices on the local market today, June 17, slid VND239 to VND1,089 per liter, the third consecutive decline since early last month.

HCMC – Vietnam spent US$5.05 billion, US$1.78 billion and US$2.04 billion importing computers and electronic products from China, the United States and Taiwan in the first five months of the year, surging 80.8%, 46.2% and 43.2% over the same period last year, respectively.

HCMC - Rampant groundwater overexploitation by residents and industrial manufacturers in HCMC is among the major causes of serious land subsidence and flooding, said a Thanh Nien newspaper report.

HCMC – Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has sent a draft decree to replace Decree 86 on business conditions for road transportation businesses to the prime minister for the ninth time, insisting that the installation of roof light boxes for tech-based ride-hailing vehicles is necessary, the local media reported.

HCMC - The revised Law on Tax Management, passed by the National Assembly, sets out regulations to collect taxes from Google, YouTube, Facebook and the like from July 1 next year, even if they do not open representative offices in Vietnam.